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.

Queen’s Birthday Weekend 3rd June

Christchurch Airport Marathon

Queen’s Birthday Weekend Sunday 3^rd June, is the Christchurch Airport Marathon, Half Marathon and 10km run/walk/wheelchair race. Our CEO, Ben Lucas – a past Paralympian has been dragged kicking and screaming out of retirement to do the 10km wheelchair race, along with Bernadette Cassidy who manages the Library and Anita Hamilton – our Operations Manager extraordinaire, but they aren’t doing it for free! They’re raising much needed funds for the Trust and this is a great opportunity for you to help in this effort.

Please visit either of our fundraising web pages and become a supporter of the Trust. Your help is much appreciated;

· http://www.everydayhero.co.nz/nz_st

· http://www.everydayhero.co.nz/ben_lucas_0

· http://www.everydayhero.co.nz/bernadette_cassidy

The NZ Spinal Trust is excited to have

secured access from the

Christchurch City Council and

Burwood Pegasus Community Board

to the QEII athletics track for use as

a fundraising initiative

The track was ‘munted’ in the February 22 2011 Earthquake and it was finished off by the June and December ‘quakes of 2011.

QEII has a long and salubrious history having hosted the 1974 Commonwealth Games where Dick Taylor famously won gold in the 10,000m event while legend John Walker had an epic 1500m race with Filbert Bayi of Tanzania. There have been many more events held there of note with the last major event being the 2011 International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships, which finished a mere three weeks before February 22^nd!

Once we have clearance to access the track we will be assembling pieces for both sale and auction with proceeds going towards the core programs that the NZ Spinal Trust offers to assist people with Spinal Cord Impairments live independent, confident and productive lives, right now!

This is your chance to own a piece of Christchurch history – click on the following link to register your interest, and we will be in contact once we have the Track items ready for distribution.

To register your interest in purchasing a piece of History click below

I WANT A PIECE OF QEll

Take a virtual tour using 360-degree camera technology to capture QEII earthquake scenes click on link below.

http://focus360.co.nz/focus360/ccc/QE2console/virtualtour.html

The New Zealand Spinal Trust

is now back at the Allan Bean Centre

For more details and information contact us on 03 383 6881 / 03 383 9484 or email abclibrary@burwood.org.nz. Come in and see us!

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

14 May 2012
Stem Cells:
Hope, Hype and Progress
For further information please contact Hans Wouters: Hansw@burwood.org.nz