An Enabling Good Lives Kaitūhono / Connector is someone who works with EGL to support the needs of disabled people and their whānau.

This Easy Read document tells you things like:

what makes a good Kaitūhono / Connector.

About Enabling Good Lives (EGL) Connectors. Who they are and how they can support disabled people in New Zealand.

What does an  Enabling Good Lives  Kaitūhono / Connector do?

This is a form for you to fill out to say:
-who you want to support you
-what sort of support you need.


People First - Supported Decision making - How I make my decisions form

This Easy Read document is about the Vision and Priniciples of Enabling Good Lives. 

Enabling Good Lives:

is a new way of supporting disabled peoples and their whanau / family


has the goal of giving disabled people more choice and control over their lives


has 8 principles about how they do things.

Enabling Good Lives is about having choice and control in your life, and the support you want and need.

Enabling Good Lives: Vision and Principles

This Easy Read document is about the changes to Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People's purchasing guidelines.


Purchasing guidelines are rules that tell you how you can spend your:


These guidelines say what people can buy with disability support funding from 24 April 2024.



Purchasing Guidance:  How to spend your  disability support funding

This Easy Read document is about how to make a complaint and give feedback about your disability support services.


This document will tell you about things like:

how to contact Whaikaha if you cannot use the form

This is about telling someone about your disability support services like:
- making a complaint
- saying what you think.

Disability support services

What does an Enabling Good Lives Kaitūhono / Connector do?

People First - Supported Decision making - How I make my decisions form

Enabling Good Lives: Vision and Principles

Purchasing Guidance: How to spend your disability support funding

How to make a complaint and give feedback about your disability support services