Associate Minister of Transport Julie Anne Genter has responded to a letter sent by DPA drawing her attention to our Open Letter calling for all infrastructure projects, including green infrastructure and transport, to be fully accessible and uphold the rights of disabled people.
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*Update - 28 September 2020: Following the change to Covid-19 Alert Levels and the delay of the election to October 17 there have been changes to all the Election Forums we are involved in. We are updating the information below as plans are revised. *
The 2020 General Election will…
This is to give you advance notice that the Disabled Persons Assembly Annual General Meeting 2020 will be held on:
Date : Saturday November 28
Place : Wellington (venue to be confirmed)
The AGM will also be live-streamed on Facebook.
Venue, agenda and board election details…
Secretariat to Disabled People’s Organisations (DPO) Coalition
Contract Position
The DPO Coalition has an exciting new opportunity available for an exceptional person to support us. The secretariat will provide a full range of administrative and executive support, to the…
Recommendations in the Health and Disability System Review Final Report released this week will fail to improve outcomes for disabled people, the Disabled Persons Assembly NZ (DPA) says.
“The Health and Disability Review Final Report shows that this review was – as we feared –…
DPA and SustainedAbility have gained the support of Greenpeace New Zealand, Oxfam New Zealand, 350 Aotearoa, 350 Pacific and OraTaiao: New Zealand Climate and Health Council in calling for all infrastructure projects, including green infrastructure and transport, to be fully accessible and uphold the…
General information about Alert Level 3 can be found on the Covid19.govt.nz website.
We also like this simple Q and A from the Spinoff: What you can and can’t do in Covid-19 alert level three: 60 questions, answered
We've put together a few more questions and answers that disabled…
Now more than ever, disabled people need to be able to form relationships without penalties, Disabled Persons Assembly NZ (DPA) says.
DPA are backing the call to change welfare policy rules around the reduction of supports and benefits for people who form relationships. The Assembly…
Please note that due to Covid-19 DPA staff are now all working from home. If you wish to speak to someone at our national office, you can still call our regular number 04 801 9100 and leave a message on our answer phone – we will be checking messages regularly.
You can also email us at info@dpa.org.nz…