Disabled Persons Assembly NZ (DPA) has released an open letter that calls on ministers Upston and Willis to fully reverse the 18 March disability support restrictions and ensure disabled people have the resources and the flexibility needed to thrive.
We want to check in with you and see how you're doing. There's a lot going on with last Wednesday's announcement that Hon. Louise Upston was replacing Hon. Penny Simmonds as the Minister for Disability Issues – bringing disability into Cabinet once more.
Disabled Persons Assembly (DPA) welcomes the move to place the new disability Minister position inside Cabinet but is concerned that on its own the move will not resolve the underlying issue of chronic underfunding of disability support.
In this submission, we outline our views on the three main areas Environment Canterbury activity covered in the Long Term Plan: environmental protection and regulation
community preparedness and response to hazards, public transport.