It’s been another huge year at the NZ Spinal Trust, and in collaboration with Spinal Support NZ our Community Peer & Whānau Support teams are now firmly established in communities across Aotearoa New Zealand. Our Community Peer & Whānau Support team came together from across the country in October for training and there was a […]
Teina Boyd was a patient in the Burwood Spinal Unit seven years ago. The Cantabrian was a recruit for the New Zealand Police when she fractured her neck at the C5 vertebrae. It changed her life in a moment. Her honest reflections give us a real insight to living life with a spinal cord impairment.
All spinal cord impairments in New Zealand are recorded in a registry (NZSCIR) which helps to inform research and health care providers in their strategies for services to best support the SCI community.
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New Zealand Spinal Trust 2026 | Charities Commission No. CC43195