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Real stories from donor families and transplant recipients who have bravely shared their personal donation and transplantation experiences with us.

Naomi Cowan beach walk
New Year’s Honours recipient gets second chance to keep serving those in need
Christine Sabin and bike
Coast-to-coaster shares her heart transplant journey
Amy Ng Thomson
Donation ‘makes yesterday, today, and tomorrow possible’
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Jess' Story: Donation ‘makes yesterday, today, and tomorrow possible’
Diana Ward organ donation story
How Strangers Gave Me Sight - Diana’s story
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Jack's Story
Annette Kendall
Letter to a donor family
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Cornea transplant saves Martin's life
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Incredibly grateful for the gift of life
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A transplant saved my life
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I'm a living donor
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A mother's story
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Donating Ayla's organs
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The gift of sight
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Jared's Story
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Donated skin helps Elliot heal
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Ezra's heart valve donation
BabyRuby
Ruby's miraculous recovery
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My father's donation story
Justin
My son was a donor
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Caring Dad gives gift of sight
Adele Hastie
The first of my two kidney transplants
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Comfort in knowing Tesh's organs helped change lives
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NZ's first liver transplant recipient
Amy Milne and Mum
A sudden passing
Jessica
My sister Jess
Helena
Miracles do happen
Rochelle Hedley
Eternally grateful for gift of sight
Alan McLellan
New liver, new lease on life
Sue
A heart valve donation saved my life
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Heart transplant recipient honours donor by living a life that gives back
Marcella
I had accepted death when the call came
Kerry
Our sister Kerry
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My son Clifford
Anita Lloyd
Kidney's a 25 year life saver for Anita
Aaron Coull
New Heart, New Outlook on Life
Oscar Walsh
Transplant boosts Oscar's sight
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Celebrating ten years post transplant
Jennie Peterson Liver Recipient
Slow road to recovery
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The precious gift of time
Kirsty
Kirsty's story
Faye Garthwaite
Giving the gift of sight
Gabby Marsh
The gift of life - Gabby's Story
Mel White recent
Four magical words
Oliver
Oliver's gift of life
Ahomiro family photo
Donating daughter's organs an expression of aroha
Skiing
"If you can't breathe, nothing else matters"
Kaye and Marty One Tree Hill
My heart transplant experience
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Rochelle Hedley
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I will be eternally grateful to an unknown donor family who enabled me to gain sight.

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