News & Media Releases

Stories and news about Macular Degeneration are often shared throughout the media. Below are some recent MDNZ articles, click on the ‘Read More’ button to find out more.

MDNZ 2016 Awareness Campaign - PRINZ Awards

26 May 2017

Our May 2016 Macular Degeneration Awareness Week was a great success thanks to a great campaign run by Cadance Communications on our behalf.    This resulted in the Cadence Communications campaign for MDNZ being acknowledged at the recent PRINZ awards.   See their blog:
http://www.cadencecomms.co.nz/blog/2017/5/26/cadence-wins-highly-commended-at-2017-pr-institute-of-nz-awards

The Cost of Age-Related Macular Degeneration - Deloitte Research Paper

15 November 2016

Macular Degeneration New Zealand recently commissioned Deloittte's to conduct comprehensive research to determine the socioeconomic cost of vision loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in New Zealand in order to assist with raising awareness of the economic cost of AMD so that action can be taken to eliminate blindness and vision loss from AMD.

To read the full report click 'Download' below.

The Treatment Revolution

Wednesday, 9th November 2016 at 6.30 p.m.
The Atrium, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Professor Alan Bird will discuss one of the greatest advances in medicine in the past decade.

Early detection saves sight

TV1 'Kiwi Living' 24 August 2016

Join Sir Peter Leitch on his journey of discovery into the importance of looking after your eyesight

Blind spot on eyesight treatment

Sunday Star Times 5 June 2016

Thousands of Kiwis are going blind from a preventable condition but treatments are not receiving appropriate funding, doctors say.

A first in the Southern Hemisphere

4 March 2016 

                                                                     
A Whakatane woman with MD is the first person in the Southern Hemisphere to have a real life twinkle in her eye after receiving life changing surgery to improve her vision by implanting a tiny telescope in her eye.

'BLIND SPOT'

by Jennifer Bowden NZ LISTENER 6 June 2013

It's the leading cause of vision loss but most of us have never heard of it and have no idea how to prevent it...                                                                                                                                                     

What is Macular Degeneration? Central TV

25th June, 2013

Viv Jones talks to Hillary Entwistle from Central TV about Macular Degeneration.

Are you at risk of Macular Degeneration? TV One

27th May, 2013

It is the leading cause of blindness for people aged over 50 – and there is a push to get more Kiwis tested.

Simple test detects leading cause of blindness

28 May, 2013

MD is a chronic eye disease that affects the central vision and one in seven New Zealanders over the age of 50 have it.

Macular degeneration on rise  3 News

25th May, 2014

A disease which causes permanent blindness is sharply on the rise in New Zealand. With macular degeneration, perfect vision can diminish rapidly in just a few weeks.