Hon Carmel Sepuloni, Minister for Disability Issues, and Hon Andrew Little, Minister of Health joined Attitude to announce a new direction for the Kiwi disabled community.
Watch below for a replay of the announcement, a panel discussion with members of the disabled community and the Ministers answer some of your questions.
Read more reaction to the announcement
Big Transformation needed for disabled people - Paula Tesoriero
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Bulletproof: Aleina Beer
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Bulletproof: Dinesh Palipana
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My Perfect Family: Api Latu
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My Perfect Family: Neil Singh
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Jake Gibbons lost both feet and his right hand to frostbite in Greenland and has had to adapt to his...
Being Me Emma Myers
Emma Myers is a writer with Cerebral Palsy, who has mined her own experiences to co-write TV series ...
Bulletproof: Rebecca Allum
In 2017, Rebecca Allum became a tetraplegic when she was thrown from a horse. Contrary to the expect...
Bulletproof: Jezza Williams
A canyoning accident in Switzerland in 2010 left Jezza Williams a tetraplegic. An adventurer at hear...
Being Me: Rufus Henry
Rufus lives in Kaikoura with his parents but wants to live independently like his siblings. On a roa...
My Perfect Family: Maddison Blitvich
Maddie Blitvich’s a lively seven-year-old with Pfeiffer Syndrome 2 which affects the shape of her sk...
Bulletproof: Anita Kendrick
A life-changing quad bike accident at 18 left Anita Kendrick paraplegic. But with determination and ...
Bulletproof: Anna Parsons
University student Anna Parsons suffered horrific injuries in a climbing fall accident in the US. In...
My Perfect Family: Ebony Sinclair
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Bulletproof: Bailley Unahi
Bailley Unahi was crushed when a balcony collapsed on her at an outdoor concert in Dunedin. Paralyse...
Bulletproof: Wojtek Czyz
Wojtek Czyz’s professional soccer career was cut short when his left leg was amputated. He went on t...
In My Mind: Living with Psychosis
When reality and imagination get mixed up in your mind, life can be a living hell. Four young peopl...
Being Me: Sarah Morrell
Sarah Morrell has a rare genetic condition called Morquio IV which means she is just one metre tall....
Bulletproof: Peter Cowan
Peter Cowan lost his right leg in a hit and run accident when he was a teenager. Now this champion o...
Being Me: Julie Woods
Blind woman Julie Woods doesn’t shy away from challenges. She achieved her aim to visit all seven mo...
My Perfect Family: Fragile X
Discovering you are the carrier of genetic condition Fragile X only after your children are born is ...
Bulletproof: Bryce Dinneen
Recovering from a spinal injury, Bryce Dinneen dreamed of going fishing again. He launched the chari...
Being Me: Claire Freeman
Claire Freeman has achieved a lot since a spinal injury made her a wheelchair user at 17. She has a ...
Being Me: Te Huia Apaapa
26-year-old Te Huia Apaapa is a gifted runner and triathlete known as ‘The Rocketman’. Te Huia has a...
Jamie Nepia
Jamie Nepia lost a leg after a violent shooting. To help rebuild her life, she took up boxing and di...
Being Me: Joshua Sade-Inia
Joshua Sade-Inia is a burns survivor who’s scars cover half of his body. To Josh they represent his ...
Bulletproof: Lee Warn Part 1
Lee Warn has never let the fact he is in a wheelchair slow him down. He is a wheelchair marathon ath...
My Perfect Family: Nash Jones
The Jones family’s life changed forever when their youngest boy Nash was diagnosed with a rare condi...
Being Me: Juanita Willems
Pre-Christmas Juanita Willems is flat out, collecting, wrapping and distributing presents for foste...
Being Me: Bailee Lobb
Installation artist Bailee Lobb uses her colourful works to explore lived experience of disability, ...
My Perfect Family: Lydia Golding
6-year-old Lydia Golding was born with her right femur bone significantly shorter than her left. In...
Waka Ama - Part 2
After a training camp at Lake Rotoiti, the Aotearoa Para Waka Ama crew depart for the IVF Internatio...
Waka Ama Part 1
Twelve waka ama para-athletes striving for gold, attend a training camp ahead of the World Champions...
My Perfect Family: Georgia Heard
Georgia Heard thought she had parenting all mapped out. But when the younger of her two boys was di...
My Perfect Family: Tiffiney Perry
Always an active person, Tiffiney Perry continued participating in sports and achieving success afte...
My Perfect Family: Tara Aumalesulu
Nine year old Tara is launching her very first album, Pele O Lo’u Fatu. Living with visual impairmen...
My Perfect Family: Grace Payne
Grace Payne is a powerlifter who has competed in the Special Olympics as an autistic athlete. Now, 2...
My Perfect Family: Malaena Cariño
12-year-old Malaena Cariño has a rare genetic form of epilepsy. Her whānau have exhausted most treat...
My Perfect Family: Harper Ahern
Since being diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy at age four, 10-year-old surfer Harper and his family ...
Being Me: Bailey Conlon
16-year-old para-swimmer Bailey is smashing records and helping to raise the profile of swimmers wit...
Being Me: Brent Eyskens
Unable to communicate verbally, songwriter Brent Eyskens - who lives with Cerebral Palsy - has found...
Being Me Eric Knapp
Eric Knapp was a fit and healthy professional firefighter. But on the eve of his 33rd birthday, his ...
Being Me: Dillon Maydon
Dillon's life was altered at just eighteen when he was diagnosed with Friedreich’s Ataxia, a rare ge...
Being Me: Jared Flitcroft
Jared Flitcroft is a filmmaker, businessman, family man, and he is Deaf. Overcoming barriers to achi...
Being Me: Steff Green
Author Steff Green writes full-time from her home in the Kaipara Harbour. Legally blind, Steff was o...
Being Me: Danielle Aitchison
Danielle Aitchison was born with Cerebral Palsy. As a child she struggled to walk, but her family en...
Being Me: Aidan Terpstra
Aidan’s life changed forever when he was knocked out with a king-hit punch. The injury to his brain ...
Being Me: Devon Briggs
Para-athlete Devon Briggs was born with severe clubfeet, twisted backwards. The 18-year-old has end...
Being Me: Gabby Wright
Gabby Wright suffered an injury from a virus that attacked her spine, dashing her Silver Fern dreams...
Being Me: Susan Williams 8/5/22
Non-binary performance artist Susan Williams adores theatre. Their latest show, Illegally Blind, is ...
Being Me: Kiranjit Singh
Tetraplegic, Kiranjit Singh, is competing to qualify for the 2024 Paralympics in Para-sport shooting...
Bulletproof: Khadag Bista
In 2018 Khadag suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car accident. Incredibly, this Nepalese chef h...
Bulletproof: James Littlejohn
James Littlejohn lives with partial paraplegia after a motorbike accident. He loves mountain biking,...
Bulletproof: Ryan Gibb
After a motorbike accident leaves outdoor enthusiast Ryan paralysed, he adapts with a change in care...
Bulletproof: Mitch Joynt
Mitch Joynt is lucky to be alive. The young arborist lost his leg when he was dragged into a woodchi...
Bulletproof: Mac
Teenager Mac Denniston nearly lost his life in a mountain bike accident. The crash left him with a T...
Bulletproof: Scott MacDonald
Motocross enthusiast Scott MacDonald was 14-years-old when he broke his back after a jump went wrong...
Cool As Ice
From Wānaka to Beijing, we follow Paralympic veterans Corey Peters and Adam Hall, as well as debutan...
