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Students give thumbs-up to IHC’s money game app

August 22, 2023

IHC’s game app to help young people with intellectual disabilities learn to manage money – and life – is being put through its paces by students in some Wellington secondary schools.

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Kāpiti artists take two of the top prizes in IHC Art Awards

August 22, 2023

Young Kāpiti Coast artist Max Hinds-Brown has won the IHC Art Awards for 2023 with a beautiful retro painting of a red chair. There was a strong showing by Kāpiti artists in this year’s awards, with them winning first and third prizes.

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Photographers get ready for their own show

August 22, 2023

Photography has always been a feature of the mixed media IHC Arts Awards, with strong images competing for attention among hundreds of paintings, drawings, sculpture and textiles. Last year IHC launched a separate competition – Capture the Moment – to give photographers their own platform to showcase their art.

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Giving it up for the IHC Art Awards

August 22, 2023

Four exceptional works by three prize-winning IHC Art Awards artists have been selected to showcase a limited edition run of AF Drinks’ 31-pack of non-alcoholic cocktails.

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Former IHC President challenged beliefs about disability

August 22, 2023

Dr Terry Caseley devoted his career to making sure people with intellectual disabilities were given the chance to live their best lives. The former President of IHC and influential Christchurch paediatrician died in Christchurch on 18 May 2023, at the age of 89.

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Master class inspires artists

August 22, 2023

Indika Mendis has won the IHC Matariki Drawing Competition with a pastel drawing in which creatures emerge in an explosion of colour.

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Linda wants to live for a long time

August 22, 2023

Christchurch woman Linda Hider turned 70 in June, and she hopes to live for much longer. Linda is raising two of her grandchildren – her son’s 12-year-old boy and 11-year-old daughter – and wants to be there for as long as they need her.

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ANZ goes to work on some easy-to-read documents

August 22, 2023

ANZ is making its banking services accessible to more customers by creating easy-to-read documents. Earlier this year the bank sent a team to an IHC Easy Read training session run in Wellington by the Council for Intellectual Disability in New South Wales.

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Member Council Chair understands what drives parents

June 2, 2023

The new Chair of the IHC Member Council, Lynne Renouf, comes with 45 years’ experience as an activist.

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Urgent action needed on adult decision-making

June 2, 2023

IHC is urging the Law Commission to protect the rights of vulnerable adults to make their own decisions.

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