Australasian College of Behavioural Optometrists
New Zealand Director
Keith Miller
c/- Visique Greerton Optometrists
157 Chadwick Road
Tauranga 3112
Tel: 07 577 0113
Fax: 07 577 0706
Email: kmiller@visiquegreerton.co.nz
Web: www.acbo.org.au
BLENNZ
Tel: 0800 BLENNZ (0800 253669)
Email: info@blennz.school.nz
Web: www.blennz.school.nz
Principal: Karen Stobbs
The Blind and Low Vision Education Network NZ (BLENNZ) is a school that is made up of a national network of educational services for children and young people who are blind, deafblind or have low vision in New Zealand. BLENNZ mission is to enable learners who are blind, deafblind or have low vision to reach their full potential, BLENNZ provides quality education and specialist teaching services in partnership with whānau, educators and the wider community. Enrolment and support from BLENNZ is for children with a documented eye condition that reduces their vision to around 6/18 or less or reduces their visual field, and which impacts on their learning and development. There is no cost to the family for BLENNZ support.
Blind Low Vision NZ (Formerly Blind Foundation)
Private Bag 9991
Newmarket
Auckland 1149
Tel: 0800 24 33 33
Email: info@blindlowvision.org.nz
Website: blindlowvision.org.nz
CEO: Andrea Midgen
Blind Low Vision NZ provides people who are blind, deafblind or have low vision with the practical and emotional support to do the things they need and want to do, with self-reliance and confidence.
Our services support people to learn personalised rehabilitation skills for living in their home, accessing information and connecting with others using technology, techniques for getting around including guide dogs, employment support, counselling and connecting with others in the community.
Visit blindlowvision.org.nz/referral to make a referral.
cbm NZ
PO Box 303477
Albany
Auckland 0751
Tel: 0800 772 264
Fax: 09 447 3274
Email: msheeard@cbmnz.org.nz
Web: www.cbmnz.org.nz
Contact (CEO): Dr Murray Sheard
cbm NZ is an international organisation dedicated to improving the quality of life of people who live in poverty with a disability. For over 100 years cbm has been a world leader in disability care and inclusion, working in partnership with local hospitals, clinics, schools and organisations of people with disabilities. cbm NZ works in eye care (cataracts and tropical eye diseases), orthopaedics, inclusive education, livelihoods, and community-based inclusive development and disaster responses. cbm works principally in the Pacific, South East Asia and Africa. Since 1966 cbm has performed over 12 million cataract surgeries in the world’s poorest communities.
Cornea & Contact Lens Society of NZ
PO Box 209
Nelson 7040
Tel: n/a
Email: secretary@ccls.co.nz
President: Adele Jefferies
Vice President: Akilesh Gokul
Immediate Past President: Eleisha Dudson
Treasurer: Martina Fellman
Secretary: Stephanie Wallen
Councillors: Rasha Altaie, Alex Crawford, James McKelvie, Akilesh Gokul, Dr Hans Vellara
Objects of the Society:
(a) To promote research, scholarship and the interchange of experiences in the fields of the anterior segment of the eye, and contact lenses;
(b) To take such measures and to make such representations as it may deem necessary in the interests of the public and the members, towards the advancement of contact lens practice and the management of conditions affecting the ocular surface and anterior segment of the eye.
Membership:
Ordinary membership of the Society is open to anyone with a professional interest in corneas and /or contact lenses . The Society website has membership application forms for those interested.
Education:
A popular biennial conference is held, and a one day seminar on alternate years. Members are also periodically emailed newsletters.
Department of Ophthalmology
New Zealand National Eye Centre
University of Auckland
Building No. 504, Level 4
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland Mail Centre
Auckland 1142
Tel: 09 923 6712
Email: h.chinoy@auckland.ac.nz
Web: www.ophthalmology.auckland.ac.nz
Head of the Department:
Professor Charles NJ McGhee
Email: c.mcghee@auckland.ac.nz
The Department of Ophthalmology comprises the largest single ophthalmic research and teaching group in New Zealand. It has close relations with NZ National Eye Bank, Glaucoma New Zealand and the editorial office of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, which are all located within the department. It is a founding partner of the New Zealand National Eye Centre in conjunction with the School of Optometry and Vision Science.
The 70 plus member team includes a number of ophthalmologists, optometrists and laboratory scientists who pursue research on a variety of projects, particularly; computerised corneal topography, corneal transplantation, in vivo and in vitro confocal microscopy, aspects of refractive surgery, orthokeratology, ocular therapeutics, neuro-ophthalmology, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, ocular malignancy, ocular genetics, dry eye/tear film disorders, lens transparency, the cell biology of ocular healing and other aspects of translational vision research. Collaborative research has been established with vision research cluster groups within Auckland University, particularly the departments of Anatomy, Optometry and Vision Science, Physiology, and the School of Biological Sciences.
The Department has close ties with the Auckland District Health Board and all ophthalmologists in the team also have clinical contracts with Auckland Hospital. Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching is a major role of the department particularly in respect to medical, ophthalmology and optometry curricula. Postgraduate research degrees, including MSc, PhD and MD as well as courses towards a Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma can be pursued within the Department.
Foureyes Foundation
57 Rakau Road
Hataitai
Wellington 6021
Mobile: 021 938 269
Email: hello@foureyesfoundation.org.nz
Web: www.foureyesfoundation.org.nz
Chairman: Ken Wilson
Secretary: Stephanie Hill
Trust Board: Renuka Rao, Grant Dabb, Ravi Dass
Glaucoma New Zealand (GNZ)
Department of Ophthalmology
The University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Victoria Street West
Auckland 1142
Tel: 09 373 8779 or 0800 452 826
Email: info@glaucoma.org.nz
Web: www.glaucoma.org.nz
Chairperson: Prof Helen Danesh-Meyer
General Manager: Pippa Martin
Board of Trustees: Dr Kassandra Chee, Dr Mark Donaldson, Dr Sam Kain, Dr Hannah Kersten
Glaucoma NZ is a non government funded registered charitable trust with the mission to eliminate blindness from glaucoma.
GNZ aims to:
• Enhance public awareness to reduce the incidence
and impact of vision loss due to glaucoma.
• Support and inform those with glaucoma.
• Educate eye health workers to assure high quality
services.
• Facilitate research into glaucoma.
Macular Degeneration
New Zealand (MDNZ)
PO Box 137070
Parnell
Auckland 1151
Tel: 09 307 2103
Tel: 0800 MACULA (0800 622 852)
Email: info@mdnz.org.nz
Web: www.mdnz.org.nz
Chairman: Henry Ford
General Manager: Sarah Berman
Trustees: John Adam, Chris Bradley, Steve Hayes, Ross Legh, Dr Ainsley Morris, John Mulka, James Rangihika, Dr David Worsley, Dr Joanne Sims
The aim of MDNZ is to reduce the impact and incidence of macular degeneration in New Zealand.
The Trust’s objectives are:
1. Awareness: To increase awareness of MD in the wider community of New Zealand.
2. Education: To provide accurate, specific, current and ongoing information about macular degeneration through education of the MD community, their carers and service providers.
3. Support: To enhance the quality of life of people with MD and the associated MD community, facilitating access to relevant support services.
4. Research: To support and pursue research into the causes, prevention and treatment of and possible cures for MD.
5. Representation: To advocate for access to evidence based treatments and advance the best interests of the entire MD community.
New Zealand Association of Optometrists (NZAO)
PO Box 51008
Tawa
Wellington 5249
Tel: 04 473 2322
Email: info@nzao.co.nz
Web: www.nzao.nz
President: Callum Milburn
Vice-President: Hadyn Treanor
Past President: Rochelle van Eysden
Councillors: Wilson Sue, Renata Watene, Dr Hans Vellara, Inhae Park
New Zealand National Eye Bank
Department of Ophthalmology
Building No. 504, Level 4
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland Mail Centre
Auckland 1142
Freephone: 0800 373 7537
Tel: 09 373 7537
Fax: 09 373 7495
Email: eyebank@auckland.ac.nz
Clinical Director: Dr David Pendergrast
Business Manager: Ms Maria Fung
Clinical Manager: Dr Ngaire Pham
Scientific Director: Prof Charles McGhee
New Zealand National Eye Centre
University of Auckland
Building No. 504, Level 4
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland Mail Centre
Auckland 1142
Tel: 09 923 6712
Fax: 09 367 7173
Web: www.nz-nec.org.nz
Chief Administrator NZ-NEC:
Hutokshi Chinoy
Email: h.chinoy@auckland.ac.nz
Director NZ-NEC:
Professor Charles NJ McGhee
Email: c.mcghee@auckland.ac.nz
Deputy Directors NZ-NEC:
Professor Paul Donaldson
Email: p.donaldson@auckland.ac.nz
Professor Steven Dakis
Email: s.dakis@auckland.ac.nz
The New Zealand National Eye Centre (NZ-NEC), launched on July 29, 2008, is the largest academic ophthalmic and vision research entity in New Zealand bringing together more than 120 clinicians, clinician-scientists and vision scientists working in the area of eye health, vision research and education in New Zealand. This unique centre has as its foundation members the University of Auckland Department of Ophthalmology and School of Optometry and Vision Science. Affiliated members include; other departments within the University associated with vision research; charitable organisations; national professional organisations; District Health Boards and private ophthalmic practices.
The primary goal of NZ-NEC is to eliminate preventable blindness and reduce visual impairment. NZ-NEC is recognised nationally and internationally as a vision research, clinical and teaching centre of excellence through innovation and collaboration. NZ-NEC members currently have research collaborations with universities and research organisations, nationally and internationally including: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, China, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden and the USA.
There are seven major foci for research; cornea and external eye disease; cataract and cataract surgery; optic nerve and glaucoma; retinal disease, visual perception; genetic eye disease and connexion biology. To date NZ-NEC members have more than 1,030 scientific publications, several textbooks and a number of international research patents and cumulatively have raised over $41 million in research funding. Postgraduate research degrees, including, MSc, PhD and MD as well as courses towards a Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma can be pursued via the NZ-NEC.
If you require more in-depth detail about specific research interests please refer to the NZ-NEC website or either Department of Ophthalmology or School of Optometry and Vision Science individual listings.
New Zealand Optical Wholesalers Association
Private Bag 14-935
Panmure
Auckland 1741
Email: Enquiries@nzowa.org.nz
President: Gary Edgar
Email: edmart.ge@gmail.com
Mob: 027 494 8096
Treasurer: Raewyn Long
Email: rae@mso.co.nz
Mobile: 027 205 7090
New Zealand Optometric Vision Research Foundation (NZOVRF)
c/- Andrew Black Optomestrists
7 Bay Road
Kilbirnie
Wellington 6022
Web: www.nzovrf.org.nz
Chair: Andrew Black
Secretary: Lara Tolich
Treasurer: Wilson Sue
New Zealand Paediatric Aphakic Contact Lens Bank
c/- Optometry Clinic
Ophthalmology Department
Greenlane Clinical Centre
Greenlane West
Auckland
Private Bag 92189
Auckland Mail Centre
Auckland 1142
Tel: 09 367 0000
Fax: 09 623 4608
Officer: Justin Mora - Chairman
Ophthalmology New Zealand (ONZ)
PO Box 78242
Grey Lynn
Auckland 1245
Email: admin@ophthalmologynz.co.nz
Web: www.ophthalmologynz.co.nz
Executive Officer: Moira McInerney
Chair: Dr Dean Corbett
Secretary/Treasurer: Dr Sonya Bennett
Board members: Dr Michael Merriman, Dr Logan Mitchell, Dr Derrell Meyer
Ophthalmology New Zealand is the member body for ophthalmologists in New Zealand. We represent the interests of both ophthalmologists and their patients. Our mission is to advance patient care by ophthalmologists in New Zealand.
Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board
PO Box 9644
Wellington 6141
Tel: (04) 474 0705
Fax: (04) 474 0709
Email: registrar@odob.health.nz
Web: www.odob.health.nz
Registrar: Elmarie Stander
The Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board is established by statute as the Regulator of optometrists and dispensing opticians. Its principal purpose is to protect the health and safety of the public by providing for mechanisms to ensure that optometrists and dispensing opticians are competent and fit to practise their professions.
Retina NZ Inc
PO Box 7001
Hamilton East 3247
Tel: 0800 569 849 (0800 LOW VIZ) - Admin
Freephone: 0800 233 833 (Peer Support)
Email: admin@retina.org.nz
Web: www.retina.org.nz
Retina NZ provides information and support to individuals (and their families) who have some type of vision loss. The common conditions are Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) but we also support all lesser known retinal conditions including Stargardts, Choroideremia, as well as sight loss from diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment and many others.
Retina NZ operates a telephone based peer support service - 0800 233 833, which operates 7 days a week. Our team of trained volunteers are not medically qualified, but they have experienced some form of vision loss and understand the challenges of daily living with reduced vision. They will listen with empathy and provide the caller with coping strategies or sources of further information. There is also a retina youth group for 18-35’s. Find them on Facebook at ‘retina youth’. Its a place where young people can support each other and discuss the unique issues that confront them, within the safety of a “closed group” environment.
Retina NZ is able to provide eye health professionals with a range of FREE publications that can be given out to patients who might benefit from our services. Publications include; ‘Where do you turn... when you’re losing your sight?’, ‘NZ Low Vision Handbook’ - Coping With Vision Loss, Amsler Grid (A5 card with instructions and info on the back), business cards with 0800 number and website details, as well as our new “Understanding” series of disease information booklets (RP, AMD, Cataracts, Retinal Detachment).
Our publications are available at no charge, although as a charity donations are always welcomed. We invite patients and eye professionals to become members of Retina NZ. Membership (annually) is $20 waged or $10 unwaged/retired. Corporate Membership for eye health professionals [or any other business entity] is $100 and comes with additional member benefits. Members receive our quarterly newsletter which is available in print, email or audio formats.
Retina NZ has an ongoing commitment to supporting scientific and medical research that leads to better outcomes in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of retinal disorders. We are also supportive of other research that might lead to a practical benefit to kiwis living with a visual impairment. Because our research fund is relatively small, we typically fund summer-student research projects, however we have funded larger projects in the past. so if you have a research project that aligns with our objectives, please get in touch with an expression of interest, or download an application form from our website.
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
c/- Secretary/ Treasurer
Dr Kenneth Chan
PO Box 12056
Thorndon 6144
Wellington, New Zealand
Phone: 04-4994940
Email: dr.kenneth.chan@gmail.com
Chair: Dr Peter Hadden
Immediate Past Chair: Dr Brian Kent-Smith
Secretary/Treasurer: Dr Kenneth Chan
QEC Chair: Dr Kenneth Chan
Director of Training: Dr Anne-Marie Yardley
RANZCO Councillors: Dr Peter Hadden, Rebecca Stack, Narme Deva
RANZCO Trainee Representatives: Samual Newlands
Chief Executive Officer: Dr David Andrews
RANZCO
94-98 Chalmers Street
Surry Hills
NSW 2010, Australia
School of Optometry and Vision Science University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland Mail Centre
Auckland 1142
Tel: 09 923 6483
Email: manager-optometry@auckland.ac.nz
Web: www.optometry.auckland.ac.nz
University Optometry Clinic at Grafton Campus
Tel: 09 923 9909
Fax: 09 373 7485
Email: graftonclinic@auckland.ac.nz
Head of School:
Dr Andrew Collins
BOptom, MSc, PhD, CertOcPharm
Email: a.collins@auckland.ac.nz
Clinic Director:
Dr Geraint Phillips
BSc, MCOptom, DCLP, OD, Cert Oc Pharm
Email: g.phillips@auckland.ac.nz
Clinics Manager(s) - University of Auckland Clinics:
Clivenn Naepi
Email: clivenn.naepi @auckland.ac.nz
Snowvision Charitable Trust
PO Box 222
Mosgiel 9053
Tel: 021 489395
Email: hcaithness@xtra.co.nz
Trustees: Hamish Caithness and David Robinson
The Association of Dispensing Opticians of New Zealand Inc
PO Box 137
Morrinsville 3340
Tel: 07 824 1044
Email: info@adonz.co.nz
Web: www.adonz.co.nz
Administrator all enquiries: Hayley Bendall
President: Angela Mitchell
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ
Private Bag 99909
Newmarket
Auckland 1149
Tel: 09 304 0524
Freephone: 0800 227 229
Email: info@hollows.nz
Web: www.hollows.org.nz
Chief Executive Officer: Audrey Aumua
Board Chair: Craig Fisher
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ carries on the work of a legendary New Zealander, the late Professor Fred Hollows. Fred was an internationally acclaimed eye surgeon and social justice activist who championed the right of all people to high quality and affordable eye care.,/p>
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ works in the Pacific where four out of five people who are blind don’t need to be; their condition is preventable or treatable. We restore sight to the needlessly blind and vision impaired, train local eye health specialists to provide eye care services in their own communities and work to strengthen local health systems to achieve access to quality eye care.
The Save Sight Society
c/ Dr Leo Sheck
Chair of the Save Sight Society
Department of Ophthalmology,
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences,
University of Auckland,
Private Bag 92019,
Auckland 1142
New Zealand
Tel: 09 923 6245
Fax: 09 367 7173
Email: leos@adhb.govt.nz
Chairperson: Leo Sheck
Treasurer: Mark Raynel
Directors: David Dalziel, David Garland, Reuben Gordon,
Nicholas Johnston, Sam Kain, Charles McGhee,
Mary Jane Sime, Mo Ziaei
Visual Impairment Charitable Trust Aotearoa (VICTA)
c/- Weave Together, Dunedin Community House, 301 Moray Place
Dunedin 9016
Tel: 0800 20 66 20
Email: enquiries@visualimpairment.org.nz
Web: www.visualimpairment.org.nz
Contact: Dr Lynley Hood
Trustees: Dr Kelechi Ogbuehi, Dr Mary Butler, Dr Lynley Hood, John Dean
VICTA is an energetic new charity established in 2013 to address the unmet needs of the growing number of New Zealanders with uncorrectable vision loss.
VOSO - Volunteer Ophthalmic Services Overseas
C/- Eye Doctors
PO Box 128-214
Remuera
Auckland 1541
Email: vosocharity@gmail.com
Web: www.voso.org.nz
Chairperson: Dr Andrew Riley
Secretary: Kylie Dreaver
VOSO is a New Zealand Registered Charitable Trust that undertakes voluntary ophthalmic work overseas, mainly in the Pacific Islands.