DPA

52 organisations (and counting) sign DPA open letter

DPA would like to thank all those organisations who signed the open letter we sent to ministers Upston and Willis calling for the reversal of the 18 March disability support restrictions and ensure disabled people and their families and whānau 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.