Minister's media release Posted by Posted by Linda Skates on 20 July 2017 Posted on: 20 July 2017


Posted by Linda Skates

Posted on: 20 July 2017

New disability system a step closer - media statement

Disability Issues and Associate Health Minister Nicky Wagner says a hard-working and talented group has produced a high-level design for the transformed disability support system. 

“The co-design group, which includes disabled people, worked intensively over several months to create and shape the framework for this new system,” Ms Wagner says.

“Disabled people are experts in their own lives. They’ve been the driving force behind this transformation and instrumental in its design. This is a great example of ‘nothing about us, without us’.”

Minister Nicky Wagner listens to members of the co-design group

The new system will include:

  • An information hub with a number of ways to make contact and be contacted;
  • Capability funding for disabled people and whānau to build their skills;
  • A new funding model which reduces assessment and provides opportunities for investment, as well as increasing choice and control;
  • Support to expand peer and whānau networks;
  • An easy to use information collection tool which tracks how things are going for disabled people, whānau, providers and the system;
  • A personal information profile managed by disabled people and whānau;
  • A monitoring approach which reduces compliance and is proportionate to the amount of funding people receive; and
  • National and local governance groups with disabled people and whānau representatives.

“Disabled people will experience a real and meaningful difference with the new system. There will be a lot less red tape, more choice about the support on offer, and a range of easy ways to find information through peer or whānau networks and online,” Ms Wagner says.

Work will now begin on the detailed design, which will roll out first in MidCentral — Palmerston North, Horowhenua, Manawatu, Otaki and Tararua districts — on July 1, 2018.

“There will be more opportunities for disabled people and others from the disability sector to contribute to the detailed design, and we’re looking at how to do that,” Ms Wagner says.

This information is also available in Te Reo, Easy Read PDF and Word files, audio and a Brf file at the following links:

Download Minister's media release - Te Reo

Disability Issues Minister Nicky Wagner's media release in Te Reo.

Download Minister's media release - Easy Read PDF

Disability Issues Minister Nicky Wagner's media release

Download Minister's media release - Easy Read Word

Disability Issues Minister Nicky Wagner's media release in Easy Read Word

Download Minister's media release - Audio

Disability Issues Minister Nicky Wagner's media release

Download Minister's media release WORD

Minister's media release - Word

Download Cabinet paper June 2017-WORD

Cabinet paper June 2017 in Word.

Download Cabinet paper June 2017 appendices - WORD

Cabinet paper appendices June 2017 - Word

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By Lynette Ambler (7 years ago)
Great news to see changes being made and a Minister who is listening. With thousands of people in NZ who sit at home and don't want to work or be part of the community, it is refreshing to see people with disabilities wanting to be part of the community, wanting to be independant and voice thier concerns & fears. Helping those who help themselves with a positive, moving forward attitude should be a priority in NZ. Doing what is right for people with disabilities is forward thinking, allowing people with disabilities to lead lives that we all want to live in NZ. Putting the funding in now will produce long term positive results that will see a great reduction in expenditure for the NZ government in the long run. Rewarding those who help themselves has been for a long time overlooked in NZ, lets focus on the people who want to make a difference in this country, not on those who don't. Working with people with disabilities I see the struggles they go through on a daily basis, and the lack of help available to them in the community and by the government. What a shame that we don't see the potential that these amazing people with disabilities have. They are so enthusiastic, so caring, so strong even after everything they have been through. Keep up the good work and keep moving forward.

By Ben (7 years ago)
We've been promised this kind of action for a while

By Anne-Marie (7 years ago)
So important to engage in a meaningful way with disabled people who are the best advocates and thinkers around what a good life means for them

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