World Orthoptic Day is a time for orthoptists to promote our specialised knowledge and clinical importance, especially as our roles continue to grow with more shared-care involvement in the traditional areas of paediatric and binocular vision and now in glaucoma, cataract pre- and post-op assessment and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In the UK, the extended role of the orthoptist has allowed the profession to be an integral part of the shared-care approach to ophthalmology services... Can we translate this extended role to ophthalmic service in New Zealand?