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NZ Herald acknowledge 25 years of restoring sight
07 November 2017
Explore an interactive digital story, curated by NZ Herald, celebrating 25 years for The Foundation. -
Palmerston North Boys' High School students celebrate 'Fred Hollows Day'
30 October 2017
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WATCH: The AM Show's Duncan Garner interviews Foundation Executive Director Andrew Bell on 25 years of restoring sight
19 October 2017
It's been 25 years since The Fred Hollows Foundation started fighting avoidable blindness across the globe. -
Radio NZ's Jesse Mulligan interviews Dr Mundi Qalo
19 October 2017
Dr Qalo leads the Pacific outreach team to countries that don’t yet have adequate eye care. He has performed thousands of sight-saving surgeries. -
The Fred Hollows Foundation celebrates 25 years of restoring sight
19 October 2017
This October marks 25 years since The Fred Hollows Foundation began restoring sight to the needlessly blind, striving to end avoidable blindness throughout the developing world.
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WATCH: Newshub's Michael Morrah in Fiji with The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ
18 October 2017
Eye care specialists in the Pacific say soaring rates of diabetes have led to a dramatic increase in cases of vision loss and blindness. -
WATCH: 1 News' Barbara Dreaver in Samoa with The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ
18 October 2017
Patients have come from neighbouring villages for non-communicable disease checkups – in Samoa that means diabetes. -
Fred overseas: His inspiration to fight for improved access to eye health
11 October 2017
How Fred's visits to an Indigenous Australian community sparked change for those who needed it most. -
25 photos for 25 years
10 October 2017
We take a look back at a collection of images that represents The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ and what we’ve achieved over the last 25 years. -
Fred the eye doctor: “I studied medicine so I could help others"
03 October 2017
How Fred Hollows became the eye doctor who didn't hold back. -
Young Fred: For 25 years we’ve continued the work of Fred Hollows
21 September 2017
Take a look back at the Kiwi eye surgeon's younger years. -
Dr Duke Mataka shares his story about saving the sight of a four year old in Tonga
01 August 2017
When a child needs an emergency operation to save his sight, we don’t waste time. -
The Fred Hollows Foundation makes history, helping one million people see in a year
24 May 2017
The Fred Hollows Foundation has reached a remarkable record. For the first time in history, one million eye operations and treatments were achieved in just one year. -
Arty Eyes: Dick Frizzell and Specsavers launch specs with soul
03 November 2016
New Zealand artist releases limited edition frames to pay for life-altering surgery equipment in the Pacific. -
Dunedin street named after Kiwi legend Fred Hollows
15 September 2016
A street in Dunedin’s Leith Valley has been named Fred Hollows Way in memory of the famous Kiwi eye doctor who restored sight to countless people in the developing world. -
New Zealand charity launches first mobile eye clinic for Pacific
20 November 2014
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ has launched a new mobile eye clinic for Fiji. -
New eye care facility to open in Papua New Guinea
07 October 2014
To mark World Sight Day on October 9th, The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ announces the opening of a new operating theatre in Papua New Guinea. -
TVNZ Good Sorts – Volunteer Monique Bakker
16 July 2014
Monique Bakker has been a volunteer at The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ for the past 11 years. She’s made thousands of cataract masks so people in New Zealand can get a sense of what it’s like to be blind. -
New solar powered health centre for Honiara
09 June 2014
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ is working with the New Zealand government to build a state-of-the-art eye care centre in the Solomon Islands. -
Daniel Vettori visits surgical outreach in Fiji
05 November 2013
Kiwi cricket legend and Specsavers ambassador Daniel Vettori visited a surgical outreach in Fiji to spend time with patients getting their sight restored. -
'One Man's Vision' - Paul Holmes interviews Fred Hollows
15 September 1992
A documentary profiling the humanitarian work of Professor Fred Hollows.