This year the BLENNZ Tūranganui a Kiwa/Gisborne and Napier teams collaborated with our Blind Low Vision NZ colleague, Erin Leonard to organise a very successful Curriculum Day at the Wairoa Community Centre Pool which focused on our ākonga developing Swim Safety and confidence skills. Five AUSTSwim instructors (two provisional) led by Denice Gasson were in the… Read more
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BLENNZ DOM Service Team Sharing and Learning Together
The BLENNZ DOM team continues to grow and learn together throughout 2018. The team meets 4 times a year for professional and service stream development. Recently members of the BLENNZ DOM… 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
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
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
BLENNZ becomes a prescribed body and The Marrakesh Treaty
It has been a hugely exciting day for BLENNZ. We have now become a prescribed body under the Copyright Regulations which will help us to provide accessible copies of books… Read more
Board of Trustees Election Results
Results following the June 2016 Board of Trustee Elections as follows: Visual Resource Centres Two parent representatives – Nathaniel Robson and Letitia Patete BLENNZ Staff Representative Jane Cox BLENNZ Homai… Read more
New Zealand Sign Language Week
BLENNZ whānau would like to welcome you all to New Zealand Sign Language Week being kicked off with a video from two of our own super stars, Saul Taylor (BLENNZ… Read more
BLENNZ Tauranga In-Service for teachers, teacher aides and other professionals
In April, BLENNZ Tauranga hosted an In-Service for teachers, teacher aides and other professionals working with students with additional needs. We welcomed 13 participants from all over the Tauranga region…. Read more
Developmental Orientation and Mobility (DOM)
“Kia ora and welcome to the BLENNZ Developmental Orientation & Mobility (DOM) page. DOM is a Specialist Service – like OT and physio – that school students who have Vision… Read more
