Agencies Serving Blind & Partially Sighted People
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20.11.2009
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New Zealand
Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand Inc.
PO Box 7144, Wellington South, Wellington, New Zealand.
Contact person: Ms. Rose Wilkinson, National Administrator
Tel: +64 4 389 0033
Fax: +64 4 389 0030
Email: rwilkinson@abcnz.org.nz
Web: www.abcnz.org.nz/
Activities: Our Association is a voluntary, national organisation and has branches throughout
New Zealand. We advocate on blindness related issues to Government, service providers, and any other
relevant arms of the private sector. The Association monitors services provided to blind people, and
is consulted regularly on how these services might be improved. As well as our political activities,
the Association provides blind and partially sighted people with the opportunity to get together.
Peer support, the creation of new friendships, and the sharing of new ideas are all important to the
Association.
Last updated: 06/11/2006
Christian Blind Mission International New Zealand (CBMI)
PO Box 99820, 27 Gillies Avenue, Newmarket, Auckland 1031, New Zealand.
Contact person: Mr. Brendan Bergin
Tel: +64 9 522 0902
Fax: +64 9 522 0923
Email: bbergin@cbmi.org.nz
Web: www.cbm.org
Activities:
Christian Blind Mission (CBM) acts upon the needs and rights of people with disabilities; 12 million people worldwide benefit from CBM's support.
CBM supports the provision of more than 1000 programmes in 113 countries in Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and Latin America. Fields of work include medical services, education, and rehabilitation for people with disabilities. Wherever possible, it is the aim to provide these services within the communities. Therefore, Community-Based Rehabilitation programmes are promoted. The focus of CBM's work is to enable local and national partners in developing countries to implement services for people with disabilities, mainly for people with : Visual disabilities, Hearing disabilities, Physical disabilities, Mental disabilities, or Intellectual disabilities.
In addition, CBM runs interdisciplinary programmes. These include the secondment of staff to CBM's partner organisations, and vocational training and employment for persons with disabilities, as well as disaster relief, in case a project is affected.
Last updated: 06/11/2006
Deafblind New Zealand Inc. (DBNZ)
National Office, Box 109 485, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand.
Contact person: Mr. John Tunnicliff, Vice President
Tel: +64 9 524 2940
Fax: +64 9 524 2941
Email: dbnz@ihug.co.nz
Web: www.deafblind.org.nz/
Activities: The DBNZ disseminates information about deafblindness, has a comprehensive library of information about deafblindeness and runs a query service; publishes a magazine called SEE HEAR and maintains links with social and antional service providers.
Last updated: 06/11/2006
Homai National School for the Blind and Vision Impaired
Private Bag 75801, Manurewa, Auckland 1702, New Zealand.
Tel: +64 9 266 7109
Fax: +64 9 267 4467
Email: school@homai-nsb.school.nz
Web: www.homai-nsb.school.nz
Activities: As a state funded residential special school Homai offers an Early Childhood Centre;
a residential school which includes a range of educational placement options for students between
the ages of 5 years and 21 years (on site programmes and off site programmes); a peripatetic/itinerant
teacher service covering the Auckland/Northland and Nelson/Buller districts; a national Assessment
and Training service.
Last updated: 06/11/2006
Parents of Vision Impaired NZ
PO Box 21141, Flagstaff, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Contact person: Mr. Paul Manning, Executive Officer
Tel: +64 7 838 439
Fax: +64 7 838 3539
Email: paul@pvi.org.nz
Web: www.pvi.org.nz/
Activities: Parents of Vision Impaired NZ Inc (PVI) is a non-profit organisation of, by and
for parents committed to providing support to the parents of children who have vision impairments.
Last updated: 08/11/2006
Retina New Zealand Inc.
PO Box 17-242, Wellington 6003, New Zealand.
Contact person: Janet Palmer, National Secretary
Tel: +64 4 299 1801
Fax: +64 4 472 9490
Email: secretary@retina.org.nz
Web: www.retina.org.nz
Activities: Promotes public awareness of retinal degenerative disorders through public education,
provides peer support programme, fosters research leading to treatment and an eventual cure. Establishing
links between families and optometrists, ophthalmologists, scientists, the Royal NZ Foundation for
the Blind, government organisations, social services, providing members with info about their disorders,
medical research, reading and technological aids, raising money to sponsor research.
Last updated: 08/11/2006
Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind
Awhina House, 4 Maunsell Road, Parnell, Private Bag 99-941, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand.
Tel: +64 9 355 6900
Fax: +64 9 355 6919
Web: www.rnzfb.org.nz
Activities: Provider of services for blind, deafblind and visually impaired people in New Zealand.
Last updated: 08/11/2006
Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind, Guide Dog Services
30 McVilly Road, Private Bag 94002, South Auckland Mail Service Centre, Manurewa, Auckland 2240, New Zealand.
Tel: +64 9 269 0400
Fax: +64 9 267 0957
Web: www.rnzfb.org.nz
Activities: Breeding, raising, training and matching guide dogs with blind, deafblind and visually impaired individuals.
Last updated: 08/11/2006
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