Advocacy The Exploitation of Migrant Workers in New Zealand & Why We Must End Employer-Tied Visas On International Migrants Day, we uncover how migrant workers who keep Aotearoa’s orchards, vineyards, and construction sites moving are caught in unjust systems that were never built to protect them—and call for change. Read more... Morgan Theakston, Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Disasters and Conflict Two Tearfund CEOs and the Disaster that Unites Them On opposite sides of the world, two Tearfund CEOs faced the same disaster in strikingly different ways. This is the two-part story of their response to the Sri Lanka Boxing Day tsunami. Read more... Ian McInnes & Steve Tollestrup, Thursday, November 20, 2025
Disasters and Conflict Why Local Communities Must Lead Humanitarian Responses We’re not the heroes in aid work—it's the local communities at the centre of responses, writes Tearfund’s Humanitarian Specialist, Steph Fry. Read more... Steph Fry, Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Advocacy 6 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Buy Your Next Pair of Shoes Making impulse purchases seems like the norm these days, but it doesn’t have to be. These six questions will help you slow down, cut through greenwashing, and choose shoes that align with your values. Read more... Tearfund, Sunday, November 2, 2025
Modern Slavery The government has announced widespread support from Kiwis for proposed modern slavery law In April, we invited you to make history by making a submission in support of New Zealand's first law to address modern slavery and worker exploitation in supply chains. Today, the government released a Summary of Feedback. Here's what you need to know. Read more
Modern Slavery The government has announced widespread support from Kiwis for proposed modern slavery law The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE) received more than 5,600 submissions and has released a summary of the feedback received on their legislative proposal. Read more
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
