Guide dogs keep blind Kiwis living independently

Around New Zealand, blind people live independent lives thanks to their guide dogs.

The Foundation for the Blind provides the dogs for free, but each pup takes two years to train at a cost of nearly $23,000.

The Rouvi siblings of Dunedin are blind, but even they can see how lucky they are to be the only family in New Zealand with three guide dogs.

Aerenga has his alsatian jomai, a black lab for sister Tangi, and Api has his dog. Garner. MORE>>