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Creativity needed to support new jobs
By Julian Wood
In the economic battle against COVID-19, there was hope we might all “be home for Christmas;” a hope that wage…
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Catching the tide for “the lockdown generation”
By Rowan Light
As the COVID-19 pandemic grinds on, we must attend to the needs of our young people, our taiohi. “Taiohi” in…
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Getting the story straight on jobs
By Kieran Madden
“Lies, damn lies, and statistics”—so the saying goes. Statistics New Zealand’s release of this June’s unemployment figures wasn’t a lie,…
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Back To Work – Paper Release
We’ve recently released Julian Wood’s paper Back To Work, at the release we have had coverage over various media outlets….
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Policy Paper | Back to Work
By Julian Wood
Nations around the world are expecting low or negative growth and higher unemployment rates as a result of fighting COVID-19….
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How ready are we for “shovel-ready” projects?
By Julian Wood
As the numbers of people made redundant as a result of COVID-19 rises there is ever increasing pressure on the…
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Danielle speaks on Mahi – The Disability Employment Podcast
Danielle was invited to speak on the very first podcast of Mahi – The Disability Employment Podcast, hosted by Jonathan…
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Work = wellbeing
By Danielle van Dalen
“Choose a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” This cliché was printed on a…
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Creating poverty-busting opportunites that work for people with disabilities
By Alex Penk
by Alex Penk and Danielle van Dalen This week there’s been a lot of coverage about employment opportunities for people…
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MEDIA RELEASE: Creating work opportunities for people with disabilities to get out of poverty
Thursday, 23 May In New Zealand people with disabilities earn just half of the average income of people without disabilities….
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Vocational surgery required
By Kieran Madden
Our vocational educational system is on life support— haemorrhaging badly in desperate need of surgery. Four of New Zealand’s sixteen…
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Learning Support funding should bridge to work
By Danielle van Dalen
School can be difficult for everyone, but for students with disabilities the difficulties are generally heightened. The Prime Minister acknowledged…
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Acknowledging Ability
By Danielle van Dalen
When we talk about poverty, we rarely consider people with disabilities as a group who are particularly at risk. But…
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Discussion Paper | Acknowledging Ability
By Danielle van Dalen
People who are living with a disability are vastly overrepresented in New Zealand’s poverty figures, and 74 percent of those…
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Creating opportunities to contribute
By Danielle van Dalen
Last week New Zealander Robert Martin took up his position in Geneva as Spokesperson for Disabled People on the United…
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Our insecure future of work
By Kieran Madden
Many pinned Trump’s election and the Brexit vote as being fueled by people’s fear of losing their way of life….
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Valuing access to work
By Danielle van Dalen
Unemployment is costly. It costs the unemployed person and it costs society. For plenty of people with disabilities this cost…
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Welfare to work?
By Kieran Madden
Just where do people go when they move off a benefit? It’s a serious question that demands an answer. Why?…
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Removing the barriers
By Danielle van Dalen
I was 12 when my grandfather lost his eye and was declared officially blind. In the following months and years…
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The true cost of getting “Ready for Work”
By Julian Wood
Labour’s “Ready For Work” policy is a great idea. Unveiled at the party’s conference, the plan offers on the job…
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