The ‘What’s Outside the Box?’ expo is about exploring the possibilities of what comes next in the journey after secondary school.  A regionwide expo to help think creatively about what a life for a disabled person could and should be like.  

SAVE THE DATE - This year the expo is going to be held at the Ākau Tangi Sports Centre, in Kilbirnie on Tuesday 2nd September 2025.

TRANSITION WORKBOOK

For an electronic copy of the Transition Workbook that was handed out at the Expo, please click here.

PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY

10:00AM - EXPO OPENS

10:30AM - HEALTH & WELLBEING, Nuku Ora

11:05AM - INDIVIDUALISED FUNDING, Care on Call

11:40AM - EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS, Aotearoa Disability Law

12:15PM - SUPPORT FUNDS, Ministry of Social Development

12:50PM - INTERACTIVE DANCE WORKSHOP, WIDance  

  2:00PM - EXPO FINISHED

Downloadable Programme

A huge THANK YOU to iSign for providing sign language interpreters for the presentations!

STALLHOLDER INFORMATION

We are excited to confirm the following stallholders for the 2025 expo.  Keep checking back as we will be updating this list as we receive confirmation.

Altogether Autism

Aotearoa Disability Law

Autism NZ

BGI

Care on Call

Choices NZ

Citizens Advice Bureau - Wellington

Community Connections

Dance & Arts Therapy NZ

Deaf Aotearoa

Disability Business Network & My Business Starter Programme

Driving 101

Driving Miss Daisy

Electoral Commission

Epilepsy First Aid

Evaro

Flying Kites

Healthvision New Zealand

Hōhepa Wellington

IDEA Services

IHC in your community

iLead / Yes Disability - Wellington

Inland Revenue - Te Tari Taake

Manawanui

MASH Trust

Ministry of Social Development

Nationwide Health & Disability Advocacy Service

New Zealand Disability Karate Association

Nuku Ora

Outward Bound

Pactgroup

Parent to Parent

People First NZ

Quiet Current Therapies

Recreate NZ

Sense Rugby

Special Olympics

Spectrum Care

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington

Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University

Tertiary Education Commission

The Shed Project

Thumbs Up

Tūhura Tech

Tū Mātau Ora

Vaka Tautua

Vibe

Vincents Art Workshop

WellAble

Wellington City Council

Wellington Region Emergency Management Office

Whitford Brown Community Trust

WIDance

Workbridge

Your Way | Kia Roha

EVENT FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY

Watch the video from our 2024 Expo

WHO ARE WE

We are a small working group who is pulling the event together on behalf of the region.  The working group includes individuals from WellAble, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social Development and Mahinawa Specialist School.

PARKING

There is plenty of free parking at the Ākau Tangi Sports Centre!