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Draft Carers Strategy Action Plan

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The consultation is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted! Draft Carers Strategy Action Plan – Have Your Say Carers Alliance and Carers NZ encourages family carers and whānau…

Input into the Draft NZ Disability Strategy 2026-2030

September 2025 Our input into the draft NZDS is made on behalf of the Carers Alliance of 61 national not for profits and the peak body for carers, Carers NZ.…

New Zealand’s 1m+ family carers in the spotlight

We encourage all New Zealanders to help family carers feel seen by signing our petition at https://wecare.nz More than a million New Zealanders support a friend or family member who…

Government needs to make family carers’ payments simple and sensible

The Court of Appeal has just released a decision that family carers of disabled people are not employees of Whaikaha, the Ministry of Disabled People. While it is good to…

Changes to Disability Funding

Thank you so much for your responses to our survey! We are very grateful that so many of you took the time to share your experiences. To read responses, collated…

Carers NZ around the motu

Carers NZ will be talking to carers around Aotearoa New Zealand in the coming months. It will be nice to see each other in person for sharing, connection, nibbles and…

Infometrics Report – Economic Contribution of Caregiving November 2022

The economic contribution and sacrifices of unpaid family, whānau and aiga carers in New Zealand for Alzheimers NZ, Carers NZ, the Carers Alliance, IHC and the Ministry of Social Development.…