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Video supports DPA’s CEDAW report
DSS move to MSD – discussion notes
Be Emergency Prepared! Dunedin
DPA Members’ Hui about constitutional changes
DPA’s report for CEDAW shares voices of disabled women in Aotearoa
Be Emergency Prepared!
DPA vacancy – Employment Project Advisor (Waikato)
Whaikaha responds to community's questions
DPA survey – update on Whaikaha changes
Notice of DPA Annual General Meeting 2024
Seeking your feedback – DPA survey on Whaikaha changes and Traffic Light system
Whaikaha downsizing
DPA's response to final report on Inquiry into Abuse in Care
Open letter reissue: Enable disabled people, family and whānau to thrive
52 organisations (and counting) sign DPA open letter
Upcoming events speaking up against disability cuts
Open letter: Enable disabled people, family and whānau to thrive
DPA Media Release: 52 organisations back call for ministers to reverse disability funding cuts
Disability funding changes – how are you? A DPA survey
DPA media release: Shuffling the chairs on the Titanic won’t resolve underfunding of disability support - 24 April 2024
DPA survey results for disability funding changes – 19 April 2024
Disability funding changes – initial DPA survey findings – 6 April
DPA members mandate addressing changes to funding at national hui – 27 March
DPA’s response to the sudden changes to disability support purchasing rules – 20 March
An end-of-year message from DPA's Chief Executive
Get to know DPA's new NEC Members
Celebrating DPA's newest Life Members
DPA's Annual Report 2022/2023 and AGM
Election 2023 – Disability Issues Scorecard
Mojo Mathers MNZM appointed Chief Executive of Disabled Persons Assembly
DPA Press Release: Disabled people let down as employment gap widens
DPA report released – Disabled People’s Experiences of Accessing MSD Support Funds
Removing barriers: Reasonable accommodation of disabled people in Aotearoa - updated guide
Happy New Year - DPA celebrates 40th Anniversary this year!
DPA submission and press release on the Accessibility Bill
Transport challenges have devastating impact on disabled people’s lives, research shows
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New Disabled Person-Led Monitoring Reports released - Housing, Health and Wellbeing
News
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DPA Annual Report 2023/2024
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DSS move to MSD – discussion notes
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DPO Coalition key messages – September 2024
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DPA survey on Traffic Light System – key themes
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DPO Coalition key messages – July 2024
Consultations
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Auckland Council consultations – call for your feedback
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DPA Members’ Hui about constitutional changes
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Seeking your feedback – DPA survey on Whaikaha changes and Traffic Light system
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Reminder – questionnaire about understanding experiences of abortion for disabled people
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Review of Total Mobility Scheme
DPA Submissions
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Video supports DPA’s CEDAW report
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DPA Submission – Environment Canterbury Long Term Plan 2024–2034
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DPA Submission – Parole (Mandatory Completion of Rehabilitative Programmes) Amendment Bill
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DPA Submission – Parliamentary Inquiry into the 2023 General Election
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DPA submission – ACC Annual Scheme Access Reporting Consultation Paper 2024
Covid-19 Information
40 articles
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Care in the Community Disability Welfare Fund
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Access to Covid-19 antiviral and preventative medication, Covid-19 disability helpline
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New Easy Read and braille - How to get free face masks
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More Covid-19 second booster vaccine options
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0800 Covid-19 Disability Helpline
Disability funding changes
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DSS move to MSD – discussion notes
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Open letter reissue: Enable disabled people, family and whānau to thrive
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Budget 2024 a "mixed bag" for disabled people
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52 organisations (and counting) sign DPA open letter
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Upcoming events speaking up against disability cuts
Easy Read
59 articles
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Changes to Mental Health Act – NZSL and accessible formats now available
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Whaikaha pay gap report – NZSL and accessible formats
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Pacific Arts strategy – NZSL and accessible formats
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Let's plan to leave hospital
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Let's plan for your next health care visit
Events
135 articles
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Emergency preparedness workshop in New Brighton, Christchurch
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Be Emergency Prepared! Dunedin
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Be Emergency Prepared!
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Notice of DPA Annual General Meeting 2024
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Upcoming events speaking up against disability cuts
Jobs
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DPA vacancy – Employment Project Advisor (Waikato)
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DPA vacancy – Digital Communications Coordinator
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DPA vacancy – Policy Advisor (Auckland)
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Vacancy – Enabling Good Lives Intern, Christchurch
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Vacancies at Whaikaha – 24 November 2023
Mahi Tika – Equity in Employment
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DPA vacancy – Employment Project Advisor (Waikato)
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Mahi Tika – Equity in Employment - applications for 2023
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Meet the Mahi Tika team in a Waikato town near you
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DPA welcome new staff member Ayla Naidoo
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Mahi Tika – Equity in Employment – recruiting for August intake