Be sure to check them out at 65 Constellation Drive, opening in November.

Every day across NZ, someone faces a medical challenge they never expected, and many of those patients depend on the precious gift of a blood or plasma donation.

Plasma is the golden liquid that makes up more than half our blood, and it’s used to treat over 50 illnesses from cancer and kidney disease to blood clots and liver failure and used to make up to 11 lifesaving products.

But NZ Blood needs your help. They need more Kiwis to donate blood and plasma regularly as each week they’re falling short of donations.

In the lead up to Christmas, at their new donor centre in Constellaiton Drive, each week they need 20 blood donations and 126 plasma donations.

It’s safe, repeatable, and is an immediate way you can change lives with a small act.

To check if you’re eligible to donate blood or plasma, and to book an appointment – including at NZ Blood’s new Constellation Drive Blood and Plasma Donor Centre which opens in November at 65 Constellation Drive, go to nzblood.co.nz