Auckland Refugee Family Trust

24/04/2026

A reminder that this exhibition is on today and tomorrow at City Side Baptist Church, 8 Mt Eden Rd - the artworks are indeed free to a good home, with the suggestion that the proud new owners may want to make a koha to a worthy cause - including the Auckland Refugee Family Trust, in support of our mahi. Thank you again, Brenda Liddiard, for you kindness!

19/04/2026

Here's a closer look at some of the gorgeous artwork Brenda Liddiard is kindly offering for free with a suggested donation to the Auckland Refugee Family Trust to support our work. We are so looking forward to seeing all the works together this weekend. Please come and join us!

16/04/2026

We have a very exciting announcement!

Wonderfully talented friend of the Trust, Brenda Liddiard, is offering a selection of her paintings free of charge. Instead of a fixed price, she invites people to make a donation—of any amount they feel appropriate—to a charity of their choice.

She especially encourages support for the Auckland Refugee Family Trust - and our mission to reunite refugee families by funding airfares for relatives who already have the necessary visas, but lack the means to travel to New Zealand.

Look at the beautiful artworks she has created!

WHAT: Paintings by Brenda Liddiard - for FREE

WHEN: Saturday 25 April, 10am – 4pm; Sunday 26 April, 12 – 4pm

WHERE: Cityside Baptist Church, 8 Mt Eden Road

15/03/2026

We are beyond thrilled to let you know that the family we wanted to assist with flights from Afghanistan have arrived in Auckland.

Almost 40 of you - our wonderful supporters! - answered our call to help this family. Not only have you enabled us to pay for their flights - but what a gift for them to arrive here, knowing that forty kiwis they have never met stepped up to bring them to safety!

Here are some words of thanks to you all, from their loved one here: "Without this level of support, this journey simply would not have been possible. For people facing so many challenges and uncertainties, this service and assistance truly means the world to us and is a lifeline for us."

Thank you all again - whether you donated, shared or liked our post - working together we can provide genuine, practical help to bring families together in hazardous times.

28/02/2026

We need your help! We are in contact with a family with three young children, in Kabul. They have been planning their move to Auckland to join family here - but with the volatile situation in Afghanistan, we have been asked if we can help them urgently while flights are still departing. The family all have their travel documents from Immigration NZ.

We know many of you have helped us support families to leave Afghanistan previously - your generosity has made it possible for us to assist many travel to safety, particularly women and girls.

With war clouds gathering once more, we are asking for your help again. Please consider a donation through our Givealittle page: https://givealittle.co.nz/org/arft

09/09/2025

75% of asylum seekers in Aotearoa are men who have come to here on their own. Many have wives, children, parents left behind, sometimes in an unsafe environment. The men face a long wait to get Permanent Residency - they can't work until it's approved, so often there's no money to bring their loved ones to join them when the paper work finally comes through. If the families are given permanent residency by Immigration New Zealand, we can help them - but only if you can help us!
Please consider a donation to https://givealittle.co.nz/org/arft

Reuniting refugee families

10/08/2025

Huge congratulations to the family of one of the first people the Auckland Refugee Family Trust was able to help with flights, way back in 2010. The eldest son has graduated with a Master's Degree in Pharmacy. The generosity of our supporters continues to have a profound impact on lives and communities - to make more marvellous success stories, please consider a donation to https://givealittle.co.nz/org/arft

28/07/2025

Hello lovely supporters!
Is there anyone out there with experience managing social media who would like to volunteer with us to help build our social media profile so we can reach more people and reunite more families? This is not a paid role but you'll gain experience and a great deal of satisfaction from your involvement! The time commitment will be less than an hour a week.
If you're interested, please email us at [email protected] and tell us a little bit about yourself, why you would like to volunteer with us and send an example of social media posts you have written. We look forward to hearing from you!

22/07/2025

A huge shout out to our colleagues at IOM Australia - the International Organisation of Migration. IOM organise the travel for our applicants' families - but they do so much more than book tickets. Just last week the wife of one of the people we have supported had a hitch with her paperwork in transit - IOM rebooked her flight and sorted out accommodation for her in an unfamiliar city. We are always grateful for the extra care they give our families!