Upcoming events speaking up against disability cuts
Below is a list of all upcoming events, actions and protests led by disabled people that are happening around the motu: online and in Auckland, Waikato, Wellington, and Dunedin.
DPA
Open letter: Enable disabled people, family and whānau to thrive
Open letter: Enable disabled people, family and whānau to thrive to Minister Upston and Minister Willis.
DPA Media Release: 52 organisations back call for ministers to reverse disability funding cuts
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.
Speech at public meeting about funding cuts, Porirua, 28 April 2024
DPA's President Joanne Dacombe joined disability advocates and the community at a public meeting in Wellington organised by Labour MP for Mana, Barbara Edmonds, to discuss the recent changes to disability support funding announced and implemented on 18 March. Joanne delivered the following speech.
Disability funding changes – how are you? A DPA survey
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.