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The Salvation Army has been providing shelter and food.

Young people put their talents on display at Amplify 2012.

'Beginnings' was a central theme of a commissioning weekend.

International leaders visit Fiji Division for cadet commissioning.

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) provided paid holidays for disadvantaged families.

Three-bed social detoxification programme for adults beginning the transition to sobriety.

Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker drops in on Salvation Army children's party.

North Shore Community Ministries will oversee Adopt-a-Family for 75 families this Christmas.

A Christmas Message from General Linda Bond

Declining housing affordability and a growing shortage one of New Zealand’s greatest social policy failures.

'Feed my family or buy the kids a present?'

The Salvation Army hopes ministers will work with the community and explore solutions to eliminate poverty.

Labour abuses on foreign-chartered fishing vessels contracted to New Zealand companies.

Challenging communities to stop trafficking in the community.

The Bethany Centre closure ended a chapter for pregnant girls and young mothers.

Political parties need to provide detail around the jobs they will create and how they will achieve this.

Blockbuster movies in exchange for a can of food per ticket.

Survey results of housing conditions in one of Auckland’s more overcrowded suburbs.

Ensuring the Army’s social programmes are based on the best research.

The Salvation Army has been selected as the Most Reputable Not for Profit Organisation.

The Salvation Army in Christchurch continues to work hard.

The Salvation Army calls on community and sporting groups to reject funding.

South Auckland households under greatest pressure as city's housing shortage hits 6000.

Almost 30,000 more children now living in workless households compared to two years ago.

25 families take cover from cyclone in Salvation Army halls. 

Advisory group to explore ways to better utilise state housing.

Around 30 officers and soldiers work six-hour shifts to support emergency service crews.

Philanthropists' latest Salvation Army project advances the work of the Army.

Forty men and women are now training to become Salvation Army officers in the New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga Territory, including six first-year cadets in Fiji.

Fiji welcomed six cadets of the Friends of Christ Session into officer training on Sunday 7 February.

The 2009 Annual Report for the New Zealand Fiji and Tonga Territory is a comprehensive overview of The Salvation Army and its work in our communities.

The Salvation Army in Hutt City recently opened its doors to seven young at-risk families.

The Salvation Army is concerned about the social cost of the Government’s planned benefit reforms.

A study of problem drinkers’ attitudes adds to the calls for substantial reform of the sale of alcohol laws.

Record demand for food aid, budget advice emergency housing and other services is pushing The Salvation Army’s resources to their limits.

The Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit announces the release of Angelic Exchanges: Speaking of God in the public sphere.

Hamilton City Corps and Hamilton Community Ministries to share central city base.

The Salvation Army has just sent its last volunteer construction team to help rebuild the country’s worst-hit areas.

Solution found for Whatman families. Centre will continue under new ownership.

Four years ago, Tawa Corps took a strategic look at themselves and said ‘Okay, what strengths do we have and how can we use them?'

Report on social housing a solid start in solving the affordable housing shortage.

Several hundred people joined a rally in South Auckland yesterday calling for comprehensive changes to New Zealand’s alcohol laws.

Alcohol legislation announced by Government on 23 August, seriously compromises any real reform of New Zealand’s appalling and costly drinking culture.

Despite a modest fall in the amount New Zealanders spent on gambling last year, demand for Salvation Army problem gambling treatment services jumped 16 per cent.

Salvation Army anticipates significant welfare work ahead as crisis unfolds.

Salvation Army gearing-up to provide for the welfare needs of quake victims.

Westpac announces Salvation Army as partners in $1 million Westpac Canterbury Care Fund.

Salvation Army emergency services in New Zealand are providing practical support and comfort after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the central South Island on 4 September.

The Salvation Army in Christchurch last night cared for more than 400 Cantabrians made homeless following Saturday’s 7.1 magnitude earthquake.

The Salvation Army is putting a fresh team into Christchurch to assess and respond to the mid-term need of residents affected by Saturday’s earthquake.

The Salvation Army has sent 10 counsellors and social workers to Christchurch to help residents traumatised by Saturday’s quake and its aftershocks.

The Salvation Army will distribute the first of 10,000 care packages to Canterbury’s earthquake-affected citizens on Monday morning.

The Salvation Army was quick to mobilise when a 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked Canterbury at 4:35 am on Saturday 4 September.

Ten Salvation Army counsellors with community trauma and rural expertise arrive at Christchurch Airport this afternoon to reinforce local counsellors.

Commissioner Don Bell toured Christchurch today to see for himself the Salvation Army’s work with earthquake effected residents and encourage Army staff and volunteers.

The Salvation Army in Haiti is responding quickly after a freak thunderstorm hit Port-au-Prince on Friday 24 September.

An estimated 2500 church members, staff and volunteers will meet in Auckland this week to consider how best to serve their local communities.

Salvationists give themselves to the mission of The Salvation Army.

Salvation Army examines long-term relief options.

The Salvation Army has opened emergency accommodation in Wellington for homeless teenage girls and young women.

The Salvation Army is urging all politicians to reform the gambling machine sector.

All 29 independent living units about to be opened by The Salvation Army were fully tenanted within days of completion.

The Government’s Alcohol Reform Bill is little more than window dressing.

All 29 independent living units (ILUs) opened by The Salvation Army were fully tenanted within days of completion.

Welcome to Commissioner Barry Swanson, Chief of the Staff, and Commissioner Sue Swanson, World Secretary for Women’s Ministries.

Commissioner Don Bell asks all Salvationists to pray for the families and friends of the 29 miners killed at Pike River Mine.

Wattie’s Cans Film Festival nets 45,000+ cans!

Good-hearted KiwiRail staff in in Wellington putting on a dedicated train to receive food donations.

Makers of Vogel’s Breakfast Cereal have donated a record number of cereal packs to The Salvation Army food banks.

New Zealanders urged to prove poll expectations wrong.

Kiwis urged to help make New Zealand a happier place this Christmas.

In 2010, The Salvation Army New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga Territory was blessed with the most cadets in training since 1983.

For the third year in a row The Salvation Army’s It’s a Wrap Christmas CD has reached the equivalent of platinum status.

The real damage is the ongoing anguish, the uncertainty and the residue of fear faced by thousands of families.

Gifts urgently needed to plant a Christmas smile on children’s faces.

Tertiary education funding policy is failing the young and most disadvantaged unemployed people.

The Salvation Army’s 2010 Annual Report for the New Zealand Fiji and Tonga Territory is a comprehensive overview of The Salvation Army.

The Salvation Army’s fourth State of the Nation report suggests that New Zealand’s social progress in recent years has ground to a halt.

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), in partnership with The Salvation Army, raised more than $26,000.

Christchurch was hit by a huge earthquake on Tuesday 22 February, causing deaths and widespread destruction.

New Zealand Salvation Army mobilises to meet urgent need in Canterbury, Australian Salvation Army offers support and staff.

The Salvation Army’s earthquake response is underway, feeding and caring for Canterbury residents displaced by yesterday’s 6.3 magnitude earthquake.

The Salvation Army is heavily involved in providing food and psychosocial support in Christchurch.

An exciting international sporting and fundraising initiative for Canterbury residents will take place at Wellington’s Newtown Park on Saturday.

The Salvation Army has boosted the number of its psychosocial support workers in quake-affected Canterbury.

Major aftershocks are still being felt, and our people report seeing some very distressed people.

The Salvation Army is reporting an escalation of welfare needs in Christchurch.

The Salvation Army’s operations in quake-affected Canterbury have shifted up a gear in the past 24 hours.

The Salvation Army is adapting its relief work as Civil Defence scales down its welfare centres in preparation for the closure of all but one centre this weekend.

Fundraisers and supporters dug deep to help New Zealand’s most vulnerable ahead of this year’s public street appeal from 2-8 May.

Rotoroa Island in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf opened to the public for the first time in over 100 years on Sunday 27 February 2011.

The Salvation Army is to distribute nine pallets of Dilmah tea bags to quake-affected Christchurch residents.

Salvation Army personnel in Christchurch now have the benefit of two brand new, top-of-the-range Isuzu four-wheel drive vehicles.

SpiritSong launched into 2011 with a first-class concert at Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre on Saturday 26 March.

The Salvation Army in New Zealand is deeply saddened by the promotion to Glory from active service Aux-Captain Hohepa (Joe) Patea.

The Salvation Army has concluded its concentrated visitation programme following the Christchurch earthquake.

Demand for food parcels, budgeting, counselling, emergency housing and other welfare services continues to climb.

Giving to The Salvation Army’s Red Shield annual street appeal has been in decline since the recession.

A young Japanese woman still wanted to help those in need after the Christchurch earthquake.

The Salvation Army doubts changes to Working For Families in today's budget will provide significant help to low-income and beneficiary families.