“Living with retinitis pigmentosa has not affected my identity or cultural wellbeing,” said Gaylene Te Rauna (of Tūhoe and Ngāti Porou iwi), a feat she’s immensely proud of. Growing up in the Urewera National Park, in a small place called Ngāputahi, she said she’s endeavoured to keep abreast of evol
The march of veganism continues to sweep more people into a cruelty-free lifestyle while shaking off the antiquated associations of dreadlocks and lentils to become the norm for the ‘urban woke’.
The war in Ukraine, volatile European markets and currencies and challenges across China’s political and economic landscape are just some of the issues impacting almost every country around the world, including New Zealand.
Geographic atrophy (GA) is the late manifestation of non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) characterised by progressive loss of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors. Until now, it was a slowly progressive untreatable disease that led to vision loss.
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 Chatham Island Hospital and Health Centre originally opened in 1927, with the Sisters of Mercy stepping in to help with a lack of staff in 1947. Since 1999 it has been operated by Canterbury District Health Board and staffed by a locum doctor and three resident nurses, plus locum and specialty n
Corneal ectasia is, realistically, the worst complication following corneal refractive surgery and a major cause of litigation, medicolegal complaints and unhappy patients following otherwise routine laser eye surgery.
IOA Silmo International Optician of the Year winner 2022 Grant Hannaford took time out to explain to Jai Breitnauer why “Persistently getting things wrong is the key to doing things right”
In my previous articles on accessibility (see ‘related articles’ at end), I covered why making your practice accessible is not only the right thing to do for your customers, but good for your business
Microbial keratitis (MK) is an acute and potentially visually devastating infection of the cornea caused by bacteria, fungi, amoebae and viruses. The infection is relatively rare in developed countries but remains a major cause of permanent blindness in low-income countries. Risk factors are well-de
If one must give up a sunny Sunday in pursuit of education, the Auckland Museum offers a spectacular spot to absorb breakfast and information, fuelled by plenty of coffee. Using this bait, 10 of the Eye Institute’s 17 surgeons lured a large group of knowledge-hungry optometrists, many bleary eyed fr
Toxoplasma retinochoroiditis is a vision-threatening disease and a major cause of posterior uveitis worldwide. It is a protozoan parasite infection of Toxoplasma gondii, which typically affects one eye of a young individual, with a mean age of 29.5 years at first presentation1. Although it can infec
