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Disabled Persons Assembly Joins Call To Raise Benefits By Christmas
Monday, 9 November 2020, 10:59 am | DPA NZ
Disabled Persons Assembly (DPA) NZ has joined the call for benefits to be raised by Christmas. DPA have joined over 50 NGOs in signing an open letter calling on the Government to lift one of the biggest limitations on whānau and child wellbeing: ... More >>
Morningside Incident Media Release
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 11:58 am | DPA NZ
The rail accident in Auckland that saw a wheelchair user seriously injured should be a wake up for local body governments, says DPA New Zealand. More >>
DPA on Salisbury School
Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 11:21 am | DPA NZ
Disabled girls requiring specialised education will remain safe from abuse following yesterday’s court ruling that Education Minister Hekia Parata was acting illegally in proposing closing Salisbury School according to DPA NZ. More >>
Voices of the disabled need to be heard
Monday, 8 October 2012, 10:08 am | DPA NZ
Our voices need to be heard is the cry from New Zealanders with lived experience of disability to the announcement that National Radio is replacing Mike Gourley with two non-disabled producers of the OneinFive programme. More >>
A Great Occasion-So Why No Gold Medal Paralympians?
Wednesday, 19 September 2012, 5:33 pm | DPA NZ
A Great Occasion-So Why No Gold Medal Paralympians? DPA (NZ) the national cross-disability group of disabled people is aghast that the ceremony to award Valerie Adams with her gold medal will go ahead in the presence of all other gold medallists, except ... More >>
Speaker’s Decision for Deaf MP “Shocking”
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 10:40 am | DPA NZ
Yesterday’s decision by Parliament’s speaker Lockwood Smith not to fund electronic note taking services needed by new MP Mojo Mathers is telling and discriminatory says DPA President Beverley Grammer. In fact it directly breaches our international ... More >>
Disability Innovation Fund Good First Step
Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 10:12 am | DPA NZ
The disability innovation fund announced on Monday 7th November is cause for “some optimism” says national disability organisation DPA. It’s widely acknowledged that there is great need for more of the right kinds of jobs for disabled people, ... More >>
Significant Appointment for Disability Community
Friday, 2 September 2011, 3:54 pm | DPA NZ
The announced appointment today of Paul Gibson as the first Disability Human Rights Commissioner is a major development in the realising of human rights for disabled New Zealanders, says DPA, the national pan disability organisation and collective ... More >>
Positive Employer Attitudes The Key
Wednesday, 27 July 2011, 12:54 pm | DPA NZ
Equality at work for disabled people requires positive employer attitudes says DPA, the national pan disability organisation and collective voice of disabled people. This is what disabled people tell us. More >>
Welfare Working Group’s Report Unrealistic
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 4:09 pm | DPA NZ
22 February 2011 Welfare Working Group’s Report Unrealistic The Welfare Working Group has recommended a fundamental change in welfare provision with the aim of getting people into work and off benefits. The recommendations appear unrealistic in New ... More >>
Disabled People Must Have Access To Community Living Options
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 1:42 pm | DPA NZ
Disabled People Must Continue To Have Access To Community Living Options The Court of Appeal’s ruling that over night disability support workers are entitled to Minimum wage provisions should be viewed in the context of how we as a society value the ... More >>
All Schools Must Include Disabled Kids-Action Plan
Wednesday, 20 October 2010, 5:12 pm | DPA NZ
A government plan of action for special education, Success for All that charts a path for all disabled students to receive education in the same settings as other kids is very welcome indeed says DPA, the national pan-disability organisation and ... More >>
Budget Creates Opportunities For Disabled People
Friday, 21 May 2010, 12:34 pm | DPA NZ
The $6.8 million budget funding package announced today by the government aimed at improving the lives of disabled people is most welcomed, particularly given the present tight economic climate. More >>
Workbridge’s Practice Begins At The Top
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 11:00 am | DPA NZ
DPA, the national assembly of people with disabilities, congratulates Grant Cleland on his appointment as Workbridge’s CEO. “Grant has been a long-serving DPA member and we are pleased that Workbridge has recognised that he has the skills for his ... More >>
Unexpected Death Of Dpa President
Tuesday, 3 February 2009, 4:00 pm | DPA NZ
DPA President Eamon Daly’s unexpected death on February 1 has come as a real shock to members nationwide. More >>
DPA and People First Celebrate a First
Thursday, 4 September 2008, 12:13 am | DPA NZ
New Zealand will ratify the first UN treaty of the new millennium - the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and disabled peoples’ organisations are celebrating loudly. More >>
Bioethics report recommendations have “lost the pl
Friday, 20 June 2008, 9:30 am | DPA NZ
The just-released report from the Bioethics Council about pre-birth testing has delivered recommendations that fail to protect disabled people from a ‘designer baby’ future. Gary Williams, CEO of DPA says the recommendations will simply reinforce disabled ... More >>
Disability Convention Celebration Kicks off Party
Friday, 2 May 2008, 4:53 pm | DPA NZ
When the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities comes into force on May 3, disabled people in New Zealand will celebrate and with good cause. More >>
Disabled People Get A ‘Fair Go’
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 12:58 am | DPA NZ
Today disabled workers have the same employment rights as other workers now that the Disabled Persons Employment Promotion Act is repealed. More >>
Convention Signing Acclaimed
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 5:21 pm | DPA NZ
New Zealand’s signing of the Disability Convention in New York this week will be loudly applauded by disabled people says DPA, the national organisation of disabled people. More >>
