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Extending Easter trading hours for districts covered by the Waitaki electorate would be a step towards losing all Easter trading restrictions, says Caritas, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and more»

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged $10,000 towards relief work following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that shattered Christchurch on Saturday.Caritas Director Michael Smith says the Catholic more»

Social Justice Week resources on the theme of cultural diversity have now been distributed to Catholic parishes, schools and youth contacts. Social Justice Week this year (September 12-18) more»

10 August 2010 - Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is appealing to the New Zealand public for funds to support flood relief work in Pakistan. The United Nations has said the floods are worse than more»

Caritas workers in Pakistan are travelling by foot to deliver aid and make assessments in some of the areas worst hit by flooding in northern Pakistan.“The Caritas network is responding to a more»

Guidelines published this week for government funding schemes of development NGOs still leave unanswered questions, says Catholic aid and development agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand. Director more»

Two national Catholic agencies are asking MPs to send a private members' bill to Select Committee to enable a debate about interest-rate caps to take place in Parliament.Michael Smith, CEO of Caritas more»

'Welfare Justice – the Alternative Welfare Working Group' was launched on Thursday 8 July at the Catholic Centre, Hill St, Wellington.  Click here to see the launch video on YouTube (also more»

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is hopeful that some of its concerns about government support of international development agencies may be reflected in a new funding framework expected to be confirmed more»

Tax cuts which benefit the rich more than the poor do not contribute to the common good, according to Caritas, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and development.Caritas Director Michael Smith more»

A definition of "suitable" work is required before further progress is made on extending work testing and benefit sanctions to domestic purpose and sickness beneficiaries, says Catholic more»

New Zealand's Catholic Bishops say the government's preferred option for resolving ownership of the foreshore and seabed duplicates the discrimination of the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act.A New more»

Catholic aid agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is seeking involvement sooner rather than later in the development of proposed new government funding arrangements for development NGOs.“This is more»

Thousands of retail workers and their families will be among New Zealanders enjoying precious family and community time together this weekend, despite ten attempts to change Easter Trading rules over more»

Catholic social justice agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand says the punitive language used by Government Ministers in announcing planned welfare changes this week is entirely inappropriate for both more»

Caritas welcomes research report and consultationCaritas Aotearoa New Zealand welcomes the Department of Labour's consultation and associated research report on children's work experiences – more»

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged NZ$10,000 to help relief efforts in Fiji following Cyclone Tomas, and is accepting donations from the public.Caritas Director Michael Smith says the Catholic more»

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged NZ$25,000 towards international Caritas relief efforts in Chile, following the 8.8 magnitude quake that hit the South American country on Saturday. Caritas is more»

A leader in relief and development response in Tonga is visiting New Zealand over the coming weeks, a few days after cyclone Rene badly affected parts of Tonga.As Director of Caritas Tonga, Sr more»

Catholic aid network Caritas Internationalis is supporting over 50,000 people in an initial response to the earthquake in Haiti.Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand director Michael Smith says an more»