(The above testimonials are mostly from the US LifeSharers website. (Some NZ testimonials have been added but we need many more!) We would welcome your own New Zealand testimonials to be added and to replace the above over time. Please feel free to email them to us.)

Welcome to LifeSharers New Zealand

If you ever need an organ for a transplant operation, chances are you may die before you get one.  You can improve your odds by joining LifeSharers.  Membership is free.

LifeSharers is a non-profit national network of organ donors.  LifeSharers members promise to donate upon their death, and they give fellow members first access to their organs.  As a LifeSharers member, you will have access to organs that otherwise may not be available to you.  As the LifeSharers network grows, more and more organs may become available to you -- if you are a member.

Even if you have ticked organ donor on your driving licence, you should join the LifeSharers network.  By doing so, you will have access to organs that otherwise may not be available to you.

By joining LifeSharers you will help reduce the deadly organ shortage. In 2006 New Zealand had just 25 organ donors. By offering your organs first to other organ donors you create an incentive for non-donors to become donors.  As more people register as organ donors, fewer people will die waiting for transplants.

By joining LifeSharers you will also make the organ transplant system fairer by helping registered organ donors get their fair share of organs.  Many of the organs transplanted in New Zealand go to people who have not agreed to donate their own organs when they die.  That's not fair, and it's one of the reasons there is such a large organ shortage.

Join LifeSharers now.  It's free.  It could save your life.  Everyone is welcome to join.  There's no age limit, and no one is excluded due to any pre-existing medical condition.  Once you've joined, you can sign up your children as well.

Learn more about why you should join LifeSharers.

Log in if you're already a member.

• Our mission - to end the shortage of donated human organs for transplant operations in New Zealand

• Our plan - we provide an incentive to donate, by directing the donation of our organs first to others who have promised to donate theirs

• The next life you save may be your own, or someone dear to you

LifeSharers NZ is a non-profit organisation.  Contributions to LifeSharers are the only way we can continue this effort.