Arthritis New Zealand

Established in Wellington in 1966 by Sir John Mowbray and Dr Tim Williams, the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation aimed to provide information, advice and support services to help people living with arthritis to manage their condition and have better access to pain relief.

Since then, we have grown and changed with the times, evolving to meet the needs of people affected by arthritis nationally, changing our name to Arthritis Foundation of New Zealand in 1985 and moving to a charitable trust model, Arthritis NZ Kaiponapona Aotearoa in 2018.  More recently, we updated our te reo Māori translation and changed our name to Arthritis NZ Mateponapona Aotearoa.

But, no matter our name, colours and logo, since 1966 we have been helping people to live well with arthritis!