This is a summary of a research project into if the ways the New Zealand Police do things are fair for everyone in New Zealand.

This research was done by the Donald Beasley Institute / DBI.

In this Easy Read document you can find out more about:

disabled people's experiences with NZ Police


what the DBI I thinks needs to happen next.

You can find out more about DBI on their website at: 



This is a summary of a research project into if New Zealand Police do things fairly for everyone in New Zealand.

A summary of the research project called: Understanding Policing Delivery −   Tākata Whaikaha, Deaf / deaf and  disabled people

This document is about a plan to stop family violence and sexual violence. The plan is called Te Aorerekura. It was made by the Joint Venture, a group of 9 government agencies working together.

tells you what family violence and sexual violence are


says what different communities need to stay safe


talks about the changes needed to stop violence


talks about checking if the plan is working


says how to find more information and support.

This is about a Government plan to stop family and sexual violence called Te Aorerekura.

A plan to end family violence and sexual violence

Enduring power of attorney is a plan for how you will be kept safe and looked after if something bad happens to you

Protect your future with an Enduring Power of Attorney

This Easy Read document is about how to share your ideas and what you think about things with a select committee. This is called a 

This document will tell you about things like:

what it means to share your ideas with Parliament

how to make a submission online or by post

what to include when you make a submission

what not to include when you make a submission.

This is about how to tell a select committee what you think by making a submission.

How to make a submission to a select committee

This Easy Read document tells you how to send a 

 asks the government to do something like change a law. 


This document tells you about things like:

This Easy Read document tells you how to send a petition to Parliamen

Guide about how to send a petition to Parliament

The Election Access Fund is money the government can provide to support disabled people to stand as candidates in different kinds of elections.


This Easy Read document will tell you more about:

This document also talks about how to have your say about the Election Access Fund using a survey. This survey has now closed which means the Electoral Commision is not accepting any more information about what people think. 

This is about support for disabled people to stand as candidates in parliamentary general elections and by-elections

Election Access Fund: What it is and how to have your say

This Easy Read document explains the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy.


This Easy Read document tells you about things like:

what the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy is.

the 6 wellbeing outcomes for children and youth.

This is about a Government plan to make New Zealand better for the wellbeing of Children and Youth

The Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy

This document is about a new rule by the United Nations. It is about protecting the rights of children. 


The new rule lets people tell the United Nations if children's rights are not being respected. 


This Easy Read document talks about things like:

what to do if a child's rights are not being respected.

New Zealand and other countries have agreed to follow the United Nations' rules about what rights children have.

A new agreement on the Convention on the Rights of the Child

This Easy Read document is about how to become a candidate in an election.


A 

is someone who wants to be voted in as part of their local government like council or part of the New Zealand government at parliament.


This document will tell you about things like:

how to be nominated for a general election or a by-election

information about advertising and campaigning

rules about donations and spending money.

This talks about what it means to stand for election.

Information about becoming a candidate in an election

This Easy Read document explains how to talk to a select committee in New Zealand.


The document tells you about things like:

what to do when you talk to a select committee.

A select committee is a group made by the government to learn about something. This tells you about talking to one.

Talking to a select committee

This Easy Read document explains research into conversion practices.


what survivors of conversion practices said they need

Summary of the report Conversion practices in Aotearoa New Zealand: Developing a holistic response to spiritual abuse.

Summary: Conversion Practices research

This Easy Read document is about the New Zealand Disability Action Plan 2019-2023. 

It is a plan to help make New Zealand a better place for people with disabilities. 


The plan was made by talking to people with disabilities and others who care about these issues. 

The government will work on these areas to make sure everyone has the same chances in life.

The Disability Action Plan says what work needs to be done to make the New Zealand Disability Strategy happen.

Disability Action Plan 2019 - 2023

This Easy Read document is about how a bill becomes a law in New Zealand.

what steps need to happen for a bill to become a law.

This tells you about how ideas politicians have called bills become laws in New Zealand

How a bill becomes law in New Zealand

The NZ Disability Strategy is a document the government uses to make sure they are meeting the needs of disabled people

New Zealand Disability Strategy 2016 – 2026

The Accessibility Charter is about what the Government will do to respect the rights of disabled people in New Zealand.


What is written in the charter makes sure the Government does what it needs to do under the UNCRPD.

What the Government is doing  to respect disability rights

Accessibility Charter

into the deaths of people with learning disabilities in Ministry of Health funded residential support services.


An 

 is when something is looked at very closely to find out what happened.



Investigation into the information about people with learning disabilities who
died in MOH residential support services

Report: Off the Record

This Easy Read document is about an extra agreement that goes with the Internation Agreement on the Rights of Disabled People (This is also called the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with DIsabilites / UNCRPD)

This agreement lets countries who have agreed to the UNCRPD be checked by a special group called a committee if they treat disabled people unfairly. 

This document tells you about things like:

making a complaint when a country treats disabled people unfairly


countries telling the UN what they are doing for disabled people.

This paper is an EasyRead guide to an extra agreement for the International Agreement on the Rights of Disabled People.

Government and laws

A summary of the research project called: Understanding Policing Delivery − Tākata Whaikaha, Deaf / deaf and disabled people