National Information
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- Well-Able is a member of the New Zealand Federation of Disability Information Centres. For more details on the Federation and location of centres throughout New Zealand
- The Ministry of Health website provides information and fact sheets on getting support. And who to contact if you have a question about Ministry-funded disability support services or if you need to make a complaint.
- The New Zealand Disability Strategy 2026-2030 gives direction to government agencies on issues disabled people, tāngata whaikaha Māori and whānau say are important.
- The aim of Whāia Te Ao Mārama is to: establish priority areas of action to enable Māori disabled to achieve their aspirations. reduce barriers that may impede Māori disabled and their whānau from gaining better outcomes.
- Faiva Ora 2016–2021 sets out priority outcomes and actions to support and improve the lives of Pacific disabled people of all ages and their families.
- The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the first United Nations human rights treaty of the 21st century. It does not create new rights for disabled people. Instead, it builds on conventional understandings of what is required to implement existing human rights as they relate to disabled people.
