Fair Trade
Choosing Fairtrade products is an easy and effective way to ensure that producers and growers in the developing world get a fair price for their goods.
How does Fairtrade work? Watch this!
Tell your local supermarket to stock more Fairtrade products
There is still only a limited range of Fairtrade products available in most supermarkets here. But we shoppers have the power to do something about that. If we all tell our local supermarkets to stock more Fairtrade products – they’ll have to listen.
New Zealand’s Biggest Coffee Break -- a huge success!
Over 7000 people took part in the 2008 New Zealand’s Biggest Coffee Break – raising awareness about Fairtrade coffee and raising money for Oxfam’s work. A huge thank you to all our committed supporters who made it happen and to everyone who took part.
 Congratulations to Sue Douglas, Manurewa – winner of the prize draw for the Fairtrade hamper, for organisers who had sent in their donations and payment slips by
May 30.
Save the date!
New Zealand’s Biggest Coffee Break 2009 will take place on Friday, May 9. Registration will be open in September 2008.
Do you want your workplace to use Fairtrade coffee?
Follow our step-by-step guide to persuading your workplace to make the switch
Oxfam partner wins fair trade deal with The Body Shop
Oxfam’s partner in Samoa, Women in Business has recently secured a deal to supply the Body Shop International with organic coconut oil under the Body Shop’s Community Trade programme, which uses fair trade principles. The deal is a significant break-through for Women in Business who work with farmers throughout Samoa to help them get a better deal for their products through selling to the organic and fair trade markets.
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