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Aid That Cannot Wait: From a Grey Lynn Bedroom to Two Million People: Noteworthy

October 14, 2026

ReliefAid founder Mike Seawright started the aid organisation in a Grey Lynn bedroom in 2014, driven by a determination to get life-saving assistance to families in the world’s hardest-to-reach conflict zones. In this Noteworthy feature, Mike reflects on twelve years of delivering rapid, practical aid, the challenges and losses faced along the way, and the supporters and local teams who have helped ReliefAid reach more than two million people. As ReliefAid looks ahead, its focus remains the same: getting vital aid to the people who need it most, as quickly as possible.

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