Peter Reynolds, New Zealand Disability Support Network CEO  Since the Whaikaha review’s first set of recommendations were released, Minister Upston has repeated several times that

Opinion: Peter Reynolds, New Zealand Disability Support Network CEO It’s been disappointing and insulting to see the rhetoric about our support provider colleagues working with

Too many government announcements affecting disabled people don’t even mention disabled people, leaving the community googling for answers, and feeling forgotten or invisible.  This lack

I attended an intriguing Whaikaha-led online meeting for all providers on Monday afternoon.  I learnt about the meeting third-hand from one of our members, for

The Government’s bombshell decision to cut disability support funding in real terms, while gutting the Ministry designed by and for disabled people without even deigning

The government’s ‘those who can work, should work’ line rings hollow considering minimal investment into employment assistance for disabled people says the New Zealand Disability