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MS in the media: Nurse, Zazi, thought her MS symptoms were due to new job stress

August 8, 2022 | Life with MS, Media

An Auckland nurse was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis after first believing her symptoms were due to career stress. Zazi Gohar, 26, from West Auckland’s Te Atatū, learned she had MS, an often disabling disease of the central nervous system, in 2020 after her legs and […]


Media Release: Government urged to “get a move on” and approve cost-effective, proven, stem cell treatment for Multiple Sclerosis

July 26, 2022 | Advocacy, Life with MS, Media, Treatments

Tuesday 26th July 2022 A private petition is being delivered to the steps of parliament at lunchtime today – calling for the government to green-light a treatment, readily available overseas, which is delivering remarkable improvements to the health of many […]


People with Multiple Sclerosis Need Your Signature

March 16, 2022 | Advocacy, Treatments

MSNZ and those impacted by Multiple Sclerosis need your help! As you may be aware, MS is an autoimmune disease where the body’s own immune system attacks the myelin sheath around nerves in the brain and spine. This interrupts messages […]


Call for Stem Cell treatment for MS

May 20, 2021 | Advocacy, Media, Treatments

Anne Beasley had to travel to India for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) at the end of 2019 and at a cost of $42,000 Although it is already available in New Zealand for people with blood and bone marrow cancer, […]


Stem Cell Transplant

August 21, 2017