NEWS ROOM

Disasters and Emergencies: How you can help
6 Jun 2008
A flyer detailing how you can help in disasters and emergencies is available in PDF form here.

Burmese government must get out of the way of relief efforts
8 May 2008
"While immediate humanitarian assistance to the people Burma is the first priority, the impact of the cyclone shows that sustainable development and poverty alleviation is dependent on institutional change in that country," says David Culverhouse, executive director of the Council for International Development.

Cyclone Nargis in Burma
8 May 2008
For details of NGOs accepting donations we have a contact page set up under current appeals.

CID director expresses solidarity with arrested Fijian activists
14 Apr 2008
The arrest of peaceful protestors in Suva yesterday bodes ill for the future of Fiji,” says Council for International Development executive director David Culverhouse.

NZAID's effectiveness needs to be recognised
18 Feb 2008
Suggestions by some MPs to delay funding increases to the government aid and development agency NZAID fail to take into account the effectiveness of its actual work, says David Culverhouse, executive director for the Council for International Development.

CID HAS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
15 Feb 2008
Rae Julian, executive director of the Council for International Development since late 2001, retires on the 15th of February.

More than Just a Mountaineer: Sir Edmund Hillary
18 Jan 2008
Sir Edmund was one of the greatest role models for international development, according to Rae Julian, Executive Director of the Council for International Development.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA SLIDES FURTHER DOWN UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INDEX
17 Jan 2008
Papua New Guinea (PNG) now ranks 145th in the world for overall human development, a slide from 139th in 2006-07, according to the United Nations Development Report for 2007-08. A total of 177 UN member countries are included in the index, excluding 17 for which insufficient data was available. In comparison, New Zealand has improved from 20th to 19th position.

UN warning of Human Development catastrophe
12 Dec 2007
Climate change is threatening the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for developing countries.

World Poverty Day - New Zealand events
18 Oct 2007
"We're not asking for charity but justice." These were the words of one of the organizers at the recent Stand Up and Speak event in Wellington.

Burma: New Zealand must add its voice to the protest
26 Sep 2007
"The Burmese people must be supported by all countries that promote democracy," says Rae Julian, Executive Director of the Council for International Development of Aotearoa/New Zealand. She has written to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, urging them to add their diplomatic voices to support the hundreds of thousands of people in Burma who have courageously taken to the streets to call for regime change.

NZ NGOs assisting those hit by biggest flood in decades
16 Aug 2007
"This is not your typical monsoon".That's the word coming in from NZ overseas aid and development groups struggling to meet the needs of people affected by South Asia's biggest flood in decades.

Winston Peters to receive award for effort over international aid
17 Jul 2007
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters and other MPs will get a pat on the back and pep talk from one of the New Zealand’s rubgy greats tonight.

MPs to receive Fair Play Awards for effort on international aid
16 Jul 2007
Some of the country’s politicians are getting a half-time thumbs up this week. However, this is definitely a game of two halves and the second half will be challenging.

Protesters slam Govt's foreign aid contribution
7 Jul 2007
The government's contribution to foreign aid has been labelled "pathetic" at a rally in Christchurch.

Call to play harder to meet aid obligations
6 Jul 2007
Party leaders and MPs around the country are getting oranges and a half-time pep talk this weekend in a bid to get New Zealand on track to meeting our international aid obligations.