Asuka Burge

The New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) needs to fill 32,000 appointments over summer ... a tough ask at a time when donations tend to dip. But there are still ways to give blood and plasma while on… Audio

The New Zealand Blood Service says it needs more donors if it is to remain self-reliant.

Currently the service has 117,000 donors who help save the lives of 30,000 people every year.

But… Audio

Donations of blood and plasma is being severely impacted by winter illness, with over 30% of donors cancelling and rescheduling their appointments. New Zealand Blood Service's Asuka Burge talks to… Audio

This week New Zealand Blood Service is running National Blood Donor Week. Nearly 38-thousand new donors are needed across New Zealand in the next 12 months to keep up with the country's increasing… Audio

There's an urgent appeal for people who are A-positive to donate blood due to a critical shortage.

The Blood Service says there's been a major spike in demand lately, and staff are getting worried in… Audio

The squeeze could go on blood donors under peak Omicron, with thousands of people catching the virus or having to isolate as contacts.

The Blood Service is keen to get stockpiles above usual levels… Video, Audio

Less than three percent of the people in Aotearoa help meet demand for four thousand blood donations a week.

But the Blood Service is hoping the number of donors will rise.

The upper age limit for… Audio

It's a code red for the NZ blood Service. About 30,000 people a year need the life saving gift of blood and plasma.

And the service needs more people to put their hands up and arms out to keep up… Video, Audio

The first mobile plasma donation service is on its way for New Zealand. New Zealand Blood Service says it's trialling a mobile unit in September this year to meet the growing demands for plasma. Asuka… Audio

Earlier this week the Blood Service sent out a plea, as its reserves of O-negative blood were running dangerously low. But why is it so important to have stocks of different types of blood? Audio