by AdminNZ | May 6, 2019 | News
The 2019 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design Awards (PIDA) for Australia and New Zealand had a new category this year – the Accessible Packaging Design Special Award – which illuminated the need for accessible packaging design and showcased that more and...
by AdminNZ | Apr 30, 2019 | News
On 8 March 2019 a very successful charity golf tournament was held in Whangarei. Organised by Whangarei Lions, 24 teams competed including a team from Arthritis New Zealand. The two recipient charities were Arthritis New Zealand and Alzheimer’s and the day was a...
by AdminNZ | Apr 23, 2019 | News
As our latest issue of Joint Support was being collated, we were preparing to make a presentation to the Health Select Committee at parliament on 10 April (Read article here). The Health Select Committee is a cross party group of MPs who consider all issues related to...
by AdminNZ | Apr 18, 2019 | News
Tristan-Perry (TP) lives with a diagnosis of lupus – one of 140 types of arthritis. It’s an autoimmune condition which causes pain and swelling in joints and muscles. This year, TP was youth-leader at the Children’s Camp. Held annually, camp is much more than a chance...
by AdminNZ | Apr 10, 2019 | Media Releases, News, Uncategorized
A national strategy for the management and treatment of arthritis needs to be a priority for the Ministry of Health, Arthritis New Zealand today told the Health Select Committee. By 2040 one million people will have arthritis and an action plan is urgent. There is...
by AdminNZ | Apr 1, 2019 | News
For Student Volunteer Week, we chose to highlight the work of Maria Kerstens who has been volunteering in our Wellington office since December 2018. Maria is a student at Victoria University and wanted to use her summer break productively. She contacted us in November...
