The New Zealand Aid Programme is the New Zealand Government's international aid and development programme managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Additional aid information is now available for activities within the New Zealand Aid Programme. This new reporting is a first step in meeting the requirements of the
International Aid Transparency Initiative, through which we can provide greater transparency about New Zealand’s aid.
New Zealand Aid Programme’s core geographic focus is the Pacific. The Pacific is New Zealand’s neighbourhood, and is a region facing a range of economic and social development challenges, as well as vulnerability to natural disasters.
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Recognised seasonal (RSE) workers from Tonga who are employed in New Zealand at Compass Fruit, spent two hours with a positive parenting specialist in Nelson recently as part of their Vakameasina course.
The aim of the Vakameasina programme is to provide 500 RSE workers annually with access to English language, numeracy, financial and digital literacy, health and life skills training during their time in New Zealand. ...
On April 4, International Development Deputy Secretary Amanda Ellis hosted a meeting of State sector CEOs, aimed at promoting opportunities for wider state sector engagement in New Zealand’s international development effort.
Improving governance and the delivery of state services in developing countries is critical to achieving the New Zealand Aid Programme’s sustainable economic development mandate.
State sector CEOs discussing engaging in New Zealand’s international development efforts.
In 2011 the worst drought for 60 years across the Horn of Africa destroyed crops and left people and livestock dead. Across Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti, millions of people needed immediate assistance. In response, the New Zealand Government provided a package of assistance totalling almost $6 million to the World Food Programme, the International Committee of the Red Cross and four New Zealand non-government organisations. ...
Seripesta, far left of the photo, in Kenya.
Graduates of a New Zealand-funded programme to empower women in the Solomon Islands received certificates from the Solomon Islands Minister of Health, Charles Sigoto, and New Zealand High Commissioner, Mark Ramsden to mark their achievement at a ceremony held in Honiara at the end of March 2012.
These 20 women were the first of 120 to be part of the programme, Sistas Savve, which aims to empower women in Solomon Islands to reimagine their...
Sistas Savve participants perform at their graduation ceremony.
Additional aid information is now available for activities within the New Zealand Aid Programme. This new reporting is a first step in meeting the requirements of the International Aid Transparency Initiative, through which we can provide greater transparency about New Zealand’s aid.
New Zealand Aid Programme’s core geographic focus is the Pacific. The Pacific is New Zealand’s neighbourhood, and is a region facing a range of economic and social development challenges, as well as vulnerability to natural disasters. Read more
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