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Successful charity golf tournament
On 8 March 2019 a very successful charity golf tournament was held in Whangarei. Organised by Whangarei Lions, 24 ...
17-year-old tells what it’s like living with lupus
Tristan-Perry (TP) lives with a diagnosis of lupus – one of 140 types of arthritis. It’s an autoimmune condition ...
Urgent action plan needed to manage and treat increasing numbers of people affected by arthritis
A national strategy for the management and treatment of arthritis needs to be a priority for the Ministry of ...
Student Volunteer Week: Maria Kerstens
For Student Volunteer Week, we chose to highlight the work of Maria Kerstens who has been volunteering in our ...
World awareness day for young people with arthritis – No New Zealand figures available
Monday, 18 March 2019 is world awareness day for young people with arthritis. To do that, we introduce you to ...
Kylie Frost takes on Ironman 2019
2019 Ironman Dreams - Kylie Frost won't let Ankylosing Spondylitis get in the way
When I first said 3 years ago I ...
Each day we face our storms
It’s been such a frenetic year so far, and through circumstances outside the fence, this person has had to deal with so much so soon, with no backup, and no one to turn to...
Volunteer update – February 2019
We waved goodbye to summer last week and were greeted instead by some fairly ominous clouds on our way to ...
Children with arthritis come together at camp
The 2019 Arthritis New Zealand Children’s Camp was a roaring success. Nearly 100 people attended the weekend-long event that took place from Friday 1 March to Sunday 3 March in Matamata.
This is me, Tiffany
I was a fourteen year old and started feeling pain in my wrist. I played sport so first I thought it was an injury. One year later I was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.
Accessible packaging – some good news
Arthritis New Zealand and Packaging New Zealand have joined forces to establish guidelines for accessible packaging in New Zealand.
Children’s Camp to have record number of people
Seventeen-year-old Tristan-Perry (TP) Moananu of Miramar, Wellington is one of the camp youth leaders this year. TP first came to camp in 2017 and returned as a youth leader last year and again this year.
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