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Disability Issues portfolio taken away from Paula Bennett, given to Tariana Turia

June 30th, 2009 · 4 Comments

This is interesting. I have a lot of love for Tariana Turia, and I personally think Paula Bennett was always going to be a little bit preoccupied wither her Social Development portfolio. Let’s hope this makes it a little bit easier for disability issues to get some ‘airtime’, eh?
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CCS Disability Action joins Auckland SuperCity Hikoi

May 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Apologies for not posting this sooner - some of you may have liked to be involved? Hopefully you are anyway. For updates on the Hikoi’s progress, check out The NZ Herald or search Twitter.
CCS Disability Action Northern Region will join the hikoi/march on Monday 25 May in support of IHI Action Group (Iwi Have Influence). […]

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Tags: Disability Rights · Events · Politics

Obama makes crass “Special Olympics” joke during Jay Leno interview

March 21st, 2009 · 6 Comments

Not impressed, Mr Obama. Not impressed at all. Hopefully the YouTube video below will stay live for you all to see this, but the gist of it goes that Jay Leno is asking Barack Obama if he has kept the bowling alley in the White House. Obama replies that yes, he has kept it, and […]

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Tags: Disability Awareness · News · Paralympics · Politics · World

NZ Government shafts disabled Kiwis

February 5th, 2009 · 8 Comments

Cabinet Minister Rodney Hide’s recent comments regarding building regulations have outraged the disability community in New Zealand.
On TVNZ’s Close Up programme Rodney Hide recommended that a Christchurch businessman should break the law and not follow accessibility guidelines in building regulations because it was too costly.
CCS Disability Action, the largest pan-disability support provider in New Zealand, […]

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Tags: Disability Rights · News · Politics

Is Coldplay set to screw wheelchair users, too?

December 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments

As you may be aware, two of the last major acts to visit New Zealand, Westlife and Eric Clapton, have both set exorbitant pricing for the wheelchair section Auckland’s Vector Arena. Both times I was able to lobby Vector Arena on my readers’ behalf, who then in turn spoke to the promoters, and convinced them […]

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Tags: Arts · Disability Rights · Events · Negative Reviews · Politics · Public Facilities

Barack Obama cares about disabled Americans, too

November 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Not only is he a magnificent orator, and the new President of the United States (a fact I’m sure many of us Kiwis are pleased about!), he also seems to have the right line of thinking when it comes to disability. In the YouTube video below, he supports ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights […]

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Tags: Disability Awareness · Disability Rights · Politics · World

Minor political parties outline disability strategies for 2008 NZ Election

October 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Attitude TV takes a look at the minor political parties and their disability policies as we approach polling day. Check out the YouTube video below, and if you missed it, watch Ruth Dyson’s interview here.

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Tags: Disability Awareness · Politics · Support services

Grant Sharman interviews NZ’s Minister for Disability Issues, Ruth Dyson

October 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you missed my interview with NZ’s Minister for Disability Issues, the Rt Hon. Ruth Dyson, or perhaps you’re still undecided as to what Labour intends to do for disabled New Zealanders if re-elected for another term, check out Attitude TV’s Grant Sharman as he grills our first ever Minister for Disability Issues.

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Tags: Disability Rights · Exciting times · News · Politics · Support services · Television

Let’s keep our politicians honest on disability affairs

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m sure you all know it’s election year. On second thoughts, it seems a few of you don’t, but I digress.
On Thursday the 14th of August, there will be a pre-election forum with all of the political leaders who will shape the future of the disability sector in Auckland. Representatives from Labour, National, NZ First, […]

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Tags: Events · Politics

What does the 2008 Budget mean for disabled New Zealanders?

May 23rd, 2008 · 8 Comments

As far as I can see - nothing!
I’m really putting this out there to see if anyone within the disability sector, with more expertise in such things than I, can explain if the budget, released yesterday by Finance Minister Michael Cullen, should have included any provisions for the movement towards a wholly inclusive New […]

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