Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Feature
20/04/2024.
Dunedin:
Video by Craig Baxter
There was a successful protest on Friday against the disability funding cuts. Over 80 people in Dunedin marched from Meridian Mall to the Lower Octagon.
Campaign News
DUNZ: Invercargill video documentary to be made
Southland Times: Deaf community calls for sign language interpreter
DPA: DPA gives oral submission on Budget Policy Statement
DPAC: Rally at Parliament 29 May 2024
The D*List: A tribute to Sir Robert Martin: The most famous New Zealander most New Zealanders didn’t know about
DFCPG: Dunedin Disability Funding Cuts Sensory Friendly Protest
RNZ: Why we cannot let the disability support changes happen
DCC: Dunedin City Council calls on government to reverse the funding cuts
Stuff: Government announces there will be an independent review into disability support services
NZ Herald: Disability ministry’s problems revealed in confidential memo
DUNZ: National Meeting of DUNZ on Zoom
D*List: The hidden detail in this week’s update to funding rules
YouTube: Southland Deaf Community Leader Speaks Out
TVNZ: Disabled ministry gives new 'clarifications' on purchasing rules
Auckland: Speech by Paul Brown at Auckland Protest Rally
Auckland: Protest Rally in Auckland City
NATINA: Letter of Concern to Minister of Disability Issues
ODT: Disability advocates protest policy changes
DUNZ: Notes of Invercargill Organising Meeting 18/04/2024
Facebook: Dunedin Disability Funding Cuts Protest
NZ Herald: Family Carers disappointed by Court of Appeal decision over employment status after Crown appeal
Tracy Peters: Letters to Whaikaha
Blenheim Sun: ‘Financial constraint and an ailing body'
SunLive: Health Initiative Targeting Vulnerable People
Lisa Wheeler: A Poem to Whaikaha Ministry of Disabled People
RNZ: Family carers 'not employed' by government - Court of Appeal
RNZ: Accessibility impacting disabled students' learning, representatives say
Mike Peters: A Plan
Nelson Mail: 'At breaking point': disability community’s anger over cuts
DUNZ: Establishment of a National Media Team
RNZ: Continued funding concerns among disabled communities
DUNZ: Take Back Control
Stuff: We want to work
Local News
Events
- Invercargill Organising Meeting. Thursday, 23 May 2024. 10am. Invercargill Public Library, Dee St, Invercargill. Contact Melissa Corbin 021 502 504.
- Palmerston North Public Meeting. Friday, 24 May 2024. 2.30pm. Community Leisure Centre, 569 Ferguson Street, Palmerston North. NZLP.
- Dunedin Protest. Saturday, 25 May, 11am. George St, Dunedin. Contact Amy Taylor DFCPG amytaylordisabilityadvocate@gmail.com
- Auckland Protest. Sunday, 26 May. 12noon-1.30pm. Britomart Pl, Auckland Central, Auckland.
- Wellington Protest. Wednesday, 29 May. 12:30pm-2pm. Parliament Lawn, Wellington.
- Invercargill Public Meeting. Sunday, June. 2pm-4pm. Details to be announced. Contact Melissa Corbin 021 502 504
Resources
- DUNZ-donate-a4-ver3 (pdf)
- DUNZ-how-to-help-a4-ver4 (pdf)
- DUNZ-join-poster-a4-ver2 (pdf)
- DUNZ-join-poster-a5-ver3 (pdf)
- DUNZ-sign-up-a4-ver3 (pdf)
What you can do to help
Please join to help establish local solid groups in every town and city across NZ that can lead and organise the disabled community to defend our human rights.
Last Updated 14/05/2024