Links

At Matthews Eyewear Eyecare, we aim to provide an extensive list of helpful links that keep our patients well informed of the latest Eyecare and Eyewear information.

The following websites also have extensive links pages/sections. Please, keep coming back to check for links updates.

Eye Health Information

• www.everybody.co.nz/centre_eye.html
  Information about eye health and conditions.
• www.allaboutvision.com
  A very useful resource with a superb section on "infant/child vision - for parents."
• www.essilor.com
  Under "products", then under "vision" - there is an excellent section on "how the eye works," together with how some different visual defects can be best corrected.
• www.intelihealth.com
  A Harvard Medical Schools on-line database. Where it says "enter a search name," type in the word "eyes" ... then search from there.
• www.glaucoma.org.nz
  A charitable trust to eliminate blindness from Glaucoma.

Matthews Suppliers/Partners

While many of Matthews Eyewear Eyecare suppliers have official websites, the majority of them in fact do not. The following then represent some of Matthews suppliers, you will see many more brands within each of our practices than you will see within this links section.

• www.essilor.co.nz
  World leaders, in optical lens technology, and supplier to the Matthews group.
• www.eyeproeyecare.co.nz
  Proactive collective of independent practices.
• www.cibavision.com
  Ciba Vision.
• www.marchon.com
  Marchon eyewear.
• www.adidas-eyewear.com
  Adidas, leaders in research and development for both optical frames and performance/sports specific sunglasses.
• www.silhouette.com
  Silhouette, world class range of high fashion frames and sunglasses.
• www.mirage-eyewear.com.au
  Mirage Eyewear range of products.
• www.fitovers.com
  Innovative product - between function and fashion!
• www.oakley.com
  Oakley's range of performance sunglasses.
• www.zeiss.co.nz
  Homepage for Zeiss NZ.
• www.bolle.com
  Homepage of Bolle International.
• www.daniel-swarovski.com
  Homepage for Daniel Swarovski Paris Crystal Eyewear.
• www.signetarmorlite.com
  Signet Armorlite - Home of Kodak Progressive Lenses.

Optometry Organisations

New Zealand

• www.nzao.co.nz
  NZ Association of Optometrists
• www.nzoptics.co.nz
  NZ Optics - NZ Optical monthly magazine
• www.contactlens.org.nz
  The New Zealand Society of Contact Lens Practitioners
• www2.auckland.ac.nz/opt
  Auckland University - Department of Optometry and Vision Science
• www.ocanz.org
  The Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand website. This site is for the information and guidance of overseas-trained optometrists wanting to register as an optometrist in Australia or New Zealand.
• www.mivision.com.au
  Australia and New Zealand’s Leading Ophthalmic Magazine.

Overseas Organisations

• www.worldoptometry.org
  The World Council of Optometry (WCO) is an international organization dedicated to the enhancement and development of eye and vision care worldwide.
• www.optometrists.asn.au
  Australian Optometry Association
• www.assoc-optometrists.org
  British Association of Optometrists
• www.optometry.co.uk
  Optometry today, is the British, fortnightly Optometry journal/magazine.
• www.contactlenscouncil.org
  The Contact Lens Council (CLC) is an American non-profit organisation serving as an educational resource on vision correction for consumers. The primary goal of the CLC is to promote the safe use of contact lenses.

Associated Industry Groups

• www.moh.govt.nz
  New Zealand Ministry of Health
• www.rnzfb.org.nz
  General information from the Royal NZ Foundation of the Bind. Including information on how to sponsor the Guide Dog Puppy Programme.
• www.hollows.org
  The Fred Hollows Foundation
• www.retina.org.nz
  This is a resource programme to advocate and provide for people with retinal dystrophies.
• www.healthpages.co.nz
  New Zealand's most extensive online directory of health professionals, organisations, specialists, jobs and conferences.

The markets we operate within

• www.nelsonnz.com
  Latitude Nelson, everything you ever wanted to know about the Nelson region, excellent links section!
• www.destinationmarlborough.com
  Destination Marlborough, everything you ever wanted to know about the Marlborough region.
• www.wellingtonnz.com
  Everything you ever wanted to know about Wellington.
• www.taranaki.info
  Taranaki, Like No Other. Find all information about living, visiting, filming, working in this beautiful region.
• www.aa.co.nz
  The New Zealand Automobile Association.
• www.newzealand.com
  Tourism New Zealand website, consumer section.

General Sites

• www.stuff.co.nz
  Excellent daily NZ news source
• www.searchnz.co.nz
  NZ's best search engine
• www.statsnz.govt.nz
  NZ Statistics Department
• www.tepapa.govt.nz
  Te Papa ("our place"); our national museum
• www.immigration.govt.nz
  The New Zealand Immigration Service
• www.nzgeographic.co.nz
  NZ Geographic is a quarterly magazine that celebrates, our people, our land, our geography, wildlife and natural heritage.
• www.wildernessmag.com
  New Zealand's Magazine of the Outdoors.
• www.acpmedia.co.nz/ACPMagazines/NorthSouth
  North & South is the magazine for “Thinking New Zealand”. It is a showcase of winning current affairs journalism.
• www.doc.govt.nz
  Department of Conservation (DOC) site has information about the protection of New Zealand's natural and historic heritage.
• www.forestandbird.org.nz
  Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society is New Zealand's leading independent conservation organisation.
• www.projectcrimson.org.nz
  Project Crimson is a charitable conservation Trust that aims to protect New Zealand's native Christmas trees - pohutukawa and rata.