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Record Plasma Donor Numbers Not Enough To Meet Growing Demand: 4,000 New Donors Needed In Next 12-Months
Sunday, 7 June 2026, 4:24 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
If you already donate blood or plasma, National Blood Donor Week is the perfect time to ask someone to come along with you and book an appointment to donate. More >>
University Of Canterbury Students Join Push To Boost Bone Marrow Donor Registry Numbers
Friday, 1 May 2026, 11:21 am | New Zealand Blood Service
Part of NZBMDR’s wider recruitment efforts, the event aimed to connect with students and the local community to demystify the bone marrow donation process and show how easy it is to join the registry with just a simple cheek swab. More >>
New Zealand Blood Service To Change Sexual Activity Screening For All Donors
Tuesday, 28 April 2026, 9:12 am | New Zealand Blood Service
Dr Sarah Morley, Chief Medical Officer at New Zealand Blood Service, says the change aligns New Zealand with international best practice while continuing to protect patients who rely on blood products. More >>
New Zealand Blood Service Takes Plasma Donation On The Road Across Central North Island
Thursday, 26 February 2026, 2:38 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
Due to launch on 21 April, the plasma bus will be on the road every week of the year, visiting venues in Hastings, New Plymouth, Taupō, Whakatāne, Matamata and Rotorua. More >>
Start 2026 With A Lifesaving Commitment: NZ Blood Service Has 4000 Waikato Appointments To Fill Before Summer Ends
Monday, 19 January 2026, 3:08 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
As New Zealanders wrap up their holidays, return to work and ease into new habits for the year ahead, the addition of regular donations to their 2026 schedule is a straightforward way to start the year on a positive note. More >>
Therapeutic Venesection Service Opens Doors To First Patients At Palmerston North Donor Centre
Monday, 1 December 2025, 4:48 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
Therapeutic Venesection Nurse Specialist Sam Hutton says moving the service into the donor centre gives patients a more suitable, less clinical environment while freeing up hospital capacity. More >>
New Zealand Blood Service Announces New Therapeutic Venesection Service For Palmerston North Donor Centre
Tuesday, 2 September 2025, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
Therapeutic venesection nurse specialist Sam Hutton says providing the service at NZBS’ Palmerston North Donor Centre will have positive impacts for local patients and their families, the health sector, and even whole blood collection numbers. More >>
Northern Rescue And New Zealand Blood Service Use Battlefield Insights To Take Partnership To New Heights
Monday, 18 August 2025, 11:42 am | New Zealand Blood Service
NZBS Transfusion Medicine Specialist Richard Charlewood says the New Zealand SWiFT trial, like those in UK and Canada, will follow the learnings of military combat medicine, where use of platelet rich whole blood transfusions has improved health ... More >>
Turn Up The Music, Roll Up Your Sleeve - New Zealand Blood Service Drop The Beats For Donation
Friday, 13 June 2025, 1:33 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
Timed to roughly last the length of time spent in the chair for either a whole blood or plasma donation, the playlists have been crafted by familiar names such as Tiki Taane, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Shapeshifter, Erin Simpson and SYSCA’s Lucy Blakiston, ... More >>
New Zealand Blood Service Needs New Blood - Call Out To Gen Z To Activate Their Superpower And Start Saving Lives
Monday, 9 June 2025, 12:11 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
New Zealand currently has just over 130,000 blood and plasma donors – less than 4% of the eligible population. More >>
New Zealand Blood Service And Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust Celebrate A Decade Of Lifesaving Impact
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 2:13 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
A decade on, the partnership has made it possible for over 200 patients to receive around 315 units of blood in time critical pre-hospital transfusions. More >>
Give The Gift Of Life This Summer: NZ Blood Service Has More Than 24,000 Appointments To Meet Busy Holiday Demand
Monday, 18 November 2024, 12:19 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
For anyone interested in becoming a donor, download the NZ Blood Service Donor App or visit the NZBS website to check your eligibility, find your nearest location to donate and book an appointment. More >>
National Blood Donor Week - New Zealand Short Of Plasma Collection Targets By 12% Weekly
Monday, 12 August 2024, 10:06 am | New Zealand Blood Service
New Zealand’s plasma supply is at a tipping point, as demand for this ‘liquid gold’ in our blood continues to increase by over 10% year on year. This National Blood Donor Week, New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) is calling for New Zealander’s ... More >>
New Zealand Celebrates World Blood Donor Day Friday June 14 ‘Your Aroha Is Life Changing’
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 2:50 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
Every year across Aotearoa 30,000 Kiwis have their lives saved or improved thanks to the generosity of New Zealand’s donor community. More >>
State-of-the-art Plasma Machines Improve Donor Experience
Thursday, 1 February 2024, 1:50 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
Plasma donors are starting to benefit from an upgraded donation experience, as New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) rolls out its new Aurora plasma donation machines across Aotearoa. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2402/5836792cb372fd19a4d2.jpeg" ... More >>
New Zealand Blood Service Thanks Donors For A Record-breaking Summer
Tuesday, 23 January 2024, 2:20 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) has reached one of its highest-ever summer collection targets thanks to the continued generosity of New Zealanders. And, with more than 18,000 appointments nationally still to fill throughout the remainder of January ... More >>
New Zealand Blood Service Seeks To Fill 32,000 Appointments Over Summer
Monday, 11 December 2023, 10:47 am | New Zealand Blood Service
New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) has more than 32,000 appointments to be filled between now and the end of January to meet demand over the holiday season. Last year 55,323 units of blood, plasma and platelets were issued to patients across New Zealand ... More >>
More Opportunities To Donate Blood In The Auckland And Northland Regions
Tuesday, 7 November 2023, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) has added a second mobile blood drive team to service more communities in the Auckland and Northland regions. It comes as the demand for blood has been increasing by four percent every year and is forecast to keep growing. ... More >>
New Zealand Blood Service Opens Doors To New State-of-the-art Hamilton Donor Centre
Monday, 14 August 2023, 10:55 am | New Zealand Blood Service
Monday 14 August marks the opening of the new Hamilton Blood Donor Centre, now located on the corner of Anglesea and London Street. The state-of-the-art donor centre has been purpose built for New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) by Hamilton-based Stark Property ... More >>
New Zealand Celebrates National Blood Donor Week
Monday, 12 June 2023, 2:27 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
New Zealand Blood Service needs 40,000 more of us to ‘Find our Why?’ New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) is marking the start of the country’s second annual National Blood Donor Week by calling for 40,000 more New Zealanders to ‘Find their Why’ ... More >>
