Ministry of Health Announcement March 2010

The Government will inject an extra $7 million immediately and another $20 million over the next two years to reduce waiting times and meet spiralling costs for equipment and modification services for disabled people.
This is on top of the $63 million budgeted for equipment and modification services this financial year. Click here for more information, and a video link

Txt-a-taxi Services available in Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth, Tauranga and Hamilton

You can now send a text message to the taxi service, and some other services. This is great for the Deaf Community who use text messaging as part of their every day lives. We do not need to rely on hearing people for access to services. If you know of other services that provide text messaging, please let us know. Click here for more.

'World first' for deaf 111 text calls

Deaf people will be able to text 111 in an emergency from August in a "world first". The text service will be tested and extended to the hearing impaired, and could eventually be available to everyone. The system could also be used to track people's phones and send out mass "alert" texts to the public in an emergency. Read more at stuff.co.nz

Deaf Film Festival Logo competition

Christchurch will be hosting the 5th Deaf Short Film Festival in May 2011. The final date has not yet been confirmed. The current Short Film committee believe we need a new logo, so we have set up a competition to find a new logo for the Film Festival. There will be a prize for the best design. Can you design a logo that will match the name ‘NEW ZEALAND DEAF SHORT FILM FESTIVAL' For more information

Special Education Review 2010

Two new videos have been uploaded to the website. One contains the Executive Summary and the other has the questions. If you would like to make a submission, please answer the questions from the video. More details can be found at the Ministry of Education Website.