Professor Mary Butler talks with Chrissie Cowan, Chair of the Access Alliance and CE of Kāpō Māori Aotearoa, which is the oldest national indigenous consumer group founded as a peer support network in the 1980’s by blind, low vision, vision impaired, deaf blind Māori and their whānau.

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Kāpō Māori Aotearoa was established and continues to be governed and managed in accordance with Māori values, principles and practices. Kāpō Māori Aotearoa supports its members to strive for whānau ora (wellbeing), become strong self-advocates and leaders in their whānau and communities.

The Sight Unseen Aotearoa show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin by VICTA – Visual Impairment Charitable Trust Aotearoa – with the support of Otago Polytechnic.