Celebrating DPA's newest Life Members
At this year's DPA AGM, four members were voted in as Life Members: Gerri Pomeroy (Waikato), Robyn Hunt (Wellington), Wendi Wicks (Wellington) and Shirley Hazlewood (Taranaki).
Disabled Persons Assembly NZ
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 submission – Dunedin City Council, Destination Playgrounds
We made a submission to Dunedin City Council about its proposal to upgrade destination playgrounds at Marlow Park, Woodhaugh and Mosgiel.
Short film marks 75th anniversary of human rights declaration
This week is the 75th anniversary since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Aotearoa New Zealand contributed to the drafting of the declaration and was one of the first countries to sign it in 1948.
Petition on the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill
Access Matters has posted a petition online asking for the withdrawal of the current Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill, and for a new bill to be drafted that includes minimum standards, a regulator and an enforcement mechanism.
Whaikaha pay gap report – NZSL and accessible formats
Whaikaha has published its first pay gap, diversity and inclusion action plan, which includes a focus on closing gender, Māori, Pacific and Ethnic pay gaps.