New Zealand Spinal Trust

Welcome to the New Zealand Spinal Trust's website for everyone with spinal cord injuries, their families, friends, caregivers and health professionals.

We believe that independent living is the ultimate goal of rehabilitation, and our mission is to make sure you have all the information, resources and support you need to make that possible.

The Ben Lei'a Appeal:

Ben broke his neck playing rugby in Samoa earlier this year and the NZ Spinal Trust is collecting consumables, equipment and money to send over to Samoa (thank you NZ Air Force!!) to support Ben and his family there. (More details about Ben here...)

Can you Help??

Money donations can be done easily using FundraiseOnline here...

If you've got any consumables (e.g. catheters, night or day bags, wipes, uridomes, etc.) or equipment (wheelchair (power/manual), shower-chair, bed, mattress, hoist etc.) then get in touch with Debz Mitchell (Connecting People coordinator) at the NZ Spinal Trust office debzm@nzspinaltrust.org.nz or ph 03 387 1305

All courier costs hae been donated by Post Haste and all freight costs by Mainfreight

Upcoming Events:

"Le Long Dejeuner" or "The Long Lunch" at the Flying Moa Bar - A wonderful afternoon of food and entertainment at the Flying Moa Bar, Lunns Ave, Mt Wellington, Auckland - With a French theme (in honour of Bastille Day) and hosted by James McOnie and Andrew Mulligan from PrimeTV's Crowd Goes Wild full long lunch details here...	Fri July 16th 2010
NZ Spinal Trust & Counties Racing Club - Raceday - Come along and support us at the Pukekohe Racecourse and for just $2000 you or your business could having naming rights to a race as well as entry for 6 people into the lounge for the day. full details on the sponsorship package here...	Sat Aug 7th 2010

Recent Events:

2010 RockONZ Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards and Festival - A great night was had inducting the legendary NZ rock band "Dragon" into NZ's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - and about $5500 raised as well! more details here...	Fri/Sat May 14/15 2010
Push 2 Pier Burwood to Brighton (Christchurch) - Well what an awesome day, a huge turn out of peoplea and we're thrilled with how well the whole thing went - And over $10,300 was raised and a lot of fun was had by all! Check out a YouTube video of the start plus over 500 photos here...
NZ Spinal Trust 2010 Charity Ball - Another great night at the Christchurch Art Gallery with music by "Barock" - And over $15,000 was raised - the best result ever Check out 230 photos of the evening here...

Contact:

Christchurch Phone: +64 3 383 6881 Fax: +64 3 383 7500 Email: info@nzspinaltrust.org.nz	Auckland Phone: +64 9 270 9070 Fax: +64 9 270 9088 Email: akl@nzspinaltrust.org.nz
Postal Addresses:
Private Bag 4708 Christchurch 8140 New Zealand	Private Bag 93-319 Otahuhu Auckland 1640 New Zealand
Physical Addresses:
Allan Bean Centre Burwood Hospital Cnr Burwood & Mairehau Rds Burwood Christchurch 8083 New Zealand	Auckland Spinal Rehabilitation Unit 30 Bairds Road Otahuhu Auckland 2025 New Zealand

Latest Updates

5 Jul 2010
Donate to the Ben Lei'a appeal now! Support Ben in Samoa who became a tetraplegic 5 months ago following a rugby accident.
Click here to donate....

1 May 2010
The SBS Christchurch Marathon & the NZ Spinal Trust
support our awesome team members competing in this event on June 6th
Click here for details ….

1 Feb 2010
2010 NZ Spinal Trust Charity Ball view the on-line Photo Gallery
Click here for details ....

10 Jan 2010

View the on-line Photo Gallery
Click here for details ....