Meet our Partners
Royal Canin
A very proud supporter of Blind Low Vision NZ Guide Dogs. A dog’s nutritional needs change throughout its life. Royal Canin provide tailored, science-based nutritional solutions for our Guide Dogs from puppies to graduation. Founded in France in 1968, Royal Canin are leading producers of precise, science-based nutrition for cats and dogs.
Park Hyatt Auckland
Park Hyatt Auckland is proud to support Blind Low Vision NZ, with General Manager Brett Sweetman and his family adopting Beau, the hotel’s now resident Labrador and official ambassador. Beau greets guests on arrival, assists with luggage, monitors guest and client movement in the lobby and does daily rounds of the admin offices to play with his colleagues. Our partnership with Blind Low Vision NZ helps to raise awareness and donations for the training and care of guide dogs, while also enhancing the home away from home feeling within the hotel, bringing smiles to visitors and staff alike.
Zoetis
The bond people share with their pets is special, so when pets are healthy, their people and communities are happy. At Zoetis, we care about animals and people. We bring comprehensive solutions to our customers from prevention and detection of disease, to providing quality treatments. These solutions help to strengthen this very important human-animal health bond.
Our ‘driven to care strategy’ harnesses our skills in innovation, our drive to protect our planet, and care and collaboration with partners in our industry.
That’s why Zoetis New Zealand is proud to put our support behind Blind Low Vision NZ Guide Dogs. The independence and freedom a Guide Dog brings can enhance people’s lives on a very practical level, along with providing an additional and valuable connection through deep companionship.
Our Community Partners
Find below our community partners.
Challenge Fuel
Challenge Fuel have a network of 78 independently owned and operated fuel stations across Aotearoa with a local community feel. They stand for Kiwi independence, value for money, down-to-earth service and being genuine with customers.
There “My Challenge Reward Programme” supports many community organisations including Blind Low Vision NZ. When My Challenge members redeem their fuel points for cash rewards, they can donate them to a community group their local store supports.
This results in thousands of dollars being donated to Blind Low Vision NZ every year.
Z Energy
Since 2013 Z Energy has been running its flagship programme “Good in the Hood” each September and October, to support charities and local communities that are doing great things.
Each of Z’s service stations chooses four local groups to support and have $4,000 to donate. The amount donated to each group is voted for by customers, using orange tokens.
For Good in the Hood 2022, nine of Z Energy stations have proudly chosen to support Blind Low Vision NZ.
They are Springlands (Blenheim), Constable Street (Wellington), Carlton Corner (Christchurch) Kaitia, Kaikohe, Kamo, High Street (Lower Hutt), Ngatea and Kennedy Road (Napier).
