The art of tinkering
Tinkering with ideas for new products and services can be a great way to explore whether self-employment is a viable option....
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...
Disability – not the end of the world!
Disabled woman Jacqui Carlson asks, do all disabled people need to be fixed? People seem to assume that having a disability...
What I Daniel Blake can teach us about New Zealand’s benefit system
A couple of years ago I had the harrowing experience of seeing I Daniel Blake, an impassioned film by Ken Loach...