Correspondent Daughters’ Letter Is Helping Challenge Child Marriage in Nepal In rural Nepal, teenage girls are finding the courage to speak up for their future. Through a powerful letter to their parents, they are challenging child marriage and choosing education instead. With support from Tearfund’s local partner, communities are beginning to shift, opening the way for girls to grow, learn, and thrive. Read more... Sharon Walls, Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Correspondent The Voice on the Phone Scam calls targeting Kiwis often hide a darker truth. Behind some cybercrime are vulnerable people trafficked into scam operations and forced into digital slavery. Tearfund and its partner LIFT International are helping expose these crimes and support survivors. Read more... Sharon Walls, Tuesday, March 3, 2026
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
Modern Slavery Trafficking Unlocked 2022 Tearfund invites you to a charity evening raising funds for our mission to combat human trafficking in South East Asia and the Pacific. This event will take place in November, in both Auckland and Tauranga. Read more
Modern Slavery The number of people trapped in modern slavery has increased by 10 million in the last five years Read more
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
