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Diabetes NZ Otago works across the Otago region.

01/01/2026

Happy New Year everyone.
May 2026 be a wonderful year for you all.

20/12/2025

Diabetes NZ Otago office is now closed for Christmas.
I will be returning on Tuesday 6th Jan. If you have any camp enquires please email paula@diabetes.org.nz as I will be checking my emails.
Thank you to everyone who has supported our fundraising ventures this year, and who have attended our events and camps throughout the year.
Have a safe and happy Christmas x

15/12/2025

Thank you to everyone who attended the family Christmas picnic yesterday at Woodhaugh Gardens. Santa made a visit, it was a lovely day connecting with families, food, sunshine and a few laughs.

01/12/2025

Hi Everyone
Below is the link you need to register on to attend the Diabetes NZ Otago Christmas picnic at Woodhaugh Garden on Sunday 14th December.
https://events.humanitix.com/diabetes-nz-otago-youth-family-christmas-picnic-2025

I look forward to seeing you there

25/11/2025

Diabetes NZ Otago Youth is always on the look out for feedback from children, youth, parents, and caregivers regarding our camps or the events we hold. This feedback comes in handy when we are applying for national and local grants, which helps reduce the costs of running our camps or providing funding for our Live Brave Mana Ora Youth services.
If you would like to provide a written testimony, or make a video that we can give to our grant funders I encourage you to make contact with me.

24/11/2025

Are you facing long wait times for insulin pump starts?

The University of Otago are running a study called Access-AID, which is open to people with type 1 or type 3c diabetes who want to transition onto an automated insulin delivery system (AID) to manage their diabetes.

The 3-month study will help existing health teams across Aotearoa to get safe and supported access for people wanting to move to AID and see whether participants experience better glucose control, burden reduction, improved quality of life and treatment satisfaction.

If you are interested to know more, there are two upcoming information sessions where industry reps will help you decide which pump and CGM options might be right for you.

The next sessions are now open for registration:

TONIGHT: Wednesday, 19 November, 7pm - 8pm
Tuesday 25th November, 12pm-1pm
Thursday 27th November, 7pm-8pm

Register using the links on our Events page: https://www.diabetes.org.nz/events-calendar

These sessions are free for people living with type 1 diabetes anywhere in Aotearoa New Zealand.

If you have any questions, please contact: youth@diabetes.org.nz

18/11/2025

Register on Humanitix - Diabetes NZ Auckland Youth: Online Education Spring Series #4 - Looking Back, Looking Forward hosted by Diabetes NZ Auckland Youth. Online. Monday 17th November 2025. Find event information.

14/11/2025

💚WORLD DIABETES DAY💚 In 1922, at the University of Toronto, scientists went to a hospital ward with children who were comatose and dying from diabetic keto-acidosis. Imagine a room full of parents sitting at the bedside waiting for the inevitable death of their child.

The scientists went from bed to bed and injected the children with the new purified extract - insulin. As they began to inject the last comatose child, the first child injected began to awaken. One by one, all of the children awoke from their diabetic comas. A room of death and gloom, became a place of joy and hope.

The discovery of insulin by Dr. Frederick Banting, Charles Best, James Collip, and John Macleod at the University of Toronto stands as one of the most dramatic breakthroughs in medical history. Before 1922, type 1 diabetes was essentially a death sentence, especially for children, who would waste away despite strict starvation diets.

The first clinical use of insulin in January 1922 transformed the fate of patients almost overnight. That ward of comatose children became a living testament to scientific achievement, within hours, the extract was reversing symptoms once thought irreversible. Parents who had been preparing for funerals were instead embracing their children.

This moment didn’t just save those young lives, it reshaped the future for millions worldwide. Today, insulin remains an essential therapy for people with diabetes, and the events of that day in 1922 are remembered as a turning point from despair to hope in modern medicine.

12/11/2025

Are you facing long wait times for pump starts?

The University of Otago are running an Access-AID study, if you are thinking of self-referring to this study you can attend an information session to hear from industry reps to help decide what pump and CGM options are right for you.

The next sessions are now open for registration

Tuesday, 18 November, 12pm - 1pm https://events.humanitix.com/diabetes-nz-diabetes-technology-information-sessions-3

Wednesday, 19 November, 7pm - 8pm https://events.humanitix.com/diabetes-nz-diabetes-technology-information-sessions-4

These sessions are for people with Type 1 Diabetes anywhere in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Questions: contact youth@diabetes.org.nz

11/11/2025

FREE Tickets - I have 20 per session
I have tickets to the World Festival of Magic hosted by Lions International.
There are two sessions:
Date: Thursday 27th November at 4.00pm & 7.00pm
Location: Kings / Queens High School Performing Arts Centre
If you would like me to post you tickets please get in touch via email Paula@diabetes.org.nz by the end of this week so you will receive them in time, happy to give out 4-5 tickets per family.
This will be first in first served.
Hope to see you there.

04/11/2025

Diabetes NZ with support from the University of Otago is pleased to launch the Diabetes Technology Information Sessions: automated insulin delivery (AID) for people living with Type 1 diabetes.

Join one of our online education sessions to learn more about AID and the Pharmac funded Insulin Pumps and Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) available.

During these one-hour sessions we will be joined by experts from Dexcom/NZMS, Mediray and Pharmaco to hear more about AID and device compatibility. You will hear more about both the Tandem T:Slim x2 and mylife YpsoPump with CamAPS FX Pumps, along with details on the compatible Continuous Glucose Monitors, (Dexcom G6 and G7 and the Libre 3+).

Open to all across New Zealand.

The first sessions are on Tuesday 11th November at 12noon and 7pm.

For more information & registration:

12noon https://events.humanitix.com/diabetes-technology-information-session-1

7pm https://events.humanitix.com/diabetes-nz-diabetes-technology-information-session-2

Diabetes NZ looking forward to seeing you there.

All those who attend are invited to join the research ‘Access AID - Accelerating care, capacity and equity in AID systems for New Zealanders with type 1 diabetes’. Led by the University of Otago.

Questions: contact youth@diabetes.org.nz

28/10/2025

Summer Camp Registrations - DATE CHANGE

Hi Families,
There is a slight change in the closing date for camp registrations due to staff taking Christmas holidays. The closing date is now Monday 1st December 2025.
Please ensure you register before this date as no late registrations will be accepted. Numbers are limited for camp so please ensure you get your child registered as soon as you can.
If you are unsure of anything about camp please email me Paula@diabetes.org.nz

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Monday	10:00 - 14:00
Tuesday	10:00 - 14:00
Wednesday	10:00 - 14:00
Thursday	10:00 - 14:00
Friday	10:00 - 14:00

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