Strong Voices

IHC is hosting a public meeting with election candidates to find out how they intend to make lives better for disabled people if they are elected.

Researchers working for IHC are now finalising a report that for the first time in years presents a much clearer picture of what it means to have an intellectual disability in New Zealand.

“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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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