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The Salvation Army Te Ope Whakaora urges the New Zealand Government to address the growing number of New Zealanders living in hardship, as the 2025 Budget is set to be released. Rising unemployment and a cost-of-living crisis mean more than one-third of Kiwi households have insufficient or barely sufficient income...

Over the next few weeks, The Salvation Army International Headquarters have set out to better understand the spiritual life of the international Salvation Army. This is to identify where we are thriving spiritually and where growth is needed. The survey is available here: https://salvationarmy.org/ihq/spiritual-life-survey until 22 June 2025. Alternatively, you...

The Salvation Army extends condolences to the Roman Catholic Church and Roman Catholics worldwide following the death of Pope Francis on Monday 21 April 2025, aged 88 years. The first Jesuit priest and the first Latin American to ascend to the Papacy, Pope Francis will be well remembered for his...

From garden to empty tomb From the Garden of Gethsemane to the empty tomb, Easter represents the most profound moment in human history – the fulfilment of God’s redemptive plan through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As we contemplate this holy season, we witness divine love conquering death...

Following the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar and Thailand last week, The Salvation Army internationally has launched an appeal asking for funds to support work on the ground in Myanmar and Thailand. The Salvation Army has a presence in both nations and is on the ground assessing the...

The Salvation Army is launching its annual Red Shield Appeal and donations are sorely needed to help fund the wide range of community-based social services it supplies, especially for the most vulnerable people in our society as the deepening cost-of-living crisis continues to negatively affect communities across New Zealand. The...

Children are paying the price of cost cutting and this needs to end, says Bonnie Robinson, director of The Salvation Army Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit. The latest figures for child poverty released today reflect the analysis from our State of the Nation 2025 report released last week. Thousands more children...

The Salvation Army’s Christchurch Bridge programme has launched the Te Awhina Peer Support Service, offering a powerful way for people to recover from drug and alcohol misuse. The Salvation Army Bridge provides a range of effective support services that help reduce the harmful effects of alcohol and other drugs in...

Aotearoa New Zealand is backsliding on many areas of social progress, making life harder for people and their whānau across the motu, according to The Salvation Army’s State of the Nation 2025 report, titled Kai, Kāinga, Whānau, The Basics—Food, a Home, Family. “Our country needs to do better for people...

It’s once again that time of year, when Kiwis across the motu will be visiting Resene stores and donating cans of food in exchange for Resene paint testpots. Resene's Hunger for Colour campaign has been making a difference in communities across New Zealand for over a decade. The 11th edition...

The Salvation Army has entered an exciting new partnership with the Highlanders rugby club, a combination of two iconic brands that’s a win-win for southern communities. The Salvation Army’s iconic red shield logo will be seen on Highlanders players’ and training shorts for the duration of the 2025 Super Rugby...

A new report released by The Salvation Army reveals the increasing unaffordability of rents as a key driver of the unacceptable levels of poverty and homelessness in Aotearoa New Zealand. The report, titled ‘Tackling Rental Affordability in Communities’, shows that the lack of affordable rental housing is a key cause...