Resources

Tools to Help You Write To and Meet With a Member of Parliament or Political Figure

Amy Hogan, Talking with your local MP about Accessibility Legislation

Amy Hogan, Why we need Accessibility Standards

Amy Hogan, Why we need a Regulator

Amy Hogan, Why we need a Barrier Notification System

Amy Hogan, Why we need a Disputes Resolution Process

Amy Hogan, Accessibility Guaranteed by Law

Access Matters Campaigner's Bootcamp 2023 with Lepofsky, Logie & Tabuteau

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Template Letter to Local MP Requesting a Meeting to discuss Accessibility Legislation

Template Letter to Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan, Minister for Disability Issues, Requesting a Meeting to discuss Accessibility Legislation

Tips to Help You Make the Most of your MP Meeting

Key Asks for Your Local MP to Strengthen the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill

Template Letter to Hon Carmel Sepuloni regarding Government's 'Accelerating Accessibility' Bill

Template Letter to Local MP regarding Government's 'Accelerating Accessibility' Bill

First 100 Days New Government 2020, Template Letter to Local MP

Generic Template Letter to Local MP

Questions for 2020 Election Candidates - Important Issues for People with Access Needs

Candidates Briefing Sheet - 2020 General Election - Important Issues for People with Access Needs

Guide to Making the Most of Your MP Visit

Story Booklet - People With Disabilities Telling Their Stories

Tools for Using Social Media to Advocate for Accessibility Legislation

2022 Lessons from International Disability Advocates - Social Media Tiles & Shareables

Social Media Toolkit

Shareables

Access Matters Photo Library

Make Your Own #EnoughIsEnough #AccessLawNow Video

Tools to Help You if You Experience a Barrier to Accessibility

Public Transport Access Self Advocacy Tool Kit

Employment Self Advocacy Tool Kit

Pan Disability Self Advocacy Skills Tool Kit

Digital Access Self Advocacy Tool Kit Webinar Resource

Information about Accessibility and the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill/Act

Access Matters Aotearoa submission on the petition 'Help Strengthen the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill'

Submissions to the Social Services & Community Select Committee regarding the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill

Non-Written Submissions to the Social Services & Community Select Committee, 9 November 2022 (Facebook)

Access Matters Aotearoa Example Accessibility Bill

The New Zealand Government's 'Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill', introduced to Parliament July 2022

Alternative Formats

Accessible Aotearoa

The Principles of the Accessibility Act

Position paper 2017

Access Alliance Key Messaging

Access Alliance 2021 Key Messaging

Event Recordings and Video Resources

Access Matters Campaigner's Bootcamp 2023 with Lepofsky, Logie & Tabuteau

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Submissions to the Social Services & Community Select Committee regarding the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill

'Access Matters'! - the song

Select Committee Oral Submissions Workshop with Jan Logie, November 2022 (NZSL pending)

The Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill: Transformational or a Missed Opportunity? Online Panel October 2022

#EnoughIsEnough #AccessLawNow Videos

Make Your Own #EnoughIsEnough #AccessLawNow Video

Lessons from International Disability Advocates for New Zealand, Webinar February 2022

Back to the Future! Access Alliance 2021 International Day of People with Disabilities Webinar

Legal Report Launch September 2021 Video

2021 People's Choice Accessible Business Awards Celebration

Access Matters December 2020 Campaign Update Video, Audio & Captions

My Voice Matters 2020 General Election Forum Video

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2020 Webinar Videos

David Lepofsky NZ Speaking Tour November 2018 - Video & Audio

Information in NZSL

Information in Easy Read Format

Cabinet Paper from the Minister for Disability Issues: What needs to happen to make New Zealand more accessible for disabled people (July 2020)

2021 People's Choice Accessible Business Awards

The Principles of the Accessibility Act - easy read Word document

The Principles of the Accessibility Act - easy read PDF

Research and Evidence

Why Standards Matter

Key Statistics - Access Matters Campaign 2022

Auckland Disability Law's Initial Assessment of New Zealand's Proposed Accessibility Legislation - May 2022

Accelerating Accessibility in New Zealand – MSD Discussion with Access Alliance

Access Alliance Supporter Feedback to MSD - January 2022

Let’s Make Aotearoa New Zealand Accessible for All - Report Summary

Making New Zealand Accessible: A Design for Effective Accessibility Legislation - Full Report

Accelerating Accessibility to Grow New Zealand’s Economy - Access Alliance Brief

Disability law policy briefing

Statutes of Canada

Cabinet Minute of Decision - Accelerating Progress Toward Accessibility in New Zealand

Cabinet Paper - Accelerating Progress Toward Accessibility in New Zealand

Framework to Accelerate Progress Towards Accessibility in Aotearoa New Zealand - Cabinet Paper Documentation

NZIER report

Disability Legislation and Outcomes report

Summary of Key Access Alliance Papers - 2017