Free eye tests and prescription glasses could not have come at a better time for Whangārei school teacher Moses Cherrington whose eyesight has been deteriorating over the past decade.
The former Northland rugby rep was among 125 people who turned up at the Salvation Army in Whangārei yesterday for free eye tests and glasses prescribed by an Australian-based team from OneSight.
OneSight is the charity partner of OPSM, a retailer of eye glasses in New Zealand and Australia, and offers its services worldwide to those who cannot afford glasses.
Cherrington heard about the free clinic from a Salvation Army worker about a month ago and decided to go along on the day.
"I need better glasses for reading and teaching as my eyesight has been getting worse over the last 10 years so I am getting a bi-focal one made by OneSight.