This is a list of all articles. The list is sorted by date.
| Date |
Publication |
Article |
| 01/07/2025 |
NZSL Board |
An update on the Sign Language Proficiency Interview service |
| 28/06/2025 |
RNZ |
What's it like driving with a disability? |
| 25/06/2025 |
Disability Politics |
Prepare for a cut to Total Mobility |
| 25/06/2025 |
The NZ Herald |
Arrest in Rotorua alleged hit-and-run death of Paige Johnson |
| 25/06/2025 |
RNZ |
Concerns over future of disability transport fund |
| 24/06/2025 |
RNZ |
Kāinga Ora tenant in Mosgiel left with no hot water for days |
| 23/06/2025 |
TVNZ |
Woman lay dead more than two days in supported accommodation |
| 23/06/2025 |
Stuff |
Aged care investigation: Blind and deaf 98-year-old died in isolation |
| 20/06/2025 |
The Southland Times |
The Total Mobility conundrum facing deeply valued service |
| 12/06/2025 |
RNZ |
Bus collides with person in wheelchair seriously injuring them |
| 12/06/2025 |
JNS |
Beit Issie Shapiro opens inclusive early-childhood campus |
| 09/06/2025 |
RNZ |
A paraplegic kayak guide returns to the rapids |
| 06/06/2025 |
Disability Politics |
More Delays... More Uncertainty with DSS |
| 05/06/2025 |
The Transmitter |
Large study links autism to Parkinson’s disease |
| 04/06/2025 |
Nature Medicine |
Stem cell therapies advance in Parkinson’s disease and beyond |
| 04/06/2025 |
Invercargill City Council |
How can we best support our community through the Total Mobilty Scheme? |
| 01/06/2025 |
Disabled United |
New Website goes Live |
| 01/06/2025 |
ODT |
Wānaka disability community 'left out' |
| 31/05/2025 |
Dr Bex |
Budget Day is gone and families are left to pick up the pieces |
| 30/05/2025 |
The NZ Herald |
Supreme Court hears case on employment status of family carers |
| 30/05/2025 |
RNZ |
Health and Disability Commission says operating budget $1.9m less than previous years |
| 30/05/2025 |
CCS Disability Action |
Budget 2025: What it means for disabled New Zealanders |
| 29/05/2025 |
The NZ Herald |
Family carers take fight for fair pay to Supreme Court |
| 29/05/2025 |
The Transmitter |
Amina Abubakar translates autism research and care for Kenya |
| 29/05/2025 |
Disability Politics |
The Disability Budget |
| 24/05/2025 |
Disability Politics |
The Learning Support Budget |
| 23/05/2025 |
NZDSN |
New Disability Support investment a boost for providers |
| 23/05/2025 |
OpenAccess |
Budget 2025: What’s in it for disabled people? |
| 22/05/2025 |
NZ Government |
Improving care for disabled New Zealanders |
| 22/05/2025 |
CCS Disability Action |
Budget Day Basics 2025 |
| 17/05/2025 |
The NZ Herald |
Family Carers disappointed by Court of Appeal decision over employment status after Crown appeal |
| 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 |
| 12/05/2025 |
IEEE Spectrum |
The Quest to Ensure Nonspeaking Autistic People Are Heard |
| 11/05/2025 |
Stuff |
Paraplegic (and new mum) Casey Brady shares inspiring determination to walk again |
| 09/05/2025 |
The Press |
Mum’s year-long battle over bathroom left ‘unsafe’ for disabled son |
| 09/05/2025 |
SunLive |
Festival of Disability Sport returns to Tauranga with Warriors’ support |
| 09/05/2025 |
RNZ |
Pay equity-affected support worker challenges van Velden to do her job for one week |
| 08/05/2025 |
The Transmitter |
How pragmatism and passion drive Fred Volkmar—even after retirement |
| 06/05/2025 |
The NZ Herald |
New NextStep gym for people with disabilities opens in Hamilton |
| 06/05/2025 |
Pacific Media Network |
Empowering Pacific voices: Atoatoali’o shapes NZ’s future in disability support |
| 05/05/2025 |
Scoop |
Kim Anderson Awarded Deaf And Disabled Artists Fellowship 2025 |
| 05/05/2025 |
Fire & Emergency |
Give it a go this New Zealand Sign Language Week |
| 02/05/2025 |
Scoop |
Harry Referees For Parafed For Fun |
| 02/05/2025 |
Scoop |
Festival Of Disability Sport Celebrates All Abilities This May |
| 02/05/2025 |
The Press |
Fears over reduction to disability travel service |
| 01/05/2025 |
The NZ Herald |
Convicted rapist Daniel Rigby fails to overturn ‘inconsistent’ verdict |
| 30/04/2025 |
PSA |
Home Support Workers to strike over poor pay, ‘broken’ system |
| 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 |
| 25/04/2025 |
The NZ Herald |
North Shore Abilities Group recycling plant seeks community support after huge fire |
| 24/04/2025 |
Australian Leasure Management |
Sport NZ releases report on the future of sport and active recreation for disabled New Zealanders |
| 24/04/2025 |
The NZ Herald |
‘Unjustified’ vigilante deflates disabled woman’s tyres, leaves ‘nasty’ note |
| 24/04/2025 |
CCS Disability Action |
CCS Disability Action mourns the loss of Lady Joan Gillies |
| 24/04/2025 |
RNZ |
Smiles are success at Halberg Games |
| 23/04/2025 |
RNZ |
Health Minister Simeon Brown not ruling out Patient Safety Commissioner |
| 23/04/2025 |
Stuff |
A law aimed at removing jargon from the public service is on the line: is it worth saving? |
| 23/04/2025 |
RNZ |
Volunteers run StarJam workshops after charity closes |
| 22/04/2025 |
NZSL Board |
Draft NZSL Strategy 2025 - 2030 Consultation |
| 22/04/2025 |
E tū |
Join Us in the Fight for Fair Pay & Safe Care |
| 21/04/2025 |
PNAS |
Multiple sclerosis and gut microbiota: Lachnospiraceae from the ileum of MS twins trigger MS-like disease in germfree transgenic mice—An unbiased functional study |
| 21/04/2025 |
The NZ Herald |
Disability advocates claim beneficiary entitlements not being communicated |
| 19/04/2025 |
The NZ Herald |
Disabled students say regular incidents on Wellington buses, trains, robbing them of autonomy |
| 18/04/2025 |
OpenAccess |
National Party attacks accessibility for disabled people |
| 16/04/2025 |
Stuff |
‘Bus seat bandit’ burgles Nelson stop |
| 14/04/2025 |
TVNZ |
South African family declined residency, son's needs deemed 'burden' |
| 14/04/2025 |
RNZ |
Westpac trials 'basic' bank accounts to improve accessibility |
| 14/04/2025 |
Te Ao Maori News |
‘Big deal’: Hopes for change as city adopts first accessibility policy |
| 12/04/2025 |
Northern Advocate |
New Whangārei homes give access for young Northlanders with disability |
| 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 |
| 04/04/2025 |
Inside Government |
Disability working group members announced |
| 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 |
| 24/03/2025 |
Stuff |
Community leader Ali Jones calls for audit over empty mobility car parks |
| 18/03/2025 |
SunLive |
Fostering Paralympic performances |
| 18/03/2025 |
RNZ |
Digital inclusion is a right, not a privilege - disability advocates |
| 16/03/2025 |
Critic |
Otago University Introduces New Disability Action Plan |
| 08/03/2025 |
ODT |
Plan to aid disabled students |
| 03/03/2025 |
The NZ Herald |
Health and Disability tells healthcare assistant to apologise to man she photographed in a coma |
| 28/02/2025 |
RNZ |
What will Whaikaha do about the 62% of disabled people with an unmet need? |
| 27/02/2025 |
Stats NZ |
Household Disability Survey 2023 – findings, definitions, and design summary |
| 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 |
| 27/02/2025 |
Stats NZ |
Disabled people need more care and support |
| 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 |
| 14/02/2025 |
The Press |
‘Most inhumane policy I’ve seen’: Clinicians speak of harm since disability funding freeze |
| 02/02/2024 |
Stuff |
Injury, disability no barrier to running Round the Bays |
| 01/02/2025 |
Disabled United |
We welcome Support Workers |
| 31/01/2025 |
Disabled United |
Blind people needed to test the website |
| 29/01/2025 |
Combined Disability Network |
Combined Disability Network Meetings 2025 |
| 28/01/2025 |
Carers NZ |
Important Update |
| 27/01/2025 |
Disabled United |
Remove Supported Living Payment reviews for people with lifelong disabilities |
| 27/01/2025 |
The Federation of Disability Information Centers |
Have your say about the future of Disability Support Services |
| 22/01/2025 |
NZA |
Westpac NZ enhances banking accessibility for the disabled |
| 11/01/2025 |
RNZ |
Is it okay to ask someone about their disability? |
| 30/12/2024 |
Stuff |
Invisible disability’s heavy toll: ‘It’s hard to overcome years of being called a liar’ |
| 26/12/2024 |
RNZ |
'Christmas, but not merry': Man with disability still living in motel nearly three months on from Dunedin floods |
| 20/12/2024 |
Northern Advocate |
Challenges and hope for disability sector in 2024 |
| 20/12/2024 |
The D List |
Community report: Christchurch fights back in protest to funding cuts |
| 10/12/2024 |
E tū |
Carers’ pay equity highlighted on Human Rights Day |
| 08/12/2024 |
The Press |
An ‘awful’ year of cuts and heartbreak for disabled community |
| 04/12/2024 |
RNZ |
38-year-old disability advocate faces disabled future after massive stroke |
| 04/12/2024 |
Te Ao Maori News |
Over a third of disabled Māori don’t receive any support - Lady Tureti Moxon |
| 02/12/2024 |
Te Ao Maori News |
How do I prepare my child with disabilities for school? |
| 01/12/2024 |
Disabled United |
New Website Project |
| 29/11/2024 |
RNZ |
Survivor of brain infection worries disability funding changes will stall recovery |
| 22/11/2024 |
Facebook |
Our Voices Count Rally |
| 21/11/2024 |
Disabled United |
DUNZ website to be replaced |
| 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 |
| 13/11/2024 |
E tū |
New report exposes a care sector in crisis |
| 13/11/2024 |
E tū |
Transforming Care Summary Report 2024 |
| 13/11/2024 |
E tū |
Transforming Care Full Report 2024 |
| 09/11/2024 |
Stuff |
How a sunflower lanyard is helping Kiwis with ‘invisible’ disabilities |
| 05/11/2024 |
Te Ao Maori News |
Wheel Kiwis make history as Aotearoa’s first wheelchair rugby league team |
| 01/11/2024 |
Te Ao Maori News |
Where disability doesn’t define capability |
| 28/10/2024 |
The Post |
Disability community’s nervous wait for the next hammer blow |
| 25/10/2025 |
RNZ |
Blind people with guide dogs left on the curb by taxis |
| 11/10/2025 |
Northern Advocate |
Northland disability sector gets loud to protest Government funding cuts |
| 10/10/2024 |
Disabled United |
What Disabled United stands for |
| 05/10/2024 |
Te Ao Maori News |
Breaking barriers: Non-verbal storyteller challenges disability stigma |
| 03/10/2024 |
Kapiti News |
Q&A: Kāpiti designer’s award highlights the voice of New Zealand’s disability community |
| 30/09/2024 |
Stuff |
Policy to pay disabled workers as little as $1 an hour continued despite warning |
| 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 |
| 23/09/2024 |
The NZ Herald |
Health and Disability Commissioner: Residential service’s client alleges violence, drug use |
| 21/09/2024 |
Northern Advocate |
Whangārei prime land for sale, despite donor’s wish for inclusive garden centre |
| 18/09/2025 |
The NZ Herald |
New Zealand experts hope 2024 Paralympics inspire conversations about disability |
| 18/09/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Successful Invercargill Disability Forum |
| 18/09/2024 |
Stuff |
Disability organisation calls out council |
| 17/09/2024 |
ODT |
Invercargill 'struggling' without sign language interpreter |
| 15/09/2024 |
Carers NZ |
Survey about how funding changes are affecting you and your family |
| 14/09/2024 |
Substack |
Enabling Good Lives vs Abuse in State Care |
| 14/09/2024 |
Facebook |
Successful Taupo Protest |
| 13/09/2024 |
RNZ |
New centre for children with disabilities opens in Palmerston North, despite 'distressing' funding changes |
| 13/09/2024 |
NZDSN |
Disability support providers deserve support, not spin |
| 12/09/2024 |
The Southland Times |
‘We will fight for our rights back,’ disability advocate says |
| 08/09/2024 |
Bryan Vickery Media |
Video of Taranaki Disability protest in New Plymouth |
| 07/09/2024 |
Taranaki Daily News |
Disability community marches in protest against Government 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 |
| 06/09/2024 |
Facebook |
300 march in New Plymouth |
| 05/09/2024 |
The Star |
Disabled left in limbo by frontline cuts |
| 04/09/2024 |
Facebook |
Taupo - Hui and solidarity protest |
| 03/09/2024 |
YouTube |
Taranaki Disability Rights Protest |
| 03/09/2024 |
Taranaki Daily News |
Carers were already struggling and then came the disability funding cuts |
| 02/09/2024 |
Te Ao Maori News |
Man with disability assaulted over mobility parking space: ‘It could have been lights out’ |
| 02/09/2024 |
Tiaho |
Whangarei Protest Friday 11 October |
| 02/09/2024 |
Combined Disability Network |
We need your support for the Invercargill Mobility Taxi trial |
| 01/09/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Invercargill Disability Forum on 14 September |
| 01/09/2024 |
RNZ |
Warning some resthomes may be forced to stop caring for people with disabilities |
| 31/08/2024 |
Stuff |
Hui for disability community affected by funding change |
| 31/08/2024 |
The NZ Herald |
The Government is basically saying disabled people are not up for the job |
| 30/08/2024 |
Whanganui Chronicle |
Whanganui disability advocates concerned by funding freeze and ministry restructure |
| 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 |
| 30/08/2024 |
Te Ao Maori News |
Disability advocates demand transparency from minister |
| 30/08/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Invercargill Protest on Wednesday 4 September |
| 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 |
| 22/08/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Invercargill disabled get organised |
| 21/08/2024 |
The Disabled Community Fights Back - NZ Aotearoa |
Welfare & Disability Day of Action |
| 20/08/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Campaign volunteers needed in Invercargill |
| 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 |
| 17/08/2024 |
Disabled United |
Winning is the strategy |
| 16/08/2024 |
RNZ |
'We don't know what is coming next': Disability Rights Commissioner Prudence Walker on Whaikaha changes |
| 16/08/2024 |
Human Rights Commission |
Government urged to listen to disabled people |
| 16/08/2024 |
Disabled United |
More protests are coming |
| 16/08/2024 |
Facebook |
What I told Whaikaha |
| 15/08/2024 |
TVNZ |
Disability support services to move from Disability Ministry to MSD |
| 15/08/2025 |
RNZ |
Disability advocates, opposition slam slimmed-down version of Whaikaha |
| 15/08/2024 |
TVNZ |
Disability community 'shell-shocked' by ministry changes |
| 15/08/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
DUNZ Invercargill ready for action |
| 15/08/2024 |
RNZ |
Watch: Disability services to shift from Whaikaha to MSD after budget |
| 15/08/2024 |
NZ Doctor |
Govt fails disabled communities again |
| 13/08/2024 |
Disabled United |
DUNZ back after a planned break |
| 11/08/2024 |
RNZ |
Family fights chaotic system in caring for disabled foster child |
| 03/08/2024 |
Auckland Disability Law |
Legal case against Whaikaha |
| 24/07/2024 |
The NZ Herald |
New Levin disability group offers safe spaces and connection |
| 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 |
| 14/07/2024 |
TVNZ |
We can do better': Mum of disabled 8yo calls for funding changes |
| 08/07/2024 |
Auckland Disability Law |
Group of lawyers work on legal challenge |
| 02/07/2024 |
ODT |
Minister tells DCC most needy must be prioritised |
| 01/07/2024 |
RNZ |
Care workers hold rallies for pay equity across NZ |
| 01/07/2024 |
The Post |
Government warned against boot camps for youth with trauma, disabilities |
| 01/07/2024 |
Newstalk ZB |
$2 or $23 an hour? Disabled workers at centre of political stoush ‘often’ receive minimum wage equivalent |
| 30/06/2024 |
Scoop |
Carers NZ: Govt Needs To Fund Pay Equity For Care And Support Workers Now! |
| 26/06/2024 |
RNZ |
Disability Issues Minister Louise Upston fires back over councillor's use of 'derogatory terms' |
| 25/06/2024 |
Scoop |
Rare Disorder Patients Desperate To Know If Their Medicines Will Be Funded In New Pharmac Funding Allocation |
| 24/06/2024 |
The Press |
‘I have never felt as disabled in my life’: Disabled community to rally against funding changes |
| 24/06/2024 |
The Star |
Disability sector rallies for voices to be heard |
| 21/06/2024 |
Stuff |
Auckland woman with disability brazenly attacked in broad daylight |
| 20/06/2024 |
NZ Government |
Minimum wage exemption permit |
| 20/06/2024 |
Scoop |
NZCTU Slams Govt Cutting Disabled Workers Wages As Disgraceful |
| 19/06/2024 |
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A report from the NZDSN National Conference |
| 19/06/2024 |
The NZ Herald |
Govt scraps pay top-up; 900-plus disabled workers miss out on minimum wage |
| 18/06/2024 |
Southland Deaf Community |
We need interpreters |
| 18/06/2024 |
Disability Leadership Canterbury |
Pre Rally Zoom Meeting |
| 17/06/2024 |
Scoop |
Disabled New Zealanders Must Have A Seat At The Cabinet Table |
| 16/06/2024 |
NewsHub |
Motor neurone disease: Husband blasts Government after disabled wife denied funding to replace unsafe floor |
| 15/06/2024 |
Community Law |
Employment: Access to jobs and protection against discrimination |
| 14/06/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Invercargill Public Meeting Action Plan |
| 13/06/2024 |
Disability Leadership Canterbury |
Our Voices Count Rally |
| 12/06/2024 |
The Spinoff |
What happens when disabled people lose flexible funding |
| 11/06/2024 |
RNZ |
'It's hard work' - Funding cuts hit carers helping people with disabilities |
| 10/06/2024 |
The NZ Herald |
Coroner critical of Spectrum Care after woman left unchecked for two days, found dead in bed |
| 08/06/2024 |
Waiarapa Times Age |
Advocates seeking more support for disabled |
| 08/06/2024 |
TVNZ |
Debate reignites over how much disabled workers are paid |
| 08/06/2024 |
Stuff |
What's got your goat? People not following mobility parking rules |
| 07/06/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Volunteers are needed for Invercargill Public Meeting on 30 June |
| 05/06/2024 |
Nelson Mail |
Good Samaritans come to woman’s aid after wheelchair accident |
| 05/06/2024 |
CCS Disability Action |
Government Budget 2024/25 |
| 05/06/2024 |
DPAC Aotearoa |
Zoom meeting about legal challenge |
| 04/06/2024 |
New Zealand Tertiary College |
A mother’s journey into disability support work |
| 04/06/2024 |
Te Ao Maori News |
Mura Love, from Whāngārā, becomes one of NZ’s greatest equestrian successes |
| 04/06/2024 |
Diabetes NZ |
Pharmac Proposal Summary |
| 03/06/2024 |
ODT |
Calm protest, high stakes over disability support |
| 02/06/2024 |
Disabled United |
Where to now |
| 02/06/2024 |
RNZ |
Making live events accessible for everyone |
| 01/06/2024 |
RNZ |
Budget 2024 a 'mixed bag' for disabled people |
| 31/05/2024 |
Newsroom |
Extra cash for Disability Ministry but cost pressures loom |
| 30/05/2024 |
Facebook |
250 rally at Parliament |
| 30/05/2024 |
TVNZ |
Budget boost for struggling Disabled Peoples Ministry |
| 30/05/2024 |
The NZ Herald |
Budget 2024: Advocates say low income Kiwis, disabled people not prioritised |
| 29/05/2024 |
Newsroom |
Effect of Govt cuts on disabled people ‘cruel’ – report |
| 29/05/2024 |
NewsHub |
More money promised for disability issues as protestor confronts minister outside Parliament |
| 29/05/2024 |
RNZ |
Distressed parents say Whaikaha's new rules will impede progress of disabled kids |
| 29/05/2024 |
Manawatu Guardian |
Palmerston North residents concerned about disability funding changes: MP Tangi Utikere |
| 28/05/2024 |
Waikato Times |
Exhausted carer fears amid changes to disability funding |
| 28/05/2024 |
Disabled United |
DUNZ Website Upgrade |
| 27/05/2024 |
Timaru Herald |
Disability advocate Olive Webb has Timaru audience enthralled |
| 27/05/2024 |
Manawatu Standard |
‘This has become very real’: Disability cuts devastate sector |
| 26/05/2024 |
Facebook |
Auckland protest in the rain today - over 100 people |
| 26/05/2024 |
ODT |
Obituary: tireless advocate for disabled rights knew truth he spoke |
| 25/05/2024 |
Disabled United Tauranga |
Disabled United Tauranga members |
| 24/05/2024 |
The Post |
The 'dehumanising' flow-on effect of government cuts |
| 23/05/2024 |
The Spinoff |
What can disabled people expect in the budget? |
| 23/05/2024 |
NZLP |
Disabled Children Latest To Lose Access To Funding |
| 23/05/2024 |
Hawkes Bay Today |
Tararua District shares ‘heartbreaking’ stories over disability funding |
| 22/05/2024 |
NZLP |
Strong Support For Disability Funding |
| 22/05/2024 |
ActionStation |
Two Thirds Of Public Want Disability Funding Reinstated - New Poll |
| 19/05/2024 |
PSA |
Disabled Workers Celebrate End Of Minimum Wage Discrimination |
| 16/05/2024 |
Te Ao Maori News |
Streaming services cut for whānau caring for the disabled |
| 15/05/2024 |
DPA |
52 organisations back call for ministers to reverse disability funding cuts |
| 15/05/2024 |
DPA |
Enable disabled people, family and whānau to thrive |
| 15/05/2024 |
EGL |
Hamilton Public Meeting May 23 |
| 14/05/2024 |
Disabled United Palmerston North |
Palmerston North Public Meeting May 24 2024 |
| 14/05/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Invercargill video documentary to be made |
| 13/05/2024 |
RNZ |
Schools failing autistic and other neurodivergent children - report |
| 13/05/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Left in the Dark |
| 11/05/2024 |
The Southland Times |
Deaf community calls for sign language interpreter |
| 10/05/2024 |
NZ Doctor |
Disabled people need to be able to participate in decision-making that affects their lives |
| 08/05/2024 |
DPA |
DPA gives oral submission on Budget Policy Statement |
| 08/05/2024 |
DPAC Aotearoa |
Parliamentary Rally - Disabled People Under Attack, Join Us, Fight Back |
| 06/05/2024 |
The D List |
A tribute to Sir Robert Martin: The most famous New Zealander most New Zealanders didn’t know about |
| 06/05/2024 |
The Press |
Children with autism excluded from school due to lack of teacher aide funding |
| 06/05/2024 |
Taranaki Daily News |
Celebration of New Zealand Sign Language highlights need for inclusion |
| 05/05/2024 |
Dunedin Funding Cuts Protest Group |
Dunedin Disability Funding Cuts Sensory Friendly Protest |
| 03/05/2024 |
DPAC Aotearoa with Disabled United Auckland and SCA |
Fund Disability Support - Hands Off Whaikaha! |
| 02/05/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Invercargill Protest held today |
| 02/05/2024 |
Substack |
We are battle weary, but we are not defeated |
| 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 |
| 30/04/2024 |
Dunedin City Council |
Dunedin City Council calls on government to reverse the funding cuts |
| 30/04/2024 |
Community Law |
Empowering Disability Rights Workshop |
| 30/04/2024 |
TVNZ |
Govt launches independent review into disability support services |
| 30/04/2024 |
Stuff |
Government announces there will be an independent review into disability support services |
| 30/04/2024 |
The NZ Herald |
Disability ministry’s problems revealed in confidential memo |
| 29/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Public service cuts: Ministry accused of stealth job losses |
| 29/04/2024 |
Disabled United |
Unite all disabled people |
| 28/04/2024 |
NewsHub |
Single mum of disabled daughter urges Louise Upston to 'listen' after disability allowance crackdown |
| 27/04/2024 |
Disabled United |
National Meeting of DUNZ on Zoom |
| 27/04/2024 |
Northern Advocate |
Disability funding cuts huge blow for Whangārei parents of disabled son, 23 |
| 26/04/2024 |
Manawanui |
Community Network Meetings |
| 26/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Cabinet takes greater control over Ministry for Disabled People after funding cuts |
| 26/04/2024 |
The D List |
The hidden detail in this week’s update to funding rules |
| 25/04/2024 |
Southland Deaf Community |
Southland Deaf Community Leader Speaks Out |
| 24/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Education Ministry cuts: Roles providing support for disabled kids among those proposed to be axed |
| 24/04/2024 |
TVNZ |
Disabled ministry gives new 'clarifications' on purchasing rules |
| 22/04/2024 |
The D List |
Tāmaki Makaurau disability communities protest funding cuts |
| 22/04/2024 |
The Spinoff |
There’s no need to make emergency housing harder. It’s hard enough already |
| 22/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Joy and friendships forged at Halberg Games |
| 22/04/2024 |
Camille Peterson |
Speech by Paul Brown at Auckland protest rally |
| 21/04/2024 |
Facebook |
Photos from the Auckland Protest Rally |
| 21/04/2024 |
RNZ |
World Wheel Chair Rugby qualification tournament underway |
| 20/04/2024 |
NATINA |
Letter of Concern to Minister of Disability Issues |
| 20/04/2024 |
ODT |
Disability advocates protest policy changes |
| 19/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Wellington sensei preparing disabled students for first karate tournament |
| 19/04/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Invercargill Organising Meeting April 18 |
| 19/04/2024 |
Facebook |
Dunedin Disability Funding Cuts Protest |
| 18/04/2024 |
NewsHub |
Care workers the invisible modern slaves of the state |
| 17/04/2024 |
The NZ Herald |
Family Carers disappointed by Court of Appeal decision over employment status after Crown appeal |
| 17/04/2024 |
Tracy Peters |
Letters to Whaikaha |
| 17/04/2024 |
Blenheim Sun |
'Financial constraint and an ailing body’ |
| 16/04/2024 |
NewsHub |
Carers want out from disability ministry over funding fiasco |
| 16/04/2024 |
SunLive |
Health Initiative Targeting Vulnerable People |
| 16/04/2024 |
Lisa Wheeler |
A Poem to Whaikaha Ministry of Disabled People |
| 15/04/2024 |
Nelson Mail |
'At breaking point': disability community’s anger over cuts |
| 15/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Family carers 'not employed' by government - Court of Appeal |
| 15/04/2024 |
Newsroom |
Family carers lose employment status after successful Govt appeal |
| 15/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Accessibility impacting disabled students' learning, representatives say |
| 15/04/2024 |
Disabled United |
A Plan |
| 13/04/2024 |
Disabled United |
Establishment of a National Media Team |
| 13/04/2024 |
Disabled United |
Changes to the Disabled United website |
| 13/04/2024 |
Newsroom |
I wish my role were redundant |
| 12/04/2024 |
RNZ |
First New Zealand athletes named for Paris Paralympics |
| 12/04/2024 |
Carers NZ |
Letter to Simmonds |
| 12/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Continued funding concerns among disabled communities |
| 12/04/2024 |
Newsroom |
Disability funding not best practice – experts |
| 11/04/2024 |
Arts Access Aotearoa |
We are people, not expenses |
| 11/04/2024 |
Awhi Ngā Mātua |
Share your examples |
| 11/04/2024 |
RNZ |
'We want to work': National's 'brutal' welfare policy sanctions could harm disabled people |
| 10/04/2024 |
Disabled United Palmerston North |
Sign-up Email Message |
| 10/04/2024 |
Disabled United Palmerston North |
Take Back Control |
| 10/04/2024 |
Melissa Peterson |
Protest rally on 21 April in Auckland City |
| 09/04/2024 |
Te Ao Maori News |
Kapa haka ‘conditions intellectually disabled students’ bodies’ - music therapist |
| 09/04/2024 |
Disabled United |
Disabled United NZ needs a logo |
| 09/04/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Invercargill Organising Meeting April 8 |
| 09/04/2024 |
Bay of Plenty Times |
Festival of Disability Sport returning to Tauranga in April |
| 09/04/2024 |
SunLive |
Disability Sports Festival in April |
| 09/04/2024 |
RNZ |
Emergency fundraising drive saves StarJam |
| 08/04/2024 |
Disabled United |
News about the protests |
| 08/04/2024 |
Disabled United Palmerston North |
Disregarded and Disrespected |
| 07/04/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Photos from the Invercargill Protest |
| 06/04/2024 |
DPA |
Disability funding changes - initial DPA survey findings |
| 06/04/2024 |
NZLP |
Public meeting about disability support funding changes – Auckland |
| 06/04/2024 |
Jonathan Godfrey |
Report on local community event |
| 06/04/2024 |
Manawatu Standard |
Frustration and fears aired at public meeting on disability cuts |
| 04/04/2024 |
Regional Leadeship Group |
Palmerston North Community Led Forum |
| 04/04/2024 |
Amy Taylor |
Dunedin Disability Funding Cuts Protest on April 19 |
| 02/04/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Invercargill protest on Thursday May 2 |
| 02/04/2024 |
IComPA |
Statement by The Institute of Community Psychologists Aotearoa |
| 02/04/2024 |
RNZ |
The disability ministry funding debacle |
| 01/04/2024 |
Disabled United |
Leaders of protests meetup |
| 30/03/2024 |
Northern Advocate |
Come on Minister Simmonds, we need a champion of our people - not a champion of the covert hatchet |
| 30/03/2024 |
ODT |
Disabled community protests funding rules, cuts |
| 30/03/2024 |
Carers NZ |
Infometrics Report – Economic Contribution of Caregiving November 2022 |
| 29/03/2024 |
NewsHub |
Whaikaha boss was aware Ministry of Disabled People was $65m over budget |
| 29/03/2024 |
The Press |
I shouldn’t have to fight for my rights’: Disabled community protest changes |
| 28/03/2024 |
Facebook |
Dunedin Protest held today in the Octogen |
| 28/03/2024 |
RNZ |
Government thinks disabled 'add no value to society' - protester |
| 28/03/2024 |
Manawanui |
Our Latest Comment on the Announcement |
| 28/03/2024 |
NewsHub |
Government's disability spending changes 'threatens the lives of children', says public health expert |
| 28/03/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Invercargill disabled people organise to win |
| 28/03/2024 |
The Southland Times |
Disability community protest funding halt outside minister’s office |
| 27/03/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Invercargill Blind Woman speaks out |
| 27/03/2024 |
The Conversation |
After seven decades of fighting, disabled people are still vulnerable when it comes to support |
| 27/03/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
News about the protest tomorrow at 10am |
| 27/03/2024 |
The Southland Times |
Families will pay the price for reckless tax cuts |
| 27/03/2024 |
The Conversation |
Accessibility remains an afterthought – how NZ’s digital health tools risk excluding people with disabilities |
| 26/03/2024 |
The Southland Times |
Funding changes opposed |
| 26/03/2024 |
Southland Deaf Community |
Hear my voice |
| 26/03/2024 |
Facebook |
The Disability Community Fights Back in Christchurch |
| 25/03/2024 |
NZSTA |
Whaikaha at it again, say speech-language therapists |
| 25/03/2024 |
Facebook |
Dunedin Protest on Thursday March 28 |
| 24/03/2024 |
The NZ Herald |
Disability funding ‘pause’ causes confusion, trauma, and disbelief |
| 23/03/2024 |
The Press |
Disempowering and dehumanising’: Whaikaha funding cuts through eyes of affected |
| 23/03/2024 |
Facebook |
Protest the attacks on disability funding Saturday 23 March |
| 23/03/2024 |
Rare Disorders NZ |
New changes to support funding further deprive disabled Kiwis of choices and opportunities, says Rare Disorders NZ |
| 23/03/2024 |
ODT |
Disability cuts are ‘devastating’, disabled Mosgiel mother says |
| 23/03/2024 |
The Press |
Disability and dysfunction |
| 22/03/2024 |
The Post |
Disabling good lives - it’s long past time for the big conversation |
| 22/03/2024 |
RNZ |
Why we cannot let the disability support changes happen |
| 21/03/2024 |
Disabled United |
How you can help |
| 21/03/2024 |
Newsroom |
Disability host agencies’ ‘value’ to be considered in funding review |
| 21/03/2024 |
Carers NZ |
Changes to Disability Funding |
| 21/03/2024 |
Te Ao Maori News |
‘Insulting’: Iwi slams minister’s claim that carers misuse funds |
| 21/03/2024 |
Whanganui Chronicle |
Whanganui and Ruapehu advocates slam Ministry of Disabled People funding changes |
| 21/03/2024 |
Scoop |
Heartless Nats Take Cheap Shot At Disabled And Their Whānau |
| 21/03/2024 |
NZSTA |
New Zealand Speech-language Therapists’ Association expresses deep concern over Whaikaha’s changes to disability support funding |
| 20/03/2024 |
The Spinoff |
Cutting sorely needed supports for carers is cruel and harmful |
| 20/03/2024 |
PSA |
Deaf and Disability Committee |
| 20/03/2024 |
RNZ |
Disability advocate on funding changes |
| 20/03/2024 |
EGL |
Upholding our Commitment to Enabling Good Lives |
| 20/03/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Protest on 28 March 2024 Kelvin St, Invercargill |
| 20/03/2024 |
RNZ |
Disability funding changes: 'We just want to be parents' |
| 20/03/2024 |
The Press |
Families ‘hung out to dry’ by new restrictions on disability support |
| 19/03/2024 |
Disabled United Invercargill |
Disabled people in Invercargill get organised |
| 19/03/2024 |
The NZ Herald |
Disability sector appalled by sudden restrictions on support funding: ‘It makes my blood boil’ |
| 18/03/2024 |
Whaikaha |
Purchasing Rules and Equipment and Modification Services (EMS) Update |
| 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 |
| 22/02/2024 |
The NZ Herald |
Focus: Student seeks support for petition to have hearing aid batteries funded for life |
| 15/02/2024 |
Kyodo News |
New documentary gives a human face to disability in Japan |
| 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 |
| 09/07/2023 |
Stuff |
Touchscreen eftpos terminals creating barrier for blind and low vision Kiwis |
| 10/05/2023 |
Te Ao Maori News |
Mother's plea to see Aotearoa more sensitive to deaf community |
| 26/09/2022 |
Stuff |
Proposed accessibility law is useless without enforceable standards |
| 22/05/2022 |
Northern Advocate |
Plenty of disability related stories in news media recently |
| 12/05/2022 |
Cambridge News |
Looking ahead to disability reform |
| 28/08/2021 |
Northern Advocate |
Whangārei's disability support organisation receives generous funding |
| 11/09/2020 |
RNZ |
Family fights chaotic system in caring for disabled foster child |
| 14/01/2020 |
The Post |
Warning over safety at Wellington pedestrian crossings |