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Mission of Retina New Zealand Inc

Our 3 main programmes are to advocate and provide for people with retinal dystrophies:

• Research
  
• Public education
  
• Peer/Membership support
  

Our executive, branches and secretariat expect to be more active with these programmes, co-operating with specialists in the field, and to be reaching out where possible to others who can gain and contribute. We know there is a lot to be done about emerging issues such as the implications of an increase in the number of older people facing macular degeneration.

You, and people close to you, can find out what we know and do from this website or, by getting in touch with us nationally or locally to share in our programmes. Our newsletter, along with the brochures we supply on Retina New Zealand through to an increasing number of specialists for people discovering they have retinal dystrophies, also illustrates the work we want to do better for more people.

What this site offers

As greater numbers of sight impaired and blind people in New Zealand gain access to the internet through a connection at home, at work or through a family member or friend, the opportunity to disseminate valuable "hope and cope" information to Retina NZ members more cost effectively must be seized.

We will be able to offer on this site regularly updated information accessible through magnification software and speech synthesis for people with retinal dystrophies who need to:

• Find concise information on their condition in plain simple terms.
  
• Find out where and when their next Retina NZ branch meeting or other activities are taking place.
  
• Access details on the latest eye research findings and conference reports.
  
• Find out how they can help Retina NZ, researchers and health care professionals to fight blindness.
  

Wherever you live in New Zealand, you now have the opportunity to participate in our work in fighting blindness and we look forward to communicating to you via this medium.