Press Release: Top Award for Dr Mahima Bansal
University of Auckland's Dr Mahima Bansal has won a national award for her work formulating drugs to help people recover from spinal cord injuries.
Yearly Archives: 2025
Thank you to the Thoroughbred Racing Industry
CatWalk has been built on the generosity of the thoroughbred racing industry. An enormous 'Thank you!' to some extraordinary supporters.
Patient SPU2330001
In 1977, aged just 15, Grant Sharman became the first patient in Auckland’s new Spinal Rehabilitation Unit. He was given 10 years to live. As it turned out, he spent the next 11 years in Room 104, Ward C.
Dame Catriona
It was just after 5 pm, back in 2005, when Georgie Falloon called me and said, ‘What about CatWalk?’ It was the perfect name. Not simply walking again, but strutting down the runway like we own the world.
Press Release: The HOTTEST ticket
Too Darn Hot nomination to be auctioned in support of CatWalk Spinal Cord Injury Trust. Our sincerest thanks to Darley, Watership Down Stud, Godolphin for making this incredible opportunity a reality.
Wonderful to see you, Zara!
Zara flew to NZ to support two CatWalk events, one at Cambridge Stud for the launch of ‘The Horsemakers’ book (more info to follow soon) and the other an intimate dinner in Arrowtown with key supporters.
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. He was generous, humble, and always up for lending a hand.
A proud CatWalk Ambassador, Ollie p...
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...