Refresh of the New Zealand Disability Strategy

The draft refreshed New Zealand Disability Strategy makes important steps toward recognising the rights of mokopuna whaikaha, but substantial gaps remain in ensuring equitable outcomes and active participation for mokopuna whaikaha across all aspects of their lives.

Without targeted action, these gaps risk perpetuating exclusion, inequities, and barriers to full participation in society for mokopuna whaikaha. We urge Whaikaha – Ministry of Disabled People to take the Strategy further to focus more strongly on the rights and needs of mokopuna whaikaha, as outlined in this submission, and as advocated for by mokopuna whaikaha themselves.