Strong Voices

For 10 years some environmental warriors have been battling to protect the Castlecliff sand dunes at Whanganui.

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Four exceptional works by three prize-winning IHC Art Awards artists have been selected to showcase a limited edition run of AF Drinks’ 31-pack of non-alcoholic cocktails.

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Photography has always been a feature of the mixed media IHC Arts Awards, with strong images competing for attention among hundreds of paintings, drawings, sculpture and textiles. Last year IHC launched a separate competition – Capture the Moment – to give photographers their own platform to showcase their art.

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Young Kāpiti Coast artist Max Hinds-Brown has won the IHC Art Awards for 2023 with a beautiful retro painting of a red chair. There was a strong showing by Kāpiti artists in this year’s awards, with them winning first and third prizes.

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It wasn’t quite dark, but the lights and sights of LUMA 2023 filled the Queenstown Gardens with mystery and excitement.

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The experiences of disabled people are being used to help IHC company Choices NZ decide its future direction.

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The online medication management platform 1CHART has now been successfully rolled out to almost 600 residential homes across Aotearoa, making IDEA Services the first disability service provider in New Zealand to introduce an online system.

“I had a dream to go to the World Games and win gold,” said Invercargill powerlifter Lynett Williams at the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin in June.

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IHC’s game app to help young people with intellectual disabilities learn to manage money – and life – is being put through its paces by students in some Wellington secondary schools.

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With the General Election only two months away, IHC is turning up the heat on election candidates to commit to fairer treatment of disabled students in schools.