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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Is Coldplay set to screw wheelchair users, too?
December 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: Arts · Disability Rights · Events · Negative Reviews · Politics · Public Facilities
Matt’s parking ‘encounter’
December 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Following on from the discussion regarding the overzealous clamping of cars displaying mobility parking permits, Matt sent me a few pics detailing his latest encounter. While Matt admits his permit had expired, he says he had no idea, and was never sent a reminder notice, despite CCS Disability Action finding it within themselves to send […]
Tags: Public Facilities · Ramblings · Transport
Review: The Buried Village, Rotorua
October 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Thanks to Saphiya for this review!
We went here earlier in the year and although prices were steep, an adult being $26.00 we did the family pass of 2 adults and children for $52.00 and were told that we could enter and exit the village when we wanted and until the village was closed (but no, […]
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Review: Wellington City Library
October 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Thanks to Sally from Wellington for this review!
The best accessible establishment is the Wellington City Library/Civic Square in Wellington. There are numerous designated disability carparks located in front and to the side street of the library, and in the library’s basement carpark. You never have to travel far from the car to the library or […]
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Concert promoters shafting wheelchair users again?
October 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Fresh from blasting the Westlife promoters for only offering wheelchair-using patrons the highest priced ticket bracket, a user of this site has emailed me about a similar situation with the upcoming Eric Clapton gig in Auckland. Vector Arena has several tiers of seating, differentiated by price depending on the quality of the seating area. Apparently, […]
Tags: Arts · Disability Rights · Public Facilities
Vector Arena’s bizarre lift signage
August 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Firstly, apologies for the shoddy image quality, but my god, what is this lift signage trying to say?! I actually cracked up when I saw it. I’m not quite sure how I never noticed it before. I’ll leave it up to your interpretation, but it sure is um, interesting…
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Disabled aliens in Beijing? Or just a funky loo sign?
August 17th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Well, the bloggers over at TVNZ’s Olympic site are kicking up a stink about the disabled bathroom signage through the National Stadium in Beijing. As you can see in the picture on the left, rather than your traditional white-on-blue ‘wheelchair’ sign, the Chinese have adapted it somewhat and made it a funky black-on-red logo, in […]
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Open letter to The Edge re: disabled seating at The Civic
August 2nd, 2008 · 11 Comments
I very rarely get upset. But today, when trying to book tickets for Phantom of the Opera at Auckland’s Civic Theatre, the disabled seating “policy” employed by The Edge pushed me to my limit, and I decided to pen this letter to try and get them to change what is an offensive, discriminatory, and utterly […]
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Evil Kineevil eat yer heart out. I ‘walked’ round the SkyTower!
July 3rd, 2008 · 4 Comments
Let’s face it. There isn’t much on offer in NZ for disabled thrill-seekers. More often than not we’re lumped in the ‘too hard’ basket and left on the sideline as a spectator by many tourism operators. So imagine my excitement when I got a call from the folks over at Auckland’s brand new SkyWalk, asking […]
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Accessible guide to Sydney now online!
July 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Not that I like to admit it, but the Aussies have well and truly one-upped us on this one!
Tourism NSW have set up sydneyforall.com, a site quite similar to this one really, featuring ‘accessible reviews’ on some of Sydney’s biggest tourist attractions. The site acts as an access portal, and contains information on the […]
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