Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is 'love in action'. We are working for a world free of poverty and injustice through community development, advocacy, education, and emergency relief.

- We provide community development and emergency relief overseas
- We educate and advocate on social justice issues to counter poverty and injustice in New Zealand and overseas
- Gospel values and Catholic social teaching underpin our work
- Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has 20 staff based in Wellington and two in Auckland

We are part of Caritas Internationalis, an international confederation of 165 Catholic aid, development and social justice agencies. The Caritas network operates in over 200 countries and territories, supporting the poorest and most vulnerable, regardless of ethnicity, religion or nationality