Timeline - Disabled people
Changing the landscape: A national resource to prevent violence against women and girls with disabilities (Our Watch, 2022) published
UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities publishes Concluding observations on the combined 2nd and 3rd periodic reports of New Zealand's progress on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD/C/NZL/CO/2-3). Read related news story
2019 NZ Family Violence Study | He Koiora Matapopore, initial findings published
Whakamanahia Te Tiriti, Whakahaumarutia te Tangata | Honour the Treaty, protect the person and Whakamahia te Tūkino kore Ināianei, ā Muri Ake Nei | Acting now for a violence and abuse free future (Human Rights Commission, 2021) published
The prevention project: Supporting whānau and reducing baby removals (Keddell, Fitzmaurice & Cleaver, University of Otago, 2021) research report published
He purapura ora, he māra tipu: From redress to puretumu torowhānui, the Abuse in Care Royal Commission redress report ( Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions, 2021) published
Making Disability Rights Real, Whakatūturu Ngā Tika Hauātanga (Independent Monitoring Mechanism 2020) published
International principles and guidelines on access to justice for persons with disabilities (Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, OHCHR, 2020) published
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (Australia), interim report published
Tāwharautia: Pūrongo o te wā, the Abuse in Care Royal Commission interim report ( Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions, 2020) published
Counting ourselves: The health and wellbeing of trans and non-binary people in Aotearoa New Zealand (Transgender Research Lab, University of Waikato, 2019) published
Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities signed by NZ Government, in force 4 November 2016
New Zealand Disability Strategy 2016 to 2026 launched
Social Change Toolkit for community projects launched by Think Differently
Disability Action Plan 2014-2018: update 2015 released
- Disability Action Plan 2014-2018, developed in collaboration with Disabled Persons Organisations (DPOs), approved in April 2014. Priorities include: Reduce the number of disabled children and adults who are victims of violence, abuse or neglect.
- 'It's not OK' campaign produces three of its messages in New Zealand Sign Language
- The hidden abuse of disabled people residing in the community : an exploratory study (Roguski. Tairawhiti Community Voice, 2013) published
Putting people first: A review of Disability Support Services performance and quality management processes for purchased provider services (Van Eden, Ministry of Health, 2013) released
- Prevalence and risk of violence against adults with disabilities : a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies (Hughes et al. The Lancet, 379, 2012) published
- Prevalence and risk of violence against children with disabilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies (Jones et al. The Lancet, 380, 2012) published
- Domestic violence and disabled people, a booklet for disabled people and their carers developed by the Auckland-based Domestic Violence and Disability group (DVD, 2011) published
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities adopted by UN General Assembly