Working together to end poverty and injustice

Fairtrade

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 so they can work their way out of poverty. There are heaps of ways to get involved.

• Find out more about Fairtrade.
  

Bananas for Fairtrade: buy yours today!

We’ve just found out that unless sales of Fairtrade bananas increase soon, they won’t be available in New Zealand for much longer. We urgently need to convince more supermarkets to stock Fairtrade bananas so many more of us can buy them in our weekly shop – this will give banana growers in Ecuador the opportunity to work their way out of poverty.

• Tell your local supermarket to stock Fairtrade bananas
• Buy Fairtrade bananas – visit the All Good website to find out where

Oxfam's Biggest Coffee Break 2010

Thank you to everyone who helped make Oxfam’s Biggest Coffee Break a success again this year. Across New Zealand, over 20,000 people took part in Oxfam’s Biggest Coffee Break during Fair Trade Fortnight, helping struggling coffee growers in the developing world work their way out of poverty.

• To find out how to send in your Coffee Break donations, see our donation payment instructions.

Fair Trade Fortnight is Fairtrade Australia/NZ's annual campaign aimed at raising awareness of Fairtrade and the Fairtrade label. This year the focus was on The Big Swap, which was aimed at encouraging more New Zealanders to swap as many products as possible to Fairtrade.

• Read the Fair Trade Fortnight 2010 Review (PDF 2.32MB)

Take action

You can now buy Fairtrade certified coffee, tea, chocolate, sugar, cotton and bananas at supermarkets and cafes throughout New Zealand.

• There are plenty of easy and effective ways for you to make a real difference - find out how

How does Fairtrade work?

• Read our new report Tackling Poverty through Trade (PDF 1MB)

• Find out more about Fairtrade

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