Personal Stories Articles

Community, MND NZ, Personal Stories

December 11, 2025

The latest edition of MND News is here, packed with stories illustrating the power of connection, advocacy,…

MND NZ, Personal Stories

August 11, 2025

Behind every campaign, story, and fundraiser at Motor Neurone Disease NZ is a team of people working…

Community, Living with MND, Personal Stories

June 26, 2025

For 30 years, it was part of Helen and Keith’s daily ritual — until motor neurone disease…

Community, Fundraising, Personal Stories

June 23, 2025

It began with a holiday pottery class — a young girl at the wheel, her mum by…

Community, Fundraising, Living with MND, Personal Stories

June 18, 2025

Behind a set of double doors on a quiet West Auckland street sits a place that hums…

Community, Fundraising, Living with MND, Personal Stories

June 10, 2025

Michael Brown—known to most as Mike or “Browno”—has always met life head-on. Sporty by nature and community-minded…

Community, Personal Stories

December 17, 2024

Canterbury’s Brent Thompson was diagnosed with MND in August 2013, which he describes as “a wrecking ball…

Awareness, Personal Stories

November 1, 2024

Receiving a motor neurone disease (MND) diagnosis can be a challenging and emotional experience for families. …

Community, Personal Stories

October 5, 2024

Meet Karuna, an inspiration with a ready smile showing us that #nothingisordinary. Despite the rapid progression of…

Awareness, Personal Stories

May 28, 2024

Sam Stuchbury Tomorrow’s a new day. There’s light at the end of the tunnel. You can’t stop…

Community, Personal Stories

May 12, 2024

Today, as we are celebrating mothers, we are thinking of those who lost their mums to MND, and those mothers walking the hard path of MND.

Personal Stories, Research

April 19, 2024

Ally Barton, once an active hiker and gym goer, was diagnosed with MND at just 34, one…