Humanitarian Insights

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Humanitarian Insights

Posted on 15 September 2025

Kia ora Humanitarians 

I’ve been a bit quiet here over the last little while. Not because things have been quiet at CID, quite the opposite. Between conference season and various hui,…
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Voices for Change: Latin American Migrants in Aotearoa New Zealand: Belonging, Identity, and Public Green Spaces

Posted on 15 September 2025

Alejandra Guerrero-Rondon - Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

Migration reshapes not only lives but also the landscapes people inhabit. In Aotearoa New Zealand, the Latin American community now numbers…
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Opinion on the Cambodia-Thailand border clash: Ceasefire Holds but People Forget the Propaganda and Turn Against One Another

Posted on 30 July 2025

Amie Chan, Communications Advisor, CID

How did it start?

The fighting erupted after weeks of rising tensions, beginning in May when a Cambodian soldier was killed in a border clash. Earlier in…
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We Can Grieve Two Things at Once

Posted on 03 July 2025

Hey, it's Emily here. 

I’ve been reading and hearing of people that don't work directly in the humanitarian space, feeling overwhelmed, sad, confused by what’s happening in the world, a general sense of reeling and…
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Refugees of the Imagination

Posted on 26 June 2025

By Sam London, Standards & Humanitarian Manager

As is the new norm, it’s hard to keep track of which travesty requires our attention, so let’s start with a quick roll call…
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CID Humanitarian Update – Gaza, Guts, and Global Gaps

Posted on 05 June 2025

By Sam London - Standards & Humanitarian Manager

Gaza Aid: Theatre of the Absurd
In case you missed it, humanitarian aid in Gaza has now entered its Black Mirror phase. The…
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CID Humanitarian Update – Budget Week: Foreign Aid, Fiscal Myths, and the Price of Conscience

Posted on 22 May 2025

By Sam London - Standards & Humanitarian Manager

There’s a myth we like to tell ourselves in the aid world (or perhaps more accurately, as self-identified “developed” nations): that the Global…
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CID Humanitarian Update – When Everything Is On Fire, Whose House Do You Save First?

Posted on 15 May 2025

Welcome back to another week of maddening contradictions, well-intentioned press releases, and crises that somehow keep getting worse. If you thought last week was bad, don’t worry, 2025 still has…
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CID Humanitarian Update – Swords vs Ploughs

Posted on 01 May 2025

Kia ora Humanitarians,

It’s been a week of sharp contrasts and solemn reminders.

In Gaza, the humanitarian situation has slipped from catastrophic to near-collapse. Aid convoys are still being blocked or delayed,…
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