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Thursday, 10 June 2021, 6:08 pm Voting is now open for the Access Alliance 2021 People’s Choice Accessible Business Awards, with 24 finalists across eight essential ‘areas of life’ that all New Zealanders have the right to fully participate in. Votes for the Awards, sponsored by Cookie Time Charitable Trust and Blind Low Vision NZ, must be in by this Sunday 13 June, with winners to be announced Tuesday 15 June. There are three finalists in each of the eight ‘areas of life’ award categories, which cover all aspects of society: education; built environment including public transport;...

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2021 People’s Choice Accessible Business Awards. A nature-based forest school, a multicultural Catholic school, and an online global learning community, are the three who topped the voting from a total of ten organisations nominated by the public. In Hatfields Beach north of Auckland, nature-based education provider The Forest School gives students the opportunity to discover, play and engage in authentic real-life learning opportunities one day a week, and attend their regular school for the other four days. The Forest School was nominated because their approach encourages students to ove...

Thursday, 18 February 2021, 11:37 am Neurodiversity is one of the great unaddressed issues of our time, says Children’s Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft, who will address the Belief Change Family Journey forum in Queenstown this weekend. This year’s Forum is hosted by Dyslexia Foundation of New Zealand, sponsored by Cookie Time Charitable Trust. Judge Becroft, keynote speaker at the Forum, will talk about the critical importance of whānau/family in the wellbeing and resilience of children with neurodevelopmental issues, including dyslexia. “In the words of one child: ‘really, just p...