Welcome to the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind
The Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind is New Zealand's primary provider of vision-related services to blind, deafblind and vision-impaired people. Read more about the Foundation.
Warm up for winter with a talking book
RNZFB members can enjoy a gripping winter's read by listening to one of our library's 8, 000 talking book titles. Our collection includes a range of popular fiction, magazines, non-fiction and classics. Find out more about our Foundation Library, the Homai Special Formats Library for children and young people, view our catalogue and read about our digital talking books project.
Foundation launches See the Difference programme
This week the Foundation launches the See the Difference programme, calling on New Zealanders to support the vital services the Foundation provides to its 11,700 members.
See the Difference is the new way you can help blind and vision-impaired New Zealanders with a monthly donation of $20 - less than a dollar a day. The See the Difference programme was launched with a TV advertisement starring Foundation member, Sarndra.Draft Strategic Plan heralds new direction for RNZFB
The RNZFB released its Draft Strategic Plan 2009-2015 for consultation and received feedback from staff, members and other stakeholders.
The Plan explains what the focus will be for the RNZFB and represents a historic change in the Foundation's direction. The draft plan is available in accessible formats or you can read it online.
The Board will be considering all feedback received at their meeting
on Friday 26 June.