Advocacy What’s next? Our eyes are on the two modern slavery bills in the Parliamentary ballot A long-fought win has strengthened New Zealand’s child trafficking laws. Now, momentum must carry through to two promising modern slavery bills, awaiting action in Parliament. It’s time for politicians to turn shared political will, into shared action. Read more... Maya Duckworth , Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Correspondent 50 Years Strong: Kiwis transforming lives with Tearfund How Kiwis like you have made a difference through Tearfund, over five decades of faith in action. Read more... Keith Ramsay, Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Sponsorship Tea Pickers and Testimonies: A Visit to Compassion’s Work in Sri Lanka Journey with our CEO Ian and his wife Himali as they meet young dreamers in Sri Lanka whose lives have been changed by child sponsorship. Read more... Ian and Himali McInnes , Monday, August 4, 2025
Farming and Enterprise Social enterprise: Profits that lift people out of poverty Yugashakthi is a purpose-driven social enterprise in Sri Lanka that pays smallholder farmers fairly while reinvesting profits into their communities. This blog explores how Yugashakthi blends business and social impact to support people in rural, post-conflict region in the north of Sri Lanka. Read more... Jeevan Karki , Monday, July 28, 2025
Sponsorship Mums and Bubs: A story of hope and connection We visited one of Tearfund's new Mums and Bubs projects in Denpasar, Indonesia, an infant survival programme fully funded by generous Kiwis! Discover the fullness of joy it brings to vulnerable mums and their little ones, by reading our new blog. Read more
Sponsorship How the global food crisis is impacting children Malnutrition damages children’s growth, learning and development. Tearfund's partner Compassion is doing everything possible to give children in poverty and their families resources and opportunities to thrive. Find out how. Read more
Modern Slavery Tour of New Zealand 2023 Cycle for Freedom from Slavery. In April 2023, you can cycle for Tearfund and join a community on the move for freedom! Are you with us as we cycle to raise funds and awareness of the Modern Day Slavery scourge? Read more
Modern Slavery New Zealand fails again to meet standards on human trafficking There are over 40 million people trapped in modern slavery globally, and some of them are trafficked right here in Aotearoa. Read more
General Three things the Bible says about justice There is no shortage of books, blogs, articles and memes about justice. In all of the cacophony, it's essential for Christians to return to what the Bible says about justice. Read more
Mums and Bubs The infant survival programme saving lives in Indonesia One year ago, Tearfund launched its first Mums and Bubs programme through our partner, Compassion. Kiwis responded, and this year we were able to support two amazing groups of mums and their little ones in Kupang and North Maluku, Indonesia. Read more
Sponsorship Raphael's fight against Child Labour Meet the Compassion director going above and beyond to protect the children in his community vulnerable to child labour. Read more
Sponsorship Child Sponsorship launches Apollo to success Most school children worry about their homework, or whether their best friend is going to be in class, but that was not Apollo Kagwa’s experience growing up in Kampala, Uganda. Read more
Modern Slavery Why you should support a Modern Slavery Act in New Zealand Sixteen million people worldwide are forced into labour to make the everyday products we buy. They live as slaves. Read more