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Wellness Practices and Complimentary Therapies

May 5, 2025 | Aids, Life with MS, Support, Symptoms, Treatments

Photo by Jared Rice on Unsplash Symptom management is an important component of living well with MS. Wellness practices or complementary therapies, can often reduce life limiting symptoms such as pain, fatigue, muscle stiffness and tightening. Certain therapies might help […]


1News Report – Medsafe Approves 10 Minute Ocrevus Injection

April 30, 2025 | Advocacy, Life with MS, Media, News, Treatments

Watch Graham Walker, person with MS, President of MS Taranaki and Co-Vice President of MSNZ discuss the life-changing news that Medsafe has approved the 10 minute Ocrevus injection, accompanied with comments from Amanda Rose, MSNZ National Manager on 1News, 29th […]


Medsafe Approves 10 Minute Ocrevus Injection; TVNZ Breakfast Interview with Graham Walker

April 29, 2025 | Life with MS, Media, Treatments

Watch Graham Walker, President of MS Taranaki and Co Vice-President of MSNZ, discuss the newly approved 10 minute Ocrevus injection with Jenny-May on TVNZ’s Breakfast show. Click here: https://youtu.be/powx9Ukm3Dw We encourage those with lived experience to provide their stories to […]


Ocrelizumab Subcut Receives Medsafe Registration as Pressure Mounts to Fund Wider Range of MS Treatment Options

April 24, 2025 | Advocacy, Life with MS, News, Treatments

Photo by Kristine Wook, Unsplash. Medsafe have approved the registration of Ocrevus ® Subcutaneous (SC) (ocrelizumab and hyaluronidase) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (RMS) and primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS). The announcement on […]


MSNZ President Calls for Pharmac to Fund 4 New Drugs on TVNZ Breakfast

March 27, 2025 | Advocacy, Event, Media, News, Treatments

Watch MSNZ President, Neil Woodhams, on TVNZ Breakfast today where he calls for Pharmac to fund 4 new drugs for MS treatment. Neil Woodhams attended this interview ahead of us appearing at Parliament later this morning, with the Bangers to Bluff […]