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A NZ woman has been charged after she allegedly produced to police a forged mask exemption document.

A policy allowing only rear door entry on Metlink's buses services is "undervaluing the lives of already marginalised people” disability advocates say.

signatures calling on the Government to take urgent action to ensure that public services are accessible to all, recognising that a ‘digital first’ approach does not work for everyone. The CAB highlighted that this is about making sure that vulnerable people in society are not left behind in the rush to 'digitally transform' public services.  The petition was received by Hon Dr David Clark, Minister for Digital Economy and Communications, along with a raft of Labour and National party MPs who turned out to support the cause. The Minister stated that the Government expects that its own s...

Warwick Smith/Stuff Boon was diagnosed with Friedreich's Ataxia when he was 17. As the disease progressed it made walking and talking increasingly harder, and also affected his hearing. That’s where my people were: the creatives and the outspoken. But it was the welfare system, in part, that eventually forced me to leave. I worked for as long as I could as an administrator at the Ministry of Health, between 2015 and 2017, before my mental health became too bad to continue. At the time my degenerative neurological condition was progressing. A trusted friend in the disability community vi...

GP costs a 'catastrophic' failure for disabled Kiwis Newsroom 7 hrs ago © Provided by Newsroom About one in five disabled adults cannot afford to visit a GP - hindered by consultation and transport costs. Ben Leonard reports on the changes our system needs. The Government’s planned changes to disability support must address the cost of accessing primary healthcare, the Disability Rights Commissioner says. Along with the announcement of a national health service last week, the Government also said changes to the way disability support is managed would be revealed in September. Disability...