Yearly Archives: 2025
Congratulations Dr Sal Lopez
We know that collaboration is key to unlocking a cure for spinal cord injury. So we’re delighted that Dr Sal Lopez has been awarded a PJ Smith Travelling Fellowship to visit spinal cord injury research teams in Australia later this year.
Congratulations Dr Bruce Harland
Collaboration is key to unlocking a cure for spinal cord injury. Dr Bruce Harland has been selected to join emerging NZ biomedical research leaders in an MBIE-sponsored trip to China.
Your risk of spinal cord injury increases every day
You hear most often about younger people who have injured their spinal cord. You think of mountain bikes and rugby scrums, horse riding and swimming pools, car accidents and work incidents.
When kids can’t move, They lose more than play
The Wilson Centre sits on a peaceful, leafy headland looking out over the shimmering Waitemata Harbour to Rangitoto.It’s the home of Te Whatu Ora’s National Chi...
The CatWalk Golf Open 2025
Celebrating a Top Bloke
Ollie Bradshaw was one of the good ones — generous, humble, and always up for lending a hand for CatWalk.
A proud CatWalk Ambassador, O...
You look ok. You’ve recovered, right?
“I don’t look like I’ve had a spinal cord injury. I’ve been really lucky. I’m walking, but I’m not ok.”
It was Christmas 2023. Cam is sociable, and it's a busy...
It’s Working!
We asked you to help to ensure that the best minds remain focused on curing spinal cord injury - and it's working!
We’re absolutely chuffed to confirm that Dr....
Nathan didn’t ‘break’ his back or his neck.
His injury came from inside his own body.
Nathan was 16 years old and a talented basketball player. Already over six feet tall, he’d been selected for a New Ze...