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New Zealand Mission to the United Nations - Te Mangai o Aotearoa

General Debate: United Nations Conference of States Parties Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - New Zealand statement

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni and Minister for Youth Peeni Henare are urging young New Zealanders to have a say on the issues that affect their health and wellbeing.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Social Development
  • Youth

New Zealand’s new sexual harm helpline, Safe to talk He pai ki te kōrero is giving people the chance to seek free, anonymous and confidential support from one central place, says Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni and Associate Minister Peeni Henare today got the Government’s engagement on data and social wellbeing underway with the first hui held with NGOs in Manukau.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

Minister for Social Development, Hon Carmel Sepuloni, has today announced the formation of an expert advisory group to support the overhaul of the welfare system.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Carmel Sepuloni has praised the museum and gallery sector for its dedication to conserving, documenting and sharing Aotearoa’s diverse arts, cultural and heritage treasures.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Investing in the future of our young people is a core commitment of the Coalition Government and Budget 2018 makes a substantial investment in the training and employment of rangatahi, say Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni and Defence Minister Ron Mark.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Ron Mark
  • Defence
  • Social Development

Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni has today announced the Government will restore more than $1.9 million of funding to the Growing Up in New Zealand study.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni has praised the winners of this year’s New Zealand Sign Language Awards saying their outstanding efforts have created greater recognition and access for NZSL users and the Deaf Community.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

The Minister for Social Development, Carmel Sepuloni, has welcomed the Ministry of Social Development’s formation of a new set of ‘smart tools’ to ensure initiatives don’t breach clients’ privacy or human rights.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

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