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Medical certificate changes
Published November 19th 2007, Posted in NationalRecently the Brain Injury Association Northland had a visit from Amy Walters – the new Health and disability Co-ordinator at Work & Income. Amy explained some changes that would effect people who receive a Sickness or Invalids Benefit.
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Housing Trust’s receives National Awards
Published September 21st 2007, Posted in National
The Whangarei Accessible Housing Trust is thrilled at receiving recognition for its work at the annual National Local Authority Community Development Conference held in Hamilton this week. The Trust not only won the category in which it had entered, Social Equity, but was also acknowledged as the supreme winner at an awards dinner last night.
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Is KiwiSaver for everybody?
Published July 17th 2007, Posted in NationalTiaho has had a number of enquiries from people with disabilities who receive a benefit from Work & Income about whether they can join KiwiSaver.
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Brain Injury Awareness Week
Published June 07th 2007, Posted in NationalThe 10th -16th June is Brain Injury Awareness Week, the theme for this year is “who thought it would happen to me”. The statistics tell us that ninety New Zealanders a day sustain a brain injury of some sort, the majority are of a traumatic nature with others being from illness or disease.
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WINZ red tape wrangle
Published March 13th 2007, Posted in National / 1 CommentTiaho Trust has received numerous complaints from people who have life long disabilities,who anually have to get a medical certificates and complete a form from Work & Income stating that they still have a disability/s . To quote one individual, “I can handle being disabled all my life, but it is a real poke in the eye having to go to a doctor every year so they can tell me ““Gee, you know what, your still disabled”“.
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First trilingual TV show
Published January 30th 2007, Posted in NationalNew Zealands’s first trilingual television show, started in January 2007. Maori Televison’s popular gardening series Kiwi Maara is the first NZ television show to go tri-lingual in reo Maori, English and NZ Sign Language (NZSL.
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The Brain Train day in Kaitaia was excellent, and we very much hope it will become an annual event! Thanks to all who worked to make it happen.