Public Address | Cafe | Access: Power to (all) the people! https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Angela Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=335427#post335427 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=335427#post335427 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:03:19 +1300 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=320990#post320990 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=320990#post320990 If anyone is interested.....

There was a 'meet the candidates' session in Hamilton today for representatives from nine parties to present their disability policies.

More than one of the candidates commented that this particular meeting had a higher attendance than any others( mainstream) they had been invited to speak at.…

]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2014 18:30:38 +1200 Ezekiel Robson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=320800#post320800 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=320800#post320800 The one-off Making Honey seminar we organised during my time with DPA Auckland was about showing our community a range of options for involvement... I wanted to take groups of disabled people to public committee meetings of Councils and District Health Boards, with discussion before and after about the process… ]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2014 20:14:31 +1200 Ezekiel Robson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=320799#post320799 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=320799#post320799 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 20:13:27 +1200 Angela Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318450#post318450 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318450#post318450 School support staff have been hard done by for years, too small a group to be well represented by union and ignored by politicians.
It should not be so hard to find out the policies of long standing political parties. They should be clearly enunciated on their websites. We are…

]]> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 14:34:40 +1200 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318430#post318430 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318430#post318430 Tue, 29 Jul 2014 10:52:10 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318429#post318429 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318429#post318429 what we are missing is strategy and planning

indeed.

]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2014 10:23:27 +1200 Angela Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318428#post318428 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318428#post318428 looks promising, what we are missing is strategy and planning, but anything that gives voice has to be good.
Here's another report being sat on until after the election
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10321032/Rest-home-investigation-report-embargoed

]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2014 09:46:38 +1200 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318426#post318426 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318426#post318426 Tue, 29 Jul 2014 09:11:54 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318425#post318425 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318425#post318425 Here's what I was trying to build for disability activism:
http://www.idealog.co.nz/blog/2014/07/new-site-offers-home-citizen-democracy

Let's take part.

]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2014 07:38:33 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318413#post318413 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318413#post318413 Here's hoping the tragically insecure Mr Smith doesn't ape the Australian govt (h/t Di White):

The Abbott government is following the course set by the Howard government, which was dogged in its efforts to ensure the non-profit sector was prevented from voicing unwelcome opinions. Contracts with community sector organisations routinely…

]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2014 20:12:57 +1200 Chris Waugh https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318410#post318410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318410#post318410 Democracy? What's that? ]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:54:23 +1200 Angela Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318378#post318378 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318378#post318378 Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:19:21 +1200 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318377#post318377 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318377#post318377 Forced local body amalgamations – now there is a sleeper election issue. Decisions have already been made in regions like Wellington but are not going to be announced until after the election. Unlikely to be any meaningful consultation, or any opportunity to challenge and you can bet that no disabled… ]]> Sat, 26 Jul 2014 13:45:36 +1200 Angela Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318376#post318376 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318376#post318376 Sat, 26 Jul 2014 13:25:22 +1200 Angela Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318375#post318375 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318375#post318375 this just popped up
http://www.elections.org.nz/events/2014-general-election/campaigns-and-resources-2014/weve-got-voice-video-learning-disabled

]]> Sat, 26 Jul 2014 13:10:01 +1200 Marc C https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318371#post318371 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318371#post318371 Just again, this night, traveling through the internet, I get concerned where we are going, and what NZ stilll stands for, at times:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSRVtlTwFs8

Maybe some will relate, but we need to move on, and grow a united society, thanks.

]]> Sat, 26 Jul 2014 03:30:02 +1200 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318370#post318370 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318370#post318370 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 22:36:30 +1200 Angela Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318363#post318363 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318363#post318363 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:00:11 +1200 Angela Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318361#post318361 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318361#post318361 Democracy is all very well...but it MUST be in good faith....must be completely transparent.

Democracy?

Forced local body amalgamations, as with Auckland
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11299064

Disenfranchisement and voting difficulty
http://nzhumanrightsblog.com/newzealand/denying-voting-rights-to-prisoners-in-new-zealand-what-was-parliament-thinking/
and
http://publicaddress.net/access/power-to-all-the-people/

Removal of rights
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2013/0022/latest/whole.html

to name a few of the attacks on democracy in this country by the current government.…

]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:27:56 +1200 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318360#post318360 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318360#post318360 I understand where the naysayers for paying family carers are coming from, and when you have struggled long and hard to have your voice heard, any issue that seems to undermine your autonomy could be perceived as being a threat.

What really gets me is that it is family carers…

]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:54:43 +1200 Angela Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318310#post318310 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318310#post318310 and yet the Government continued the case through the courts during Ruth Dyson's era, or am I wrong?
If time and consideration has brought wider recognition of the enormous unfairness inherent in this Act, an echo of similar unfairness demonstrably visible in the disabled community in New Zealand, that's a…

]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:31:40 +1200 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318278#post318278 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318278#post318278 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 09:10:30 +1200 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318186#post318186 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318186#post318186 Not on facebook anymore Hilary...believe it or not, somehow we survive.

Excellent initiative by Tiaho Trust, and if they can get a broard cross section of the Northland disabled community involved, all the better.

I read Jonny Wilkinson's statement about the Family Carers Case, and it seems he is on…

]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2014 10:36:56 +1200 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318181#post318181 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318181#post318181 https://www.facebook.com/20percentNZ ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2014 08:03:09 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318164#post318164 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318164#post318164 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 17:57:24 +1200 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318163#post318163 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318163#post318163 As someone on the outside who would like to be supportive, I’d like to see a few clear messages and demands that crystalise political action.

As someone on the fringes...ie, the partner and fulltime carer of a person with a disability...I would definately concur.

There needs to be clear policy…

]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2014 17:39:35 +1200 George Darroch https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318147#post318147 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318147#post318147 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:48:15 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318146#post318146 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318146#post318146 Thank you Ezekiel.

I've always thought civic involvement is a great focus to require more accessible communication from public organisations. It's why we trialled large print in the statutory Annual Plan process for the old Auckland City Council, though sadly further work to embed it was not done. It was…

]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:42:52 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318145#post318145 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-power-to-all-the-people/?p=318145#post318145 Discussion from blog post.

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