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NZ VIEW (New Zealand Vision Impaired Empowering Women)

Lata Slade is NZ VIEW's new Administrator / National Secretary, taking over from Janet Palmer.

NZ View's new contact details are:
PO Box 14771, Kilbirnie, Wellington
ph: 04 387 2800
email: nzview@slingshot.co.nz

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Deafblind NZ Inc

Deafblind NZ Inc AGM/Conference will be held in Auckland.

At the RNZFB, Recreation Centre, entrance from 545 Parnell Road, Parnell (do not use the main entrance to Awhina House).

The AGM/Conference will be:
10 June 2.30 – 5pm
11 June 9am – 5pm
12 June 9am – 12.30pm
Everyone is welcome to attend.

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Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand Inc

The ABC Wellington Seminar was held 16 and 17 May. Focusing on "An Accessible Society", this annual event culminated in a small function at Parliament House, hosted by Hon Ruth Dyson, Minister for Disability Issues.

The theme for our annual Conference is "Taking Charge" and will be held at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Auckland, 7 - 9 October. The June issue of Focus will provide details about guest speakers.

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Ngāti Kāpo O Aotearoa

Ngāti Kāpo o Aotearoa's national biennial conference is to be held 18-20 November 2005 in Christchurch.

All members of Ngāti Kāpo will be receiving information regarding the conference over the next couple of months.

The conference will include the election of the national executive.

For more information please contact:
Kania Worsley
ph: 0800 770 990
email: kania.w@xtra.co.nz

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Retina New Zealand Inc

Retina NZ's National AGM and conference will be held in Auckland in August. For further information contact Janet Palmer, National Secretary, ph: 04 299 1801 or email: secretary@retina.org.nz.

To find out whether there is a Retina NZ support group in your area please phone the Peer Support line on 0800 233 833.

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SEYFF

SEYFF have some more exciting activities for blind, deafblind and vision-impaired youth. Coming up in June is the Daily Living workshop; in July is our AGM; our annual Peer Support Camp is in August; and we have a new branch starting in Wellington. Tune into TIS (option 5 6) for more information. Thanks for all your support.

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Parents of Vision Impaired New Zealand (PVI)

PVI recently attended the South Pacific Educators of the Vision Impaired (SPEVI) conference in Melbourne, here we assisted the Australian parents establish the Australian Association of Parents of Vision Impaired.

A National Training weekend was recently held at Homai; parents received training in the role of the "Resource Teacher Vision".

Community Workshop (days or evenings) are taking place around the country for parents and caregivers.

For more information contact Paul Manning E.O. ph: 0800 312 019 or 021 32 44 77

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Blind Sport

The International Blind Sports Association (IBSA) is holding their General Assembly and World Blind Sports Conference 5-12 June in Beijing, China.

The IBSA World Youth Championships are being held in Colorado Springs, USA 4-10 August. Team athletes were announced in the recent Blind Sport newsletter. For more information contact Ray McLeod, CEO, ph: 09 275 1635 or email: sports@blindsport.org.nz

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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 (Divisional Manager Quality Assurance) post: PO Box 2237, Dunedin ph: 03 466 4230

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Updating your eye information

We endeavour to keep your eye information on our database as current as possible. This information is useful when:

  • Assisting members in their rehabilitation plan.
  • Planning future service requirements for members.
  • Setting up Support Groups.
  • Consulting with Government Agencies for funding.
  • Reporting to Government annual statistics.
  • Establishing priorities for and conducting research.

When you next visit your eye professional, please request a copy of the report to be sent to:

  • your local RNZFB office or
  • fax to 09 355 6919 or
  • post to RNZFB, Private Bag 99941, Newmarket, Auckland.

Your personal information is always treated in the strictest confidence.

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