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Disability Support Services Bill – Our feedback, and making a submission

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A new Disability Support Services Bill has passed its first reading in Parliament. Submissions are being accepted until 12 June. The proposed Bill has many implications for disabled people and family carers, including “family first” obligations that could impose even more expectations on those in caring roles. We have concerns about this Bill. Learn more and use a helpful template to make your own submission to the Select Committee.

Draft Carers Strategy Action Plan

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…