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Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni welcomes today’s announcement that New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL), which is an official language, will be made available during question time in Parliament.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

Social services dealing most directly with the harm caused by family violence will get much needed support as the Government boosts funding to front line agencies for the first time in ten years.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Tracey Martin
  • Jan Logie
  • Children
  • Justice
  • Social Development

Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni is pleased the long-awaited rewrite of the Social Security Act 1964 will have its second reading in Parliament today. 

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni has today announced the Government is seeking New Zealander’s views on social wellbeing and how to best protect and use people’s personal information. 

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

The Government is trialling a new system for delivering disability supports in MidCentral to start on October 1 2018, Minister for Disability Issues Hon Carmel Sepuloni and Associate Minister for Health Hon Julie Anne Genter announced today.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Julie Anne Genter
  • Disability Issues
  • Health

Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni is encouraging people from the Deaf community and NZSL users to put themselves forward for the New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) Board now that the appointments process has opened.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni has today announced the widening of a low-interest loan scheme for people who might otherwise fall victim to loan sharks.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni says the Government’s intent to improve access to New Zealand Superannuation or Veteran’s Pension for those looking to retire to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau moved one step closer today.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

A competition to design the Pacific Island Memorial in Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington is opening today, the Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Carmel Sepuloni has announced.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni says gold-medal winning Paralympian Adam Hall is an inspiration to all New Zealanders.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni and Minister of Employment Willie Jackson have today officially launched the Work The Seasons website in Pukekohe making it easier for seasonal workers to find the job they need and for employers to find the right person.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment
  • Social Development

Associate Minister for Pacific Peoples, and Arts, Culture and Heritage Carmel Sepuloni will today open the Creative New Zealand Pacific Arts Summit 2018 at Te Papa in Wellington.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni welcomes a UN announcement that begins the planned review of New Zealand’s implementation of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni congratulates Kiwi Paralympic alpine skier Adam Hall who has won New Zealand’s second Bronze medal at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

Tasman and Taranaki residents struggling to clear up the mess left by ex-Tropical Cyclone Gita can access a helping hand following an announcement today by Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

The inaugural national commemoration of the New Zealand Wars has been held in the Bay of Islands, attended by Crown/Māori Relations Minister Kelvin Davis, Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Carmel Sepuloni and Associate Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage
  • Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti
  • Māori Development

Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni says Kiwi Paralympic skier Corey Peters has done New Zealand proud winning a bronze medal on the first day of the Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni wishes New Zealand’s Para athletes the best of luck as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games commence this weekend. 

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Clare Curran and Disability Issues Minister Carmel Sepuloni today released a consultation document on the Telecommunications Relay Service.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Clare Curran
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media
  • Disability Issues

Letters of support and a special video message from Minister for Disability Issues Hon Carmel Sepuloni are on their way to our Paralympians as they prepare to compete in South Korea.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

Speaking at the launch of Social Investment – A New Zealand Policy Experiment, the Minister for Social Development, Carmel Sepuloni, said that the book couldn’t have come at a better time.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni has today met with some of Work and Income’s top case managers who’ve achieved outstanding results supporting their clients into work.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

Every New Zealander should have the best possible access to media content and this year Government commits to exploring options to increase captioning on New Zealand television and film.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Clare Curran
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media
  • Disability Issues

Access to Rural Assistance Payments (RAPs) for drought stricken farmers is being extended to the Southland Region (districts of Southland, Invercargill City and Gore) and parts of Otago (districts of Clutha, Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes).

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development