Diabetes Youth New Zealand

Diabetes Youth NZ Inc is a voluntary society established to provide support for children with diabetes and their families.

Latest News

DYNZ Family Conference Speakers

We are starting to announce our speakers for the Family Conference in March 2015. As we are only starting to gather each speakers bio’s, this page will be updated weekly so please continue to check back often! Check out who is Speaking at the Family Conference in March 2015. Click Here!

Family Conference Online Registration is Open!

Don’t miss out on the DYNZ Family Conference in Nelson. It will be held 20-22 March 2015 at the Rutherford Hotel. Online Registration Open: Go Here to Register! To read more about the Conference, go Here.

2014 John McLaren Award Winners

We are happy to announce that Madison Johnson and Hamish Beadle are this years Award Winners. Both Madison and Hamish will receive $1,000 towards their efforts. All of our applicants this year were spectacular in their feilds of interest. It is wonderful to see so many youth managing their Diabetes and not letting it stand […]

2015 Family Conference

DYNZ is happy to announce our next conference is 20-22 March in Nelson! Read More Here

DYNZ Welcomes Stephanie McKenzie

Stephanie has agreed to become an Ambassador for DYNZ. We are truly pleased and honored to have her on board. She will be a great addition to our fold! If you want to read more about Stephanie, you can find more about her here.

2014 John McLaren Youth Awards-OPEN FOR ENTRY!

2014 John McLaren Youth Awards – OPEN FOR ENTRY! Diabetes Youth New Zealand and Diabetes New Zealand are pleased to announce that the 2014 John McLaren Youth Awards are now open for entry. The application form may be downloaded below. Entries close Thursday, 31 July 2014. Please contact us if you have any questions about the […]

Webcasts from the World Diabetes Conference

We have started to put the webcasts from the World Diabetes Conference held in Melbourne up in our Resources section. There are over 332 hours of sessions to review ranging from scientific to consumer. The committee is working through each webcast in order to bring you the ones we feel will benefit our families the […]

Diabetes Awareness Week

DYNZ is proud to be a part of an event that will bring awareness about youth with Diabetes but will also serve as MEDIKIDZ book launch in New Zealand. The event is being held on Tuesday 12 November at Civic Square in Wellington. They day will begin with the kids having a cricket match with […]

2013 John McLaren Youth Awards Winners

Announcing the 2013 John McLaren Youth Awards Winners! We are happy to announce the two winners for 2013 are Max Burney and Jack Timings. Both won $1000 each to put them closer to their individual efforts and we couldn’t be more proud of them. Read about Max and Jack here.

2013 John McLaren Youth Awards

2013 John McLaren Youth Awards – OPEN FOR ENTRY! Diabetes Youth New Zealand and Diabetes New Zealand are pleased to announce that the 2013 John McLaren Youth Awards are now open for entry. The application form may be downloaded below. Entries close Friday, 31 July 2013. Please contact us if you have any questions about the […]