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After more than five years, the debate rages on between Ophthalmology New Zealand (ONZ) and Southern Cross Health Society (SCHS) over funding for minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) devices for
The digitalisation of New Zealand’s GP services, brought about by Covid-19, may pave the way to an expansion of telehealth services, with the potential to permanently change the primary care
The drive up to the inaugural Women in Vision Aotearoa conference felt like a test of what was to come. I’m a woman; I can drive my totally inappropriate little car several kilometres on extremely narrow, windy metal roads without worrying whether I’m lost or what on earth I’ll do if another car com
After more than three years of development and five years wading through regulatory paperwork, a new device to permanently remove ingrown eyelashes (trichiasis and districhiasis) is now available to buy in New Zealand and Australia.
Covid’s negative impact on business across the globe is well known. But in the European eyewear-design world, it drove some firms to change how they operate, forever. Lesley Springall caught up with a few who now consider Covid a business blessing in disguise!
Having delayed the company’s European push because of Covid, the British eyewear designer and manufacturer Eyespace debuted at Silmo 2022, unveiling its first optical range for Range Rover and previewing optical and sun ranges for its other licensed brands, Land Rover and Aspinal of London.
Sporting new, still to be patented, screwless-hinge technology, JF Rey’s new Olympus range epitomises the evolution of the company under new owners Walter Pirinoli, Dan Levi and Ralf Kmoch, said Levi at Silmo 2022. Since taking the reins of the French eyewear firm just over a year ago, the new owner
Born from an affection for fun frames by the company’s chemistry-trained, Korean-born founder, Diego Kim, Albert I’mStein eyewear is now available in New Zealand.
The new head of the School of Optometry and Vision Science (SOVS) at Auckland University, Dr Andrew Collins officially assumed the role on Good Friday this year. Was that a good omen? Lesley Springall sat down with him to find out.
Denmark-based Design Eyewear Group (DEG) has expanded its portfolio of brands with the acquisition of quintessentially British eyewear design company William Morris.
The 2022 Silmo d’Or awards were once again held at the exhibition centre, with a large and jubilant crowd, a gold-bedecked stage and stilt-walkers adding that touch of glitz and excitement the awards are so well known for.
Following the business’ second ram raid in two weeks, Paul Rose, optometrist and co-owner of Hamilton East’s Total Vision optometrists, warned other practice owners to be wary of falling victim to the same problem. “If they’ve got a retail front and there’s easy road access, they should be looking v
