Consumer Events
- Association of Blind Citizens New Zealand Inc
- Blind Sport New Zealand
- NZ VIEW
- Parents of Vision Impaired New Zealand (PVI)
- Retina New Zealand Inc
- SEYFF
- RNZFB complaints policy
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This section in Outlook is dedicated to informing you about the activities you may enjoy and be passionate about. It is to keep you up to date with our consumer organisations - what's been happening and what's coming up. Contacts details for each group are on page 22.
Association of Blind Citizens New Zealand Inc
Go to www.abcnz.org.nz to listen to happenings from our recent conference. ABC NZ's 2004 large print calendars are now available and can be purchased from our national office (see page 22 for contact details). A reminder that applications to the Cyril White Fund close on 1 February 2004. This fund exists to encourage leadership skills in blind and vision-impaired individuals and aid them in guiding and directing roles within New Zealand, neighbouring Pacific states and East Asia Region of the World Blind Union.
Blind Sport New Zealand
Blind Sport New Zealand are thrilled that members Daniel Sharp and Mark Symon were successful during the International Blind Sports Federation World Championships held in August in Quebec, Canada. Fifteen-year-old swimmer Daniel Sharp won a silver in 200m freestyle and bronze in 400m freestyle. Sprinter Mark Symon finished 5th in 400m and 11th overall in the 200m. Congratulations to both Daniel and Mark - we look forward to following your future successes.
Sporting events coming up - NZ Blind Sailing Championships, Lake Rotoiti, Rotorua from 20 - 22 February.
Email info@sailingblind.org.nz for more information.
NZ VIEW
Our aim is to promote in every way the interests and well-being of women who are blind or vision- impaired. We have branches in Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington and Tauranga, and our "Flying Squad" is very busy with a membership drive. Annual subscription is $5. For more information, or to become a member and receive our quarterly newsletter, contact:
Janet Palmer, national secretary
P.O. Box 17-107
Karori, Wellington
Phone: 04 476 7329.
Fax: 04 472 9490
email: nzview@ihug.co.nz
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Parents of Vision Impaired New Zealand (PVI)
Greetings everyone. Our 2003 Conference took place at Massey University, Palmerston North on 11-13 July. Our thanks go to more than 50 parents who attended in support. One of the many highlights was the panel and focus group discussion. Many of the suggestions resulting from this discussion have been incorporated into our Strategic Plan focus for the year 2003/2004. Thankfully, and with the support of the RNZFB, PVI will be able to provide Parent Education Workshops around New Zealand from March to May 2004. Watch this space for more exciting updates from PVI!
Retina New Zealand Inc
Following our recent AGM in Wellington we welcome our new president Kaye Newton from Christchurch and Camille Guy from Auckland as vice president. A new initiative is underway to form support groups in Kapiti and Manawatu. Our website (www.retina.org.nz) has been updated to include copies of our booklets and past quarterly newsletters. We welcome new members including people with some sight loss who are not eligible for Foundation membership. Annual subs are $5 (unwaged) and $10 (waged). For more information, please see our contact details on page 22.
SEYFF
The 2003 SEYFF Peer Support Camp was held in Rotorua. Activities included rock climbing, archery and mechanical bull riding. We also invited John Puhara, Blind Sport New Zealand (BSNZ) and Rokini Tofaeono, Yellow Ribbon New Zealand (YRNZ) to speak about the organisations they are involved in. For a full camp report please contact SEYFF (see page 22 or phone TIS, option 4-1-2).
Up-and-coming events:
December 20 - Xmas Party
February 14 - Valentine's Ball
February 28 - Drugs and Alcohol Awareness workshop
RNZFB complaints policy
We welcome your feedback, which helps ensure we are providing quality services. We appreciate your compliments and we aim to resolve your concerns/complaints in a professional and understanding manner. If these cannot be sorted at the source, you may wish to take the matter further by contacting the manager concerned or the complaints coordinator, Adrienne Henderson (DM Quality Assurance), PO Box 2237, Dunedin or ph 03 466 4230.