Welcome to Glaucoma New Zealand

Glaucoma NZ is a charitable trust to eliminate blindness from glaucoma. Glaucoma is the number one preventable cause of blindness in New Zealand. Blindness from glaucoma can be prevented by early detection and appropriate treatment.

Glaucoma NZ aims to:

Enhance public awareness about glaucoma
Support and inform people with glaucoma
Educate eye health workers to assure high quality services
Facilitate research into glaucoma

What is Glaucoma?

Glaucoma is the name given to a group of related diseases where the optic nerve is being damaged. The nerve fibres progressively die taking away the peripheral or side vision first. Therefore visual loss goes undetected until it is quite advanced. Read more...

Glaucoma Professional Education
Programme 2013

The 2013 Glaucoma Professional Education Programme for New Zealand optometrists, nurses, orthoptists, ophthalmic technicians and other eye health professionals is now open for enrolments. Again this year the Programme uses an online web-based course structure based at glaucomaeducation.com, approved by the NZ Optometrists & Dispensing Opticians Board (ODOB) CPD Accreditation Committee - registered optometrists can use the programme to earn maximum of 10.5 Clinical Diagnostic (CD) Credits. For more details please download an invitation PDF:

Enrol online now:

If you are already enrolled you can sign into the programme...