This is a list of news articles.
| Date |
Publication |
Article |
| 30/05/2025 |
RNZ |
Health and Disability Commission says operating budget $1.9m less than previous years |
| 16/05/2025 |
RNZ |
10,000 New Zealanders may have lost vision due to toxoplasmosis |
| 16/05/2025 |
RNZ |
New site found for Auckland recycling plant destroyed by fire last month |
| 15/05/2025 |
RNZ |
Ashburton teacher Wendy Hopwood’s registration cancelled after making fun of students |
| 12/05/2025 |
RNZ |
Synaesthesia: Tasting numbers, hearing colours |
| 09/05/2025 |
RNZ |
Pay equity-affected support worker challenges van Velden to do her job for one week |
| 29/04/2025 |
RNZ |
Family carers take fight for fair pay to Supreme Court |
| 25/04/2025 |
RNZ |
Autism NZ on medical injury to autistic child |
| 24/04/2025 |
RNZ |
Smiles are success at Halberg Games |
| 24/04/2025 |
RNZ |
Autism NZ on medical injury to autistic child |
| 23/04/2025 |
RNZ |
Health Minister Simeon Brown not ruling out Patient Safety Commissioner |
| 23/04/2025 |
RNZ |
Volunteers run StarJam workshops after charity closes |
| 14/04/2025 |
RNZ |
Westpac trials 'basic' bank accounts to improve accessibility |
| 08/04/2025 |
RNZ |
Union calls for $2.5 billion boost, teacher aide in every classroom |
| 07/04/2025 |
RNZ |
Man with cerebal palsy can't get diagnostic scan due to radiology staff shortages |
| 05/04/2025 |
RNZ |
'Friendly checkout helper' Abel making a mark for inclusivity |
| 03/04/2025 |
RNZ |
Disabled people will be ‘further isolated’ if travel subsidy cut |
| 28/03/2025 |
RNZ |
Disabled man faces fourth summer in 'sweat box' motel while allocated state house sits empty |
| 28/03/2025 |
RNZ |
New guidelines aim to make outdoors more accessible |
| 28/03/2025 |
RNZ |
How Deaf teacher Phillip King runs his primary school classroom |
| 18/03/2025 |
RNZ |
Digital inclusion is a right, not a privilege - disability advocates |
| 28/02/2025 |
RNZ |
What will Whaikaha do about the 62% of disabled people with an unmet need? |
| 27/02/2025 |
RNZ |
New stats show one in six New Zealanders are disabled |
| 27/02/2025 |
RNZ |
One in six New Zealanders disabled, higher rates for some groups - Stats NZ |
| 17/02/2025 |
RNZ |
HDC finds man with disabilities failed by support services after being assaulted by flatmate |
| 14/02/2025 |
RNZ |
Round the Bays: 'It's about the advocacy for disability and being your own superhero' |
| 14/02/2025 |
RNZ |
Disability funding changes resulting in 'untold distress' to vulnerable people - reports |
| 22/01/2025 |
NZA |
Westpac NZ enhances banking accessibility for the disabled |
| 26/12/2024 |
RNZ |
'Christmas, but not merry': Man with disability still living in motel nearly three months on from Dunedin floods |
| 04/12/2024 |
RNZ |
38-year-old disability advocate faces disabled future after massive stroke |
| 29/11/2024 |
RNZ |
Survivor of brain infection worries disability funding changes will stall recovery |
| 20/11/2024 |
RNZ |
New Zealand a very difficult place to be blind - advocate |
| 19/11/2024 |
RNZ |
Residential schools for disabled students failing children and their families, report finds |
| 25/10/2025 |
RNZ |
Blind people with guide dogs left on the curb by taxis |
| 28/09/2024 |
RNZ |
Family who couldn’t get residency due to child’s disability wins after nine-year battle |
| 26/09/2024 |
RNZ |
Disabled man's family have to let support staff go after funding stops |
| 13/09/2024 |
RNZ |
New centre for children with disabilities opens in Palmerston North, despite 'distressing' funding changes |
| 06/09/2024 |
RNZ |
'We're not going to back down': 300 protest changes to disability services in New Plymouth |
| 06/09/2024 |
RNZ |
Hundreds protest changes to disability services in New Plymouth |
| 01/09/2024 |
RNZ |
Warning some resthomes may be forced to stop caring for people with disabilities |
| 30/08/2024 |
RNZ |
Woman with low vision having to walk into traffic as cars illegally park over footpaths |
| 30/08/2024 |
RNZ |
Parents of man with severe disability frustrated by care funding change |
| 24/08/2024 |
RNZ |
Traffic light system creating atmosphere of 'fear' and 'stress' - disabilities advocate |
| 23/08/2024 |
RNZ |
Interpreter urges Indian community to embrace New Zealand Sign Language |
| 19/08/2024 |
RNZ |
Disability funding changes 'callous' and a broken promise, Labour says |
| 18/08/2024 |
RNZ |
Concerns raised over Māori and Pasifika disability support in Whaikaha's restructure |
| 16/08/2024 |
RNZ |
'We don't know what is coming next': Disability Rights Commissioner Prudence Walker on Whaikaha changes |
| 15/08/2025 |
RNZ |
Disability advocates, opposition slam slimmed-down version of Whaikaha |
| 15/08/2024 |
RNZ |
Watch: Disability services to shift from Whaikaha to MSD after budget |
| 11/08/2024 |
RNZ |
Family fights chaotic system in caring for disabled foster child |
| 18/07/2024 |
RNZ |
Restraint and force revealed in residential disability support report |
| 15/07/2024 |
RNZ |
The future of our Disability Support System should heed the lessons of our past failings |
| 01/07/2024 |
RNZ |
Care workers hold rallies for pay equity across NZ |
| 26/06/2024 |
RNZ |
Disability Issues Minister Louise Upston fires back over councillor's use of 'derogatory terms' |
| 11/06/2024 |
RNZ |
'It's hard work' - Funding cuts hit carers helping people with disabilities |
| 02/06/2024 |
RNZ |
Making live events accessible for everyone |
| 01/06/2024 |
RNZ |
Budget 2024 a 'mixed bag' for disabled people |
| 29/05/2024 |
RNZ |
Distressed parents say Whaikaha's new rules will impede progress of disabled kids |
| 13/05/2024 |
RNZ |
Schools failing autistic and other neurodivergent children - report |
| 01/05/2025 |
RNZ |
Disability rights advocate Sir Robert Martin dies |
| 30/04/2024 |
RNZ |
New minister announces review into disability support services funded by Whaikaha |
| 29/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Public service cuts: Ministry accused of stealth job losses |
| 26/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Cabinet takes greater control over Ministry for Disabled People after funding cuts |
| 24/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Education Ministry cuts: Roles providing support for disabled kids among those proposed to be axed |
| 22/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Joy and friendships forged at Halberg Games |
| 21/04/2024 |
RNZ |
World Wheel Chair Rugby qualification tournament underway |
| 19/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Wellington sensei preparing disabled students for first karate tournament |
| 15/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Family carers 'not employed' by government - Court of Appeal |
| 15/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Accessibility impacting disabled students' learning, representatives say |
| 12/04/2024 |
RNZ |
First New Zealand athletes named for Paris Paralympics |
| 12/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Continued funding concerns among disabled communities |
| 11/04/2024 |
RNZ |
'We want to work': National's 'brutal' welfare policy sanctions could harm disabled people |
| 09/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Emergency fundraising drive saves StarJam |
| 02/04/2024 |
RNZ |
The disability ministry funding debacle |
| 28/03/2024 |
RNZ |
Government thinks disabled 'add no value to society' - protester |
| 22/03/2024 |
RNZ |
Why we cannot let the disability support changes happen |
| 20/03/2024 |
RNZ |
Disability advocate on funding changes |
| 20/03/2024 |
RNZ |
Disability funding changes: 'We just want to be parents' |
| 18/03/2024 |
RNZ |
One in ten children facing 'invisible' barriers at school |
| 27/02/2024 |
RNZ |
NZ Para cyclist up for prestigious international gong |
| 19/01/2024 |
RNZ |
Disability advocates call for enforceable standards in tourism industry |
| 17/01/2024 |
RNZ |
New Zealand competes at Australian Deaf Games in NSW |
| 04/07/2023 |
RNZ |
Touchscreen payment options force low vision shoppers to share card information |
| 11/09/2020 |
RNZ |
Family fights chaotic system in caring for disabled foster child |