The society does not provide medical services of any kind, as its expertise lies in the areas of support, education, information and patient representation.
Kidney Society services are free for kidney failure families in Northland and Auckland, although membership is encouraged.
The Society works closely with the professionals providing medical care for people with kidney failure but is a strictly independent patient society providing support in the community.
Recycling Partnerships
There is an interesting link between recycling and kidneys:
To sustain life, healthy kidneys or dialysis as their artificial partner reprocess the body's blood, discarding waste products and excess water and recycling essential chemicals such as sodium, phosphorus and potassium, and of course following a tragic death, transplantation can salvage and re-use healthy kidneys for the benefit of others.
"When we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world." (John Muir)
SUSTAINABILITY
RECYCLING
EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES
kidneys are the 'ultimate recyclers'
It is no wonder that Kidney Society Auckland is passionate about recycling!
(We do lots of it ourselves.)
We are in the process of forming partnerships and links with companies that are as passionate as we are about recycling and sustainability, for mutual benefit.
We are looking for others to join our current partners as members of our growing Recycling Family
Interface NZ are specialists in sustainable, design led flooring systems. www.interfacenz.com
Pacific Steel is New Zealand's sole manufacturer of steel reinforcing products, and also the principle recycler of steel in New Zealand.
www.pacificsteel.co.nz
