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Welcome everyone to our BLENNZ community. Here you will find information on BLENNZ services for children and young people who are blind, deafblind or low vision in Aotearoa New Zealand.
You can follow the news in the blog posts below and jump to our BLENNZ Families and BLENNZ Video library on YouTube in the right hand menu. Our front page image is of two young learners on a treasure hunt during an immersion course.Today the Minister of Education, Hon Hekia Parata, officially opened the Blind and Low Vision Education Network (BLENNZ) at their Homai Campus. Students and staff from all over the country joined with parents, members of the blindness education sector, members of parliament, and representatives from the Ministry of Education, ERO, ASC Architects, Hawkins Construction, and others who have a significant association with Read full article »
Nearly 3 years after a December 2009 meeting of BLENNZ, ASC Architects, Hawkins Construction and Ministry of Education officials, at which the design and construction of the new school for the blind was initiated, we are fully operational and greatly looking forward to the official opening of the new buildings by the Minister of Education, Hon Hekia Parata, on Thursday 17 Read full article »
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