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Disability Information and Advisory Support Services

In Northland, there are a range of organisations providing a Disability Information Advisory Service about a specific disability, or disability in general.

Get more information about these individual organisations and how to contact them in Northland.

Our Services

Our services are designed to educate, inform and support your organisation or business to research, develop and provide services that are responsive to people with disabilities.

• Project Management
• Event Co-ordination
• Disability Responsiveness Training

We have strong linkages and relationships with individuals and organisations in the Northland Disability Sector.

Doves Tail

Dove’s Tail is the commercial division of Tiaho Trust. We are involved in providing travellers with specific needs with information about operators, providers, facilities and events that understand what it means to be accessible.

For more information please visit www.dovestail.co.nz

Child and Youth Issues Public Forum

Published October 28^th 2011, Posted in Northland

This forum is being organized by Whangarei Child Poverty Action group, with the support of Manaia Health PHO.

The recent and proposed legislative changes currently being considered in parliament have a profound effect on our children and young people. Please come along to find out what our prospective MPs in the upcoming election will do for our children and young people.

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Political Engagement = Disability Empowerment

Published October 26^th 2011, Posted in Northland

“Disability is a political issue” says Jonny Wilkinson, CEO of Tiaho Trust; a disability lead organisation that holds a ‘Meet the Standing Candidates’ Public event every election year.

“The rationale behind the meeting is twofold, firstly to educate candidates on regional disability issues and secondly to encourage disabled people to engage in the election process & think about disability issues.”

“At the last election meeting Tiaho Trust held in 2008 we had over 100 people attend and this year we are expecting more due to the attendance of the new Human Rights Disability Commissioner, the first Commissioner with formal responsibility for disability rights, appointed in September 2011. He will be speaking about the United Nation Convention on the Rights of Disabled People, which was ratified on 26th September 2008” says Wilkinson.

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Respite care for over 17 year olds

Published October 25^th 2011, Posted in Northland

Autism NZ & The Parent & Family Resource Centre ask you for your feedback.

Many families of a child with a disability will be accessing out of home respite. You may be aware this respite is divided into “under 17yr old” or “over 17yr old” categories.

We have heard anecdotally from families that accessing quality and relatively local out of home respite for over 17yr olds can be difficult.

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Parent to Parent Northland AGM

Published September 20^th 2011, Posted in Northland

Parent to Parent, Northland warmly invite you to our AGM on Wednesday 12th October 2011 from 9.30am – 10.30am at the G J Gardner show home (Cnr of Percy St and Western Hills Drive) Whangarei.

Please RSVP to Carole Powell, Parent to Parent Regional Coordinator Northland by phone or fax on 09 4373337 (Toll free 0508 236236)

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An accessible RWC in Whangarei

Published September 13^th 2011, Posted in Northland

Tiaho Trust has been working closely with the Whangarei District Council and Enterprise Northland to help make RWC 2011 in Northland an event that everybody can access and enjoy.

To enable easy access to the two games in Whangarei for people with a disability, two Tiaho Trust accessible vans with wheelchair hoists will provide a shuttle service from the designated drop-off area on the new Porownini Avenue extension delivering them directly to the game. Many thanks to RWC volunteers Michael MacDonald and Scott McDonald who are helping to provide this service.

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