The Geneva Connection

"Thousands of New Zealand's young men crossed the world in 1914, to fight in Europe's war. Most belligerents had their Red Cross Societies to care for sick and wounded soldiers. In New Zealand patriotic groups working to supply comforts for the wounded joined forces as the New Zealand Branch of British Red Cross and Order of St. John. Such was the genesis of the New Zealand Red Cross Society. Fifty years after its re-constitution as a national Red Cross Society in 1931, the Society can confidently draw attention to its role both in community welfare and as part of the world's only universal humanitarian organisation. This book reviews the activities, achievements and adversities of sixty five years of development ..." -- Back cover.