Imagine your beloved, strong, healthy brother was unexpectedly, tragically hit by a distracted driver as he walked along the footpath in the sunshine with his girlfriend.
Paul Kingsman is representing Organ Donation New Zealand on April 10 when he competes in the Swimming Legends Race for Charity at the West Wave Aquatic Centre in Waitakere, Auckland.
It's been months since Alice has slept in her own bedroom, but the eight-month-old Temuka baby can now enjoy life out of hospital after being discharged this week.
Ten-year-old Jayten Tairua has beaten liver and meningococcal diseases and now he's bagged a gold and two silver medals at the 17th World Transplant Games.
Two thousand athletes from around the world, with one unusual thing in common, are heading to the Gold Coast to compete in the 17th World Transplant Games.
After a self-confessed "light" training regime, Otago's next international sporting representative is ready to take to the world stage at next week's World Transplant Games.
One of Natasha Richardson's final legacies will be as a poster-girl for organ donation after her family allowed doctors to keep her organs for those whose lives they could save.
A decline in organ donors because of fewer fatal car accidents has lead doctors to use "creative thinking" and create a new protocol for those they will remove organs from.
Each year, around 150 New Zealanders lives are saved by organ donation, but they are the lucky few - our donation rate is still the lowest in the western world
Someone has to die for a heart or lung recipient to continue living. A group of recipients decided to say thanks to donors and their families by walking a 150km relay.
Debbie Eaton looked at 600 faces in the cathedral as she spoke. Some smiled and nodded their heads in agreement, while others dabbed at their eyes with a hankie.
A law change to enforce anyone's wish to become an organ donor after they die will be debated by MPs this week - but doctors intend to fight the "unenforceable" bill.
