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Party policies, simplified: Employment
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The General Election day is approaching on Saturday November 7. We reached out to political parties National, Labour, Te Pāti Māori, ACT, New Zealand First, the Green Party, and The Opportunity Party with the same questions across housing, transport, disability policy, funding, healthcare, education, employment and accessibility.
Here’s how parties say they will ensure work opportunities for disabled people into work, including fair wages.
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Party policies, simplified: Disability policy
06:31|The General Election day is approaching on Saturday November 7. We reached out to political parties National, Labour, Te Pāti Māori, ACT, New Zealand First, the Green Party, and The Opportunity Party with the same questions across housing, transport, disability policy, funding, healthcare, education, employment and accessibility. Here are the party stances on the Disability Support Services Act 2026.
Party policies, simplified: Accessibility
06:55|The General Election day is approaching on Saturday November 7. We reached out to political parties National, Labour, Te Pāti Māori, ACT, New Zealand First, the Green Party, and The Opportunity Party with the same questions across housing, transport, disability policy, funding, healthcare, education, employment and accessibility. We asked them what their parties would do to make Aotearoa more accessible, and what their stance was on New Zealand First’s members’ bill, the Accessibility Standards Bill.
Party policies, simplified: Education
05:33|The General Election day is approaching on Saturday November 7. We reached out to political parties National, Labour, Te Pāti Māori, ACT, New Zealand First, the Green Party, and The Opportunity Party with the same questions across housing, transport, disability policy, funding, healthcare, education, employment and accessibility.Here’s how they say their education policies will serve disabled students. We also asked for each party’s stance on using ‘reasonable force’ on disruptive students.
Party policies, simplified: Healthcare
06:22|The General Election day is approaching on Saturday November 7. We reached out to political parties National, Labour, Te Pāti Māori, ACT, New Zealand First, the Green Party, and The Opportunity Party with the same questions across housing, transport, disability policy, funding, healthcare, education, employment and accessibility.Here’s how parties say they will make the healthcare system more equitable for disabled communities.
Party policies, simplified: Disability funding
09:21|The General Election day is approaching on Saturday November 7. We reached out to political parties National, Labour, Te Pāti Māori, ACT, New Zealand First, the Green Party, and The Opportunity Party with the same questions across housing, transport, disability policy, funding, healthcare, education, employment and accessibility.Here’s what parties had to say about disability funding and whether they would re-establish the Lottery Individuals with Disabilities Committee. We’ve also researched their welfare policies.
Party policies, simplified: Housing
05:32|The General Election day is approaching on Saturday November 7. We reached out to political parties: National, Labour, Te Pāti Māori, ACT, New Zealand First, the Green Party, and The Opportunity Party, with the same questions across housing, transport, disability policy, funding, healthcare, education, education and accessibility.On the topic of housing, we asked about their housing policies for disabled people and whether parties would reinstate a 15% target of accessible public housing.
Party policies, simplified: Transport
05:27|The General Election day is approaching on Saturday November 7. We reached out to political parties National, Labour, Te Pāti Māori, ACT, New Zealand First, the Green Party, and The Opportunity Party with the same questions across housing, transport, disability policy, funding, healthcare, education, employment and accessibility.We asked them how their transport policy would serve disabled communities and whether parties would increase the Total Mobility Scheme subsidy.
Five surprising things we learnt at the Disability Debate
04:11|From missing candidates to parking illegally, here are the spiciest things that went down at our debate...