Working together to end poverty and injustice

Fair trade

Fair trade is helping more and more producers in the developing world work their way out of poverty.

With many of the things we buy every day such as coffee, bananas, cotton and chocolate, just a tiny percentage of what we pay actually gets back to the growers. Multinational companies capture the lion’s share of profits from trade of these products and use their market power to push down the prices paid to growers. Growers are left struggling to feed their families or to send their children to school and sometimes to even cover their production costs.

But there is a fairer way. The fair trade way.

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Buying Fairtrade Certified™ products makes a huge difference for producers. Check out how in the video below:

Oxfam's Biggest Coffee Break

Hosting a Coffee Break during Fair Trade Fortnight in May 2012 is easier than ever.  Sign up to take part and Oxfam will send you a bounty of Fairtrade Certified™  goods to share with your family, friends and workmates at your event. You will also receive online and print materials for you to prepare and promote your Coffee Break.

In 2011 over 40,000 people took part in Coffee Breaks that swept throughout the country, making it the biggest, most successful event of its kind here in New Zealand. 

Watch this space to keep pace with the all new look and feel of Oxfam’s Biggest Coffee Break.

Sign up now to host a Coffee Break during Fair Trade Fortnight, 5-20 May 2012 and be part of the fair trade fun. 

Money raised at your Coffee Break will make a big difference in the lives of people across the Pacific and Southeast Asia. 

Buy fair trade

There is a growing range of fairly traded goods in New Zealand.  As the taste, and price vary; try a few until you find some that best suit you.

To buy fairly traded goods shop at Trade Aid or look for the Fairtrade Label on products available from your local retailers, supermarkets and directly from coffee and tea wholesalers.

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Fairtrade favourites

Discover how the future is looking brighter for Fairtrade certified coffee, chocolate and banana growers.

Links and resources

Want to find out more? This is the place for all the knowledge and know-how you need on Fairtrade.

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