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Book of the Month!
What’s new in our Resource Centre? We have several new books that are now available including our ‘book of the month’ - Owning It by Brad Smeele. Brad is a former professional wakeboarder. …
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Sat 4th March – Dr A Memorial Picnic
The NZ Spinal Trust and family of Dr Angelo Anthony would like to invite previous patients, work colleagues and friends of Dr Anthony to a memorial picnic.
This memorial event will celebrate and remember…
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Brad Smeele features in our latest SNN!
In our December edition of the Spinal Network News (SNN) Brad Smeele shares his journey of tetraplegia from his former life as a professional wakeboarder where he was known for pushing the limits of the…
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Merry Christmas!
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…
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Telling it like it is
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.
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