Today is the 7th Global Accessibility Awareness Day or GAAD for short. This is the day to talk, think and learn about digital access and what this means to people… Read more
Educators & specialists
International Support Staff Day
Today we celebrate our wonderful support staff around New Zealand who are such a valued part of the team at BLENNZ. To all of our amazing support staff we thank… Read more
Curriculum Day opportunity for ākonga practise life skills
Our Curriculum Day was an opportunity for our blind and low vision ākonga to get together and practise some life skills, whilst having fun in the process. Amongst the many… Read more
A national approach to accessible digital assessments in New Zealand
Together BLENNZ, the Blind Foundation and NZQA are working towards developing accessible online assessments that take into account a range of learner needs and assistive technology packages. It has been… Read more
Homai Early Childhood Centre develop their own darkroom
The development of the darkroom has been a long term project, supported through fundraising and donations from past and present BLENNZ, HECC whānau. This year the addition of coloured LED… Read more
BLENNZ Taranaki welcomes their new manager, Kay Hood
It is always exciting to get groups of BLENNZ learners together to work on BLENNZ Curriculum skills. Groups of learners came into BLENNZ Taranaki for an Art day and a… Read more
2017 – A year of training successes with the DOM team
The beginning of 2017 saw our first 2 Developmental Orientation and Mobility (DOM) trainees complete their training and step up to become DOM Specialists. Ernie Belk and Melanie Harvey completed… Read more
Around New Zealand 88 ākonga attend 14 Immersion courses in 2017
The Immersion Service has provided 14 planned courses in 2017. A total of 88 ākonga have attended 122 places on Immersion Courses this year. The courses have covered diverse topics… Read more
Connecting learners at an early age
For quite a number of years we have seen the value of connecting learners through attendance at Immersion Courses. Learning opportunities stand beside opportunities to make friends.
Jared visits the National Assessment Service
Jared has Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy which affects his central visual field. He has difficulty with clarity of images, low levels of contrast and clutter. When a learner has such challenges… Read more
