About us
The Refugee Alliance is a coalition of NGOs, community groups and their allies who work in service of Aotearoa New Zealand’s former refugees.
Together, we advocate for policy change to ensure positive resettlement journeys and bright futures for these communities.
The Refugee Alliance was formed out of 2021’s Tūmanako Summit: Creating Opportunity for Resettled Communities in Aotearoa.
The summit brought together changemakers across government, academia and community sectors to explore system-wide solutions to the challenges faced by Aotearoa’s refugee communities.
Building on the summit’s momentum, we’ve united in our call for change. We are stronger together.
As the Alliance’s backbone member, Belong Aotearoa provides coordination support and resources.
The Refugee Alliance is not affiliated with any political party.
How we work
We are a collective of organisations, rather than individuals, working across Aotearoa’s refugee sector.
Our monthly general membership meetings discuss challenges, solutions, media opportunities, and priorities for policy change.
We also nurture increasingly strong relationships with government agencies and decision-makers, with Alliance members involved in the External Steering Group that advised the Inter-Agency Working Group to develop 2023’s refreshed National Refugee Resettlement Strategy.
Full membership: Representatives have lived experience and voting rights.
Associate members: Representatives can participate in and support the work of the Alliance but do not determine its direction or have voting rights.
Steering group: The Refugee Alliance is led by a steering group of 4-10 member organisation representatives committed to progressing the work of the Alliance on behalf of the wider membership.
Our values
COMPASSION
EMPATHY
TRUST
INCLUSION
PARTICIPATION
RESPECT
Our Members
