The shameful treatment of gout arthritis

Most of what we think we know about gout isn’t right, says Leanne Te Karu, a prescribing pharmacist working in Turangi and Papakura. And that has painful and often dire consequences for those who suffer from it — many of them Māori and Pacific people. The article was...

Council-led cycling collaboration

Whanganui District Council and Arthritis New Zealand are developing a Council-led cycling collaboration in the form of a three-year pilot project to encourage people with arthritis (particularly osteoarthritis) to start cycling, return to cycling or keep cycling....

2018 AGM Report

The Annual General Meeting of Arthritis Foundation of New Zealand Incorporated Society took place in Wellington on Wednesday 28th November 11.15am at MBIE  15 Stout St Wellington Present Peter Larmer, Martin Lennart, Phiilp Kearney No apologies Presidents report...

Keeping toenails trimmed

Cutting toenails to raise funds for Arthritis New Zealand. It’s a novel idea that Annetta Hodges has enjoyed providing to people with arthritis for the past 16 years. Annetta is 79 years old and cuts the toenails of people with arthritis once a month in Richmond, near...

Regional volunteer strategy discussions

A busy couple of weeks! The Philanthropy team met with volunteer groups in Taranaki, Cambridge, Hamilton, Auckland, and Whangarei to discuss future volunteer strategies in their respective regions. First, the team travelled to New Plymouth to visit Arthritis Together...

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