The latest news and media releases from Oxfam Aotearoa
DR Congo: Strengthen civilian protection before elections
The United Nations Security Council should ensure that the UN mission in Congo (MONUSCO) has adequate and appropriate resources to …
Developing countries pledge bigger climate emissions cuts than world’s richest nations
A new study for Oxfam reveals that developing countries are pledging to cut their emissions of greenhouse gases by more …
Oxfam steps up work to contain Haiti cholera outbreak
International aid agency Oxfam is stepping up its cholera prevention work in the Carrefour neighbourhood of the capital city Port-au-Prince, …
Oxfam mourns the death of Philomen Gulland
In a tragic gas explosion in Onehunga on Saturday, Watercare worker Philomen Gulland died and co-worker Ian Winson was badly …
Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Hunger can be solved
As published in the Dominion Post, 2 June 2011. There are some problems so big and so entrenched it is …
Oxfam launches global GROW campaign
A broken food system and environmental crises are now reversing decades of progress against hunger according to new Oxfam analysis …
South Sudan facing most violent year since end of civil war
South Sudan is facing its most violent year since the end of the civil war in 2005, international agency Oxfam …
40,000 Kiwis take part in Oxfam’s Biggest Coffee Break
The aroma of Fairtrade coffee looks set to linger long after Fair Trade Fortnight (May 7-22) for the thousands of …