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Trade Aid: Kiwi as since 1973

June 12, 2020

Kiwis are a great bunch. We know what it’s like to be small on the world stage and it doesn’t stop us.

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Tags: community, Fair Trade, Trade Aid, Vi Cottrell
World Fair Trade Day 2020

April 30, 2020

May 9th is World Fair Trade Day, and it’s one of our favourite dates in the calendar when we acknowledge the growing global movement of fair trade.

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Tags: community, WFTO, World Fair Trade Day, World Fair Trade Organisation
Messages from our trading partners

April 26, 2020

The impact of COVID-19 on our trading partners is heart breaking.

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Tags: community, empowerment, Fair Trade, Partners
Easter traditions

April 7, 2020

Easter is a time when many of us like to continue well-established traditions. This Easter we invite you to create a new tradition.

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Tags: Chocolate, community, Fair Trade, fair trade food, issue, Justin Purser
SPEAK UP

March 2, 2020

International Women’s Day is Sunday 8 March. We are proud to be part of this global celebration that creates action for accelerating equality where everyone has a voice, and every voice is heard.

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Tags: community, empowerment, Fair Trade, Good to live by, Speak Up
Oxfam Trailwalker 2020

January 6, 2020

Every year we are proud to support our friends at Oxfam NZ in their efforts to raise much-needed funds

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Tags: campaign, Chocolate, community, Partners
Whiria te tangata – weaving the people together

June 17, 2019

Volunteering, Mahi Aroha and social action weave people and communities together.

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Tags: community, Volunteer
Back to school – choose to reuse!

February 13, 2019

Heading back to school after the long summer break is a great time to make some eco-conscious choices for the schooling year ahead.

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Tags: community, environment, Fair Trade, fair trade food, Sustainability, Trade Aid
Advent Calendar event

November 30, 2018

Every day until Christmas discover a new surprise at your local Trade Aid store.

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Tags: community, Fair Trade, Shop, Trade Aid
Volunteers, The Heart of our Community

June 14, 2018

National Volunteer Week is a celebration close to our hearts.

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Tags: community, education, Volunteer
Jute is beaut

November 20, 2017

The fair trade and eco-friendly alternative to single use plastic bags

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Tags: campaign, community, environment, Fair Trade, Sustainability
Trade Aid pop up shops

October 17, 2017

Now you have more options to discover our beautiful handcrafted and artisan goods

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Tags: community, Fair Trade, Pop up shop, Shop, Trade Aid
From Capuchins to cappuccinos – The transformative power of coffee

June 18, 2017

The Spanish conquest of Colombia did not work out well for the original inhabitants of the Sierra Nevada.

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Tags: co-operative, coffee, community, Fair Trade, Justin Purser
Finding strength and trust in community

June 14, 2017

On a bright sunny day, Ricardo Quintana’s coffee farm in Miraflores, in northern Colombia, is a peaceful and beautiful place.

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Tags: co-operative, coffee, community, Fair Trade, Justin Purser
A meeting of merchants, minds and matters

April 7, 2016

The exhibit hall is cavernous, and row after row of exhibitor stands fill it from end to end.

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Tags: campaign, climate, climate change, community, Fair Trade, issue, Justin Purser
Empowerment in action: A community speaks out

January 6, 2016

A giant billboard towers above a smaller road sign which indicates the way to Kampala.

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Tags: campaign, co-operative, community, empowerment, environment, Fair Trade, issue, Partners, social, social problems