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James Lowe’s golden game

Congratulations to our Ambassador James Lowe who was named for the Māori All Blacks side to play the Lions on 17 ...

Interactive app: Discover the history of Arthritis New Zealand

Discover the history of Arthritis New Zealand - Kaiponapona from 1966-2016. See and hear from New Zealanders ...

Arthritis: Don’t turn your back on it

Arthritis New Zealand is proud to support the 'Don't turn your back on it' campaign. A suite of useful tools that ...

Could you have arthritis? How to know

Arthritis affects more than half a million of us, and is the leading cause of disability in New Zealand. But ...

Green Prescriptions: Getting New Zealanders moving

The Green Prescription (GRx) support programme has been delivered nationwide since 1998 and has changed the lives ...

Nicola Wearne: Holding the torch for Arthritis NZ on Everest

You’ve read about Nicola Wearne before when we highlighted her Polar Marathon run. It seems that life has another ...

Arthritis: Demand for treatment outstrips supply

“If the government is serious about addressing the needs of the hundreds of thousands of people with osteoarthritis, and reducing the pressure on joint replacement surgery they need to invest as much in early intervention and primary prevention programmes to achieve a long term dividend in the form of a reduced health burden.

Information in light of the Havelock North incident: What is arthritis?

Despite arthritis being the leading cause of disability in NZ and more than 620,000 with a diagnosis, there still ...

12 things you probably didn’t know about gout

Gout is a form of arthritis – it’s the second most common form of arthritis in New Zealand. Gout is caused by too

Vasculitis: a rare form of arthritis

Arthritis New Zealand Chief Executive Sandra Kirby urges New Zealanders to become aware of a little known condition

Scleroderma: hard to say, harder to live with

Wednesday 29th June is World Scleroderma Day and Arthritis New Zealand, joins organisations around the world to ...

Arthritis treatment: Surgery numbers limping along

Arthritis treatment: Surgery numbers limping along

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