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Choose your words carefully

Renee Lunder 07/05/2026

Your language choices can either strengthen a patient’s commitment to treatment or amplify their fears, writes Renee Lunder

NZ Optics Readership Survey 2026

01/05/2026

Please take part in the NZ Optics 2026 Reader Survey to help us better understand how we can serve Aotearoa’s eyecare community.

The impact of weight-loss drugs on eye health

Dr Arvind Gupta 02/05/2026

Dr Arvind Gupta reviews the latest research on the ocular effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists

Roadmap to tackle diabetes in Aotearoa

Susanne Bradley 01/05/2026

Te Whatu Ora has released a new National Diabetes Roadmap

News

New Syfovre supplier, but no Medsafe approval

Staff reporters 07/05/2026

Eyelaunch boosts NZ grads clinical confidence

Staff reporters 06/05/2026

Mediterranean diet beneficial for all AMD stages

Staff reporters 06/05/2026

What keeps vision cells alive?

Staff reporters 04/05/2026

IVI alternative for proliferative retinopathy?

Staff reporters 04/05/2026

Gathering retinal scans from afar

Staff reporters 04/05/2026

FDA green-lights presbyopia drop

Staff reporters 04/05/2026

SightGlass Vision launches education campaign for myopia control

Staff reporters 30/04/2026

Editor's Choice

Inherited retinal disorders and advances in gene therapy

Dr Minal Patil and Associate Professor Andrea Vincent 01/05/2026

Dr Sarah Welch: where people and science meet

Susanne Bradley 16/04/2026

Misidentifying lens distortion as a source of rejection

Dr Grant Hannaford 14/04/2026

Pre- and post-op drops got my BAK up

Chalkeyes 12/04/2026

Features

The CLC lab where bespoke lenses are born

Susie Hill 20/04/2026

Eye Doctors bright start to CPD season

Susanne Bradley 17/04/2026

Real-world effects of PBM for dry AMD

Dr James Leong 06/04/2026

From fireworks banning to eye banking – fascinating RANZCO NZ keynotes

Susanne Bradley 06/04/2026

Comment

NZ uveitis study probes stress impact

Drew Jones 19/04/2026

Book review: Specialty Contact Lenses by Daddi Fadel and Melissa Barnett

Reviewed by Dr Wanda Lam 18/04/2026

Contractors vs employees – new laws

Lisa Mackay 11/04/2026

Two optoms journey to laser surgery certification

Kenny Wu and Malcolm Lowrey 05/04/2026