New Zealand’s disability allowances are failing
Policy Coordinator Sam Murray delves into the link between disability and poverty and investigates why New Zealand is so far behind...
Fighting the future
The Government plans to reduce spending on the Ministry of Health’s Disability Support Services by $7 million dollars, the largest planned...
Urgent fix for Carer Support needed
Important reforms for payments for caregivers of disabled children and youth have been halted. Samuel Murray, National Policy Coordinator CCS Disability...
Time for a new access law
Nick Svensen, our Policy Analyst, is back to let us know about an exciting campaign to get a new access law. If...
Politics’ straight from the horse’s mouth!
Nick Svensen, our Policy Analyst, shares his summary on the different political party policies in the lead up to the upcoming election....
DIY Politics
Nick Svensen, our Policy Analyst, shares and second-guesses his thoughts in the lead up to the upcoming election. For the upcoming election, I...
Who are you?
Nick Svensen is a policy advisor intern at CCS Disability Action. For many in the disability community, the inability to obtain...
Familiar, but foreign
Nick Svensen is a policy advisor intern at CCS Disability Action. Nick talks about his first few days at CCS Disability...
The rise and fall of the Child Disability Allowance
Today, we take a look at the Child Disability Allowance. The Child Disability Allowance is an allowance of around $45 dollars a week paid to...
What’s happening to my dream!
Policy and Information leader, Jonathan Tautari is back to talk about disability, civil rights and dreams denied. Today marks 50 years...