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Teacher Investment Is A Start, What Next?
Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 6:35 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC says more action is needed to adequately resource schools despite welcoming the Government’s announcement to reduce class sizes. IHC Inclusive Education Lead Trish Grant says the investment to recruit 320 more teachers is just one step on ... More >>
IHC Looks To Ministry Of Education To Step Up For Disabled Students At Royal Commission
Wednesday, 17 August 2022, 6:41 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC looks to the Ministry of Education to step up for disabled students at tomorrow’s Royal Commission of Enquiry to abuse in State Care. The Ministry of Education will be appearing at the Commission tomorrow (18 August) and is expected to face questions ... More >>
Exhibition Sheds Light On Lives Of People With Disabilities
Thursday, 11 August 2022, 11:40 am | IHC New Zealand
A multimedia exhibition showcasing the dreams, the talents and often the loneliness of people with intellectual disabilities opens on Saturday 13 August at Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato in Hamilton. Developed and toured by IHC New Zealand, Take ... More >>
Make It Fair Or Meet Us In Court
Friday, 15 July 2022, 5:28 am | IHC New Zealand
Ninety-nine percent of education professionals say funding for disabled students does not deliver what they need to even participate in mainstream education. IHC’s 2022 Inclusive Education Survey paints an incredibly grim picture for disabled students ... More >>
IHC Says Oranga Tamariki Bill Puts Children At Risk
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 5:09 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC says the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People's Commission Bill undermines the protection of children, particularly intellectually disabled and Māori children. Tania Thomas, IHC Director of Advocacy, says the Bill ... More >>
'Broken' System Leaves Disabled Students Without Support
Friday, 1 April 2022, 1:31 pm | IHC New Zealand
Ninety-nine percent of educational professionals are calling for a complete overhaul of the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (ORS), which provides support for high needs students who require specialist support in the classroom. IHC New Zealand has surveyed almost ... More >>
IHC Art Awards 2021: Winners Announced
Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 6:33 am | IHC New Zealand
Dannilee Kokiri from Lower Hutt has won the IHC Art Awards for 2021 and a $5,000 prize. Dannilee’s ‘The Chakra Forest’ was judged number one out of nearly 400 entries from artists with intellectual disabilities. Fifteen-year-old Lily Reardon ... More >>
IHC Celebrates Life Members’ Decades Of Service In Queen’s Birthday Honours
Monday, 1 June 2020, 4:26 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC New Zealand is delighted to see the well-deserved recognition of Maureen Wood (MNZM) and Neil Taylor (QSM) in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. “Both Maureen and Neil have made an extraordinary contribution over nearly a century between ... More >>
Failure to invest in disabled people
Monday, 18 November 2019, 12:51 pm | IHC New Zealand
People with intellectual disabilities and their families are struggling to access support more than ever before, as the disability sector faces a now $574 million annual funding shortfall, says IHC. More >>
Independent living for people with intellectual disabilities
Friday, 26 October 2018, 10:05 am | IHC New Zealand
New research has highlighted what kind of support people with intellectual disabilities consider important to live independently in the community. More >>
Becky Donovan wins IHC Art Awards 2018
Friday, 27 July 2018, 9:28 am | IHC New Zealand
An intricately detailed drawing by Dunedin artist Becky Donovan has won the 2018 IHC Art Awards and $5000. More >>
IHC Art Awards: Charlize Wilson is the People’s Choice
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 5:24 pm | IHC New Zealand
Manukau City artist Charlize Wilson has won the 2018 IHC Art Awards People’s Choice Award for her work, Looking Out from the Inside. More >>
IHC Volunteer Programme celebrated
Tuesday, 19 June 2018, 5:03 pm | IHC New Zealand
We are delighted that the IHC Volunteer Programme has been named a winner at this year’s Minister of Health Volunteer Awards. Yesterday the programme was chosen as the joint winner of the "Community or NGO Health Service Volunteer Team Award”. More >>
'Too many gaps' across mental health system
Wednesday, 6 June 2018, 9:39 am | IHC New Zealand
IHC is calling on the Government to take into account the rights, needs and circumstances of people with intellectual disabilities when addressing the factors that can lead to poor mental health and abuse. More >>
IHC encouraged by Minister's commitment
Thursday, 16 November 2017, 4:45 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC is encouraged by the Minister for Disability Issues, Hon Carmel Sepuloni’s resolve to lift people with disabilities out of poverty. More >>
Harry is a prince among bull calves
Wednesday, 1 November 2017, 4:56 pm | IHC New Zealand
Winning IHC calf Harry (214kg) with Lachlan Bishop, 17, Mason Rae, 17 and Sam Wiltshire, 22. More >>
Home Support transfer to ensure uninterrupted services
Thursday, 18 May 2017, 3:37 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC is pleased to announce quality home support services for people will continue uninterrupted. More >>
Minister is either unfairly criticising or is misinformed
Thursday, 13 April 2017, 12:55 pm | IHC New Zealand
The Minister has announced today that Explore will pick up the Autism family education and therapy programmes IDEA Services has operated at a loss for the last three years. More >>
IDEA Services – new providers likely
Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 3:00 pm | IHC New Zealand
IDEA Services is pleased to announce that it is in talks with two well regarded disability support service providers around Home Support and Facility-Based Respite. More >>
