NZSL Community Grant applications now open
Applications for projects that support, promote and encourage the use of New Zealand Sign Language have now opened for 2025
Nau mai, haere mai.
Welcome to Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People.
Whaikaha is being established as a standalone government department.
We will work across government to improve outcomes for more than one million disabled people in New Zealand.
We will provide disability system leadership across government and focus on removing barriers and bringing about societal changes that improve the lives of disabled people.
Disability support services are now provided by MSD.
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News from Whaikaha
New disability stats of vital importance
New statistics reveal nearly 900,000 or 1 in 6 New Zealanders are disabled.
17 percent of New Zealanders are disabled
Summary of the key data from the Stats NZ 2023 Household Disability Strategy.
About Whaikaha
Get to know Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People, our role in Government and our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Find out about the history of disability in Aotearoa New Zealand and the journey that led to our new Ministry.
Discover why we're transforming the disability system in line with the Enabling Good Lives (EGL) principles.