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Housing Minister drops in on Auckland tenant

May 4, 2021

Associate Housing Minister Poto Williams took a look at some new Accessible Properties (AP) houses in Manurewa earlier this year and used them as a backdrop to talk about improved protections for tenants.

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Free bus fares coming for Bay of Plenty

May 4, 2021

Bus fares will be free for disabled people in the Bay of Plenty by July.

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Community workshops feed ideas into services review

May 4, 2021

IDEA Services has now held more than 40 community workshops around the country for families and friends of the people we support, as part of the National Services Review.

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IDEA COVID-19 vaccinations start with frontline workers

May 4, 2021

COVID-19 vaccinations are being offered to New Zealanders in stages so that people at high risk get the vaccine first, including our frontline workers.

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Grants look forward to future partnerships

May 4, 2021

Two long-established organisations that are going out of their way to include young people with intellectual disabilities have attracted partnership funding from the IHC Foundation.

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Early access to KiwiSaver

May 4, 2021

KiwiSaver rules now guarantee that people with four life-shortening congenital conditions can withdraw their savings early.

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New three-year membership option

May 4, 2021

IHC members can now renew their memberships for a one- or three-year term.

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End of cheques leaves disabled people worried

May 4, 2021

As New Zealand’s major banks phase out the use of cheques, IHC and other disability service providers are asking banks how they will maintain access to banking services by disabled people.

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All Evie needed was a chance

May 4, 2021

Wellington IT student Evie Randall went public about her struggle to find work. It worked. She had so many replies she had to call her job coach.

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Onlookers back the benefits of music therapy

May 4, 2021

A Victoria University of Wellington researcher used a team of observers to evaluate the impact of music therapy on children with autism in her latest research project.

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