Disability issues
Core agencies for consultation on disability issues: Health, Office for Disability Issues (Ministry of Social Development)
Other Agencies | Areas of Interest |
ACC | Injury prevention, policy and entitlement, access to services, provider development, rehabilitation |
Agriculture and Forestry | Impact on rural communities |
Child, Youth and Family Services (Ministry of Social Development) | Impact of social services to children with disabilities |
Conservation | Access to recreation, access to conservation facilities |
Culture and Heritage | Access to arts, leisure and recreation implications |
Economic Development | Access to communications infrastructure |
Education | Access to education and support for children and young people with disabilities |
Education Review Office | Access to schools and early childhood education services |
Foreign Affairs and Trade | International issues and obligations |
Housing New Zealand Corporation | Access and suitability of public housing |
Inland Revenue | Issues associated with sheltered workshops, taxation of disability income |
Internal Affairs | Impact on local government services |
Justice | Human rights issues, Family Court issues |
Labour | Training and vocational services, ACC issues, employment rights |
Ministry of Youth Development (Ministry of Social Development) | Initiatives that impact on child and youth development |
Office of Ethnic Affairs (Department of Internal Affairs) | Issues for ethnic disabled people |
Police | Crime and victimisation issues |
Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Maori Development) | Implications for Maori, access to arts, leisure and recreation |
Transport | Mobility issues |
