DPA's engages with New Zealand's disability community. We want to turn our rights into reality so we can live in a country where every person is able to live and work, and simply be who they are.
DPA is making a submission for the Waikato Regional Council’s Coastal Plan, which disabled people in the Waikato have been invited to provide comment on.
This week, Whaikaha released its independent review into the processes and practices for managing complaints about the delivery of disability support services by IDEA Services.
There's a Government Inquiry underway looking into the response to the North Island severe weather events earlier this year (Cyclone Hale, Cyclone Gabrielle, and the heavy rainfall in Hawke’s Bay, Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Tairāwhiti, Tararua, and Bay of Plenty).
For its next monitoring report, Te Hiringa Mahara (the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission) is investigating access to mental health and addiction services.