Strong Voices

Empowered lives

There's always a welcome at Lee's place

June 2, 2023

“When someone knocks on the door to ask for some sugar, we always give more,” says Lee Taniwha (Waikato Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto), who is always ready to help his Accessible Properties neighbours in Auckland.

Read more

Lorde says thanks with tickets to her concert

June 2, 2023

It might have been Lorde’s Solar Power tour, but the sun was shining on Emma at the Western Springs concert in Auckland in March.

Read more

Philip’s long journey finally took him back home

June 2, 2023

Philip Poulton was 10 years old when he went to live in Kimberley Hospital in Levin in 1967. He was the second eldest of five children from a family farming at Rangiwiu Station at Kumeroa, near Dannevirke, and he had Down syndrome.

Read more

Students follow another path to success

June 2, 2023

Students who might finish secondary school with no formal qualifications are now leaving with awards that recognise their skills and community connections.

Read more

IHC Foundation targets funds to greatest need

June 2, 2023

The IHC Foundation was established as an independent charitable trust by IHC in 2007 with an endowment of $18 million.

Read more

A master class in making life easier

June 2, 2023

Sometimes when life is hard, it can be good to spend time with people who make things look easy.

Read more

No one had a bigger heart than Gwen Kirkwood

June 2, 2023

Gwen Kirkwood always gave credit to the people of Matamata – a town with a huge heart for people with intellectual disabilities. But the truth was that no one had a bigger heart than Gwen herself.

Read more

Courtney’s fairway to the future

June 2, 2023

When Courtney Ratana is hitting golf balls on the green anything seems possible.

Read more

Excitement builds as IHC Art Awards judges go to work

June 2, 2023

As entries close for the 2023 IHC Art Awards – the 20th year of the national competition – the attention shifts to this year’s judges who will make their call on the winners.

Read more

Win or not, these footballers will make history

June 2, 2023

The New Zealand football team has left for the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin where, winners or not, it will make history.

Read more