Annual Activity Report 2024
The ODNZ Annual Activity Report 2024 has been published today. It contains a wealth of information, stories and elegantly-presented data that all provide insight into the challenging but invaluable work that ODNZ undertook over the last year.
In 2024 there were 70 people who donated organs following death. This enabled 213 recipients to receive life-saving kidney, liver, lung, heart or pancreas transplants. Many more people received tissue transplants (cornea, sclera, heart valves and skin) from these donors.
In addition, there were 72 tissue-only donations from people who died in a hospice, hospital ward or at home. These donated eye tissues, heart valves, and skin are used in life-changing procedures that dramatically improve quality of life four countless kiwis every year. One tissue donor can impact as many as seven people.
Of course, these donations come from instances of human tragedy, and would not be possible without the generosity of family/whānau at a very difficult time. ODNZ sincerely thanks all families and whānau who considered the option of organ and tissue donation.
To read more about organ donation and transplantation in 2024, see the ODNZ Annual Activity Report.
