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Minister for Disability Issues, Carmel Sepuloni, is pleased to announce that $327,721 is to be awarded to national and local community initiatives to maintain and promote the use of New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL).

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

The government wants to break down the barriers to employment for disabled New Zealanders and better support them into work, says Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

“The new Disability Action Plan 2019–2023 moves us towards the inclusive and accessible New Zealand that this government has committed to,” Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni announced today. 

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

The Coalition Government has announced an action plan to improve the wellbeing of disabled New Zealanders by addressing inequalities in play, active recreation and sport.

  • Hon Grant Robertson
  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues
  • Sport and Recreation

The Government joins the New Zealand Deaf community in celebrating International Day of Sign Languages, the first day of the International Week of the Deaf each year.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

Hon Carmel Sepuloni will travel to Apia tomorrow to represent New Zealand at the Women, Peace and Security Summit, in Samoa from 22-23 August.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage
  • Disability Issues
  • Pacific Peoples
  • Social Development

A new partnership between New Zealand and the Pacific Disability Forum was announced today by Minister for Disability Issues, Carmel Sepuloni, at the United Nations in New York.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

Minister for Disability Issues, Carmel Sepuloni will travel to New York tomorrow to represent New Zealand at the 12th Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

The service that allows people using New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) to phone others by using an interpreter will soon be available at weekends, Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Kris Faafoi and Disability Issues Minister Carmel Sepuloni announced today.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media
  • Disability Issues

Thank you Kim and the team at Deaf Action for this opportunity to celebrate the New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006 with the Deaf community.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Kris Faafoi and Disability Issues Minister Carmel Sepuloni have started a public consultation on proposals to modernise telecommunications services for people who are deaf, deafblind or have hearing or speech impairments.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media
  • Disability Issues

Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni will speak today about the shared challenges and opportunities faced by disabled people across New Zealand and the Pacific, at the Pacific Regional Conference on Disability in Fiji.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

A guide to designing accessible public buildings was released by Minister for Building and Construction Jenny Salesa and Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni today.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Building and Construction
  • Disability Issues

Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni welcomes the United Nations’ first ever World Braille Day.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues