Your Oxfam News http://www.oxfam.org.nz/ Your Oxfam News en-nz Oxfam New Zealand 2009. Oxfam New Zealand is a member of Oxfam International Tue, 7 Jul 2009 12:18:04 +12 Millions Face Climate-Related Hunger As Seasons Shift And Change http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2298 New Oxfam report warns multiple climate impacts could reverse 50 years of work to end poverty Shifting seasons are destroying harvests and causing widespread hunger – but this is just one of th... Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz African crises escalate as AU leaders meet in Libya: 1.4 million homeless so far this year - five people forced to flee every minute of 2009, says Oxfam http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2295 Over 1.4 million people have been forced to flee their homes so far this year as a result of significant increasing violence in DR Congo, Sudan and Somalia, international agency Oxfam said today, as h... Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Climate change: Public meetings announced http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2288 The government announced on Friday that it would be holding public meetings with business groups and hui on New Zealand’s 2020 greenhouse gas emissions target – starting next Monday – with the ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Rebuilding Gaza: Putting people before politics http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2289 In June 2009 the blockade on the Gaza Strip enters its third year. The intense closure policy, coupled with the government of Israel’s recent military operation ‘Cast Lead’, has had a devastating impa... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Faltering agriculture investments leaving two-thirds of rural poor behind http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2292 Today’s food crisis could worsen dramatically as decades of declining investment in agriculture have constrained the ability of the world’s poorest people to cope with climatic and economic shocks, ac... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz New Zealand's fairest supermarket awards announced! http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2294 New Zealand shoppers have voted Fresh Choice Nelson as the best Fairtrade supermarket in the country with an impressive 47 Fairtrade product lines.  During Fairtrade Fortnight, hundreds of shoppe... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Oxfam: UN Economic Crisis conference a 'missed opportunity' to help poor http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2287 The UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development was a missed opportunity to address the needs of poor countries, Oxfam said today. This outcome docume... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Kiwis unite to tackle climate change http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2285 A growing list of organisations and individuals nationwide, including Oxfam, Greenpeace and 350 Aotearoa are uniting through the New Zealand Climate Action Partnership to show New Zealand’s pol... Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Statement by Humanitarian Organisations, NGOs and UN Organisations On the Second Anniversary of the Gaza Blockade http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2280 Jerusalem, 17 June, 2009: We, United Nations and non-governmental humanitarian, express deepening concern over Israels continued blockade of the Gaza Strip which has now been in force for two year... Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Climate change is pushing Malawi further into poverty http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2284 Climate change in Malawi is pushing people further into poverty and women are suffering most, according to a new report from international agency Oxfam today (Wed June 17). The report, Winds o... Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz