The BLENNZ National Assessment Service (NAS) provides support to 14 Visual Resource Centres located throughout NZ by offering assessment both at Homai Campus, as well as locally in the regions…. Read more
Learner stories
Developmental Orientation and Mobility Instructor Kay Daly visits BLENNZ Taranaki
BLENNZ Taranaki have been fortunate to have Kay Daly as our Specialist Developmental Orientation and Mobility Instructor. She has visited Taranaki to work with the BLENNZ Taranaki staff and learners…. Read more
Homai Campus School Term 1 Newsletter
Homai Campus School have had a full on start to 2016. Highlights include Jumpstart learning Te Reo, Takahe’s preparations for the Parasports Day, Weka learning about their own families and Tui… Read more
The VIPs!
The James Cook High Satellite Band (The VIPs) have entered the Smoke Free Rock Quest and will be performing at the regional heats this Saturday 14th May 2016 at the Dorothy Winstone… Read more
National Assessment Service (NAS) visits the team at Nelson Visual Resource Centre
We enjoyed a successful collaboration between the National Assessment Service and our local team during the year. Our local RTVs and the child’s parents watched Patrick Pink complete a very… Read more
Success for Kohl
Kohl Goodfellow is an 8 year old boy from Dunedin. He has been having regular developmental orientation and mobility (DOM) training. This training is overseen by Kay Daly, DOM Specialist/Coordinator… Read more
19 immersion courses have been delivered in 2015
The purpose of Immersion courses is to bring groups of learners together to introduce and further develop skills and knowledge in areas of the regular and expanded core curriculum. Parents… Read more
International White Cane Day
At the start of the year Music School students were encouraged to develop a project to celebrate International White Cane Day on October 15th, 2015. A small group of students… Read more
BLENNZ Auckland North – River Dalby
The Transition Centre Students at Wairau Valley Special School submitted their film Kaipatiki – It Makes Sense to the 2015 KPAT Short Shorts Competition. It was planned to use the… Read more
BLENNZ Tauranga Training Days – Supporting iPad Learners
As a large number of the learners with low vision in the Bay of Plenty area are using iPads to support their learning, our team organised a series of training… Read more