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The Dunedin City Council risks bringing in speed limits that are widely disregarded, the AA has warned. "Public agreement that speed limits are...

There are only 12 days until the 2023 New Zealand General Election – but you can start voting today! “Change never happens at the pace we think it should. It happens over years of people joining together, strategizing, sharing, and pulling all the ...

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"Some people just think of disabled people as being, somehow, less than or not as good."

Disabled people are employed at half the rate of – and paid significantly less than – non-disabled people, new Stats NZ data shows.
An advocacy group said

The widening of the employment gap for disabled people is hugely concerning and shows an urgent need to address the barriers to employment for disabled people, the Disabled Persons Assembly (DPA) NZ says. Labour market statistics on disability released ...

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Many of us will have cringed through a situation where ourselves or someone we know is trying as hard as they can to make things better for...