I was saddened, but not surprised, to hear of the Covid outbreak at our recent RANZCO NZ meeting in Wellington. Conferences are well-recognised superspreader events.
The metaverse has everyone buzzing, apparently changing life as we know it. But to anyone like me, it’s an esoteric concept – I have a hard enough time operating my multitude of TV remotes! But I
The work environment is a microcosm of greater society, made up of a wide variety of people, often with differing backgrounds, upbringings, personalities, interests, skill levels, opinions and world views. The fact that people in the workplace mostly get along is amazing!
You can’t beat Wellington on a good day and you certainly couldn’t beat it in the delivery of the RANZCO NZ Branch Annual Scientific Meeting at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Wind? What wind!
The prevalence of keratoconus in Aotearoa New Zealand is purported to be higher than the global average1. This has been attributed to Aotearoa having the largest number of Māori and Pasifika
Although the flyer for this year’s RANZCO New Zealand Branch meeting promised ‘You can’t beat Wellington on a good day’, it didn’t specify how rare a good day is. But that didn’t really matter, since the quality of this year’s speakers meant delegates had no excuse to sneak out into the miserable we
Supporting research into the eye and its connection to the brain and body, the newly established Vision Research Foundation (VRF) is on a mission to transform health in New Zealand. The charity’s
I've fallen into a bit of a rut lately, with recent developments on the visual front forcing a re-think about my grandson Sam's advice to take things more seriously. Up to this point I've never felt the urge to be an 'investigative' blindy; there's too much stuff out there and it keeps getting updat
Mrs D, an independent 83-year-old who’s very active in church activities and several committees, complained of frustration with her optometrist for not getting her reading prescription right. She loves reading and crosswords but was struggling to do either, see food on her plate, prices and directio
In busy day-to-day dispensing, it can be easy to focus on the initial in-store experience of the patient. But do we offer the same standard of care when they return to collect their spectacles?
The inaugural Silmo Singapore event welcomed more than 250 international and local brands from over 15 countries, staking its claim as the region’s new optics meeting hub.
With perfect seminar weather blustering outside, Re:Vision’s co-management conference got underway following a hearty breakfast, with doughnuts!
