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Calling All Queenstown Blood Donors – New Zealand Blood Service Is Heading Your Way!
Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 8:58 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
People in Queenstown Lakes District will have an opportunity to help save up to three lives at the end of this month, with New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) set to host its first mobile blood drive in the district region since 2019. The mobile drive ... More >>
Hato Hone St John Focuses On Helping Worst Cyclone-affected Areas
Thursday, 16 February 2023, 4:26 pm | Hato Hone St John
Hato Hone St John continues to focus response efforts on helping those in the worst affected areas that have been battered by Cyclone Gabrielle. While the cyclone has created significant ongoing challenges, Hato Hone St John is reassuring communities ... More >>
Hato Hone St John Continues Its Response To Cyclone Gabrielle
Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 2:37 pm | Hato Hone St John
As Cyclone Gabrielle unleashes its full force on the North Island causing a National State of Emergency to be declared, Hato Hone St John is continuing to step forward to be there for whānau and our communities. Dan Ohs, Hato Hone St John Deputy Chief ... More >>
Friendly Fangs: New Zealand Blood Service Vamps Up Otago’s Ori-week
Monday, 13 February 2023, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
It’s not just students descending on Otago’s Ori-Week this year. There are rumors of vampire sightings across the campus with reports of mirrors being mysteriously covered and strange nocturnal happenings. However, students and faculty can rest ... More >>
HATO HONE ST JOHN PREPARING FOR CYCLONE TO HIT THE NORTH ISLAND
Friday, 10 February 2023, 3:23 pm | Hato Hone St John
Hato Hone St John (HHSJ) is scaling up in preparedness for Cyclone Gabrielle, which is looking likely to bring more adverse weather to the upper North Island in the coming days. HHSJ National Ambulance Controller, Stuart Cockburn, says HHSJ is on ... More >>
Hato Hone St John Commemorates Waitangi Day With Wellbeing Kaupapa
Friday, 3 February 2023, 2:19 pm | Hato Hone St John
Hato Hone St John is celebrating Waitangi Day this year by offering all manuhiri/visitors to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds a free ‘Arotake Hauora’ health check and the chance to learn lifesaving CPR skills. A ropū (group) including our Kāhui Mauaka Māori ... More >>
Hato Hone St John Roll Out Newly Designed Waka Manaaki Ambulances
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 11:01 am | Hato Hone St John
Hato Hone St John is proud to roll out its new Waka Manaaki branded ambulances this summer, further aligning its connection and commitment to serving the people of Aotearoa, New Zealand. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2301/6986fe5b18105f54e824.jpeg" ... More >>
The New Year's Resolution That Saves Lives; New Zealand Blood Service Calls For More Donors For 2023
Wednesday, 11 January 2023, 1:38 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) is asking all eligible Kiwis to make regular blood and plasma donations their New Year’s resolution as it needs more than 40,000 new donors to meet continued rising demand. In 2023, demand for blood and plasma is forecasted ... More >>
The Gift That Keeps On Giving; New Zealand Blood Service Seeks To Fill Holiday Donation Appointments
Thursday, 22 December 2022, 12:01 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
With many Kiwis clocking off for the holiday period between Christmas and the New Year, New Zealand Blood Service is asking donors to make time to donate blood or plasma to help fill the 5000 appointments still available. With donor centres in ... More >>
10-year-old Becomes The One-millionth Tamariki To Learn Lifesaving First Aid Skills
Friday, 2 December 2022, 5:26 pm | Hato Hone St John
A 10-year-old schoolgirl from South Auckland has become the one millionth tamariki to learn lifesaving first skills since 2015. Sithuli Kulasinghe, a Year 6 pupil from Takanini School, was taught a wide range of first aid skills, from how to call 111 ... More >>
Celebrations As New Waikato Blood Bank Opens
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 12:46 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
The new Waikato Blood Bank has this morning been officially blessed and opened on the Waiora Waikato Hospital campus. New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) will lease and operate the purpose-built facility, which was constructed by Te Whatu Ora Health ... More >>
New Zealand Blood Service Calls On Everyday People To Save Lives, Every Day This Summer
Wednesday, 2 November 2022, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
This summer, New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) is calling on people to Give blood. Give Plasma. Give Hope. NZBS has over 40,000 lifesaving appointments to fill in the next eight weeks, and it needs ordinary kiwis to give the extraordinary gift of hope ... More >>
Hato Hone St John Exceeds Target For Shocktober
Monday, 31 October 2022, 6:01 pm | Hato Hone St John
Hato Hone St John has exceeded its target to empower 10,000 kiwis with life-saving skills in its first ever “Shocktober”. Leveraging off Restart a Heart Day held on Sunday October 16, Hato Hone St John focused the whole month of October on CPR ... More >>
Hato Hone St John Mental Health Colab With Construction Industry
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 10:14 am | Hato Hone St John
Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 marks a successful 18-month partnership delivering mental health first aid courses to the construction industry by Hato Hone St John and Site Safe NZ. Hato Hone St John Head of First Aid Training Simon Barnett says ... More >>
Sky Tower Lights Up Gold To Highlight The Skyrocketing Need For Plasma Donors
Monday, 5 September 2022, 10:20 am | New Zealand Blood Service
The Sky Tower, New Zealand’s largest needle, is being lit up gold on Monday September 5 to highlight the sky-high need for plasma and plasma donors. The golden needle marks the start of New Zealand Blood Service’s (NZBS) new campaign dedicated to ... More >>
The Importance Of Māori And Pasifika Blood Donors – Whānau Saving Whānau
Friday, 17 June 2022, 9:14 am | New Zealand Blood Service
This National Blood Donor Week, New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) is highlighting the importance of Māori and Pasifika donors by letting them know just how special their blood is. More >>
New Zealand Blood Service Urgently Calls For More A+ Donors After Major Spike In Demand
Monday, 4 April 2022, 10:40 am | New Zealand Blood Service
New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) needs more A+ Donors to donate after a massive increase in demand, adding further strain to already depleted national stocks struggling in the wake of Omicron. Over the last seven days, demand for A+ has increased 19% ... More >>
New Zealand Blood Services Reduces COVID-19 Deferral Period
Monday, 7 March 2022, 10:34 am | New Zealand Blood Service
New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) has reduced the deferral period for blood and plasma donors who have had COVID-19, are considered a close contact of a confirmed or suspected case or travelled overseas from a COVID-19 risk area. The changes, which have been ... More >>
New Zealand Blood Service Prepares For Impact Of Omicron
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 11:19 am | New Zealand Blood Service
New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) says it is preparing for the impact of Omicron to be felt in its Donor Centres and Mobile Drives across Aotearoa. The Service is calling on people in good health to book an appointment to donate this month to help ... More >>
Meta Partners With New Zealand Blood Service To Help Boost Blood Donation Rates
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 7:35 am | New Zealand Blood Service
New Zealand’s Facebook users can now sign up to be notified of opportunities nearby to give blood and plasma, thanks to the launch of Facebook’sBlood Donations feature in partnership with New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS). It comes as NZBS ... More >>
