Wai 2575: Hauwhaikaha
The Waitangi Tribunal has released Hauwhaikaha: The Disability System Report in pre-publication format for stage two phase one (disability phase) of the Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry (Wai 2575). This report is the outcome of the Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into the Aotearoa New Zealand disability system, taking into account countless hours of lived experience, research, personal stories, evidence gathering and detailed analysis. In total, 48 claimants and 13 interested parties participated in the inquiry with 11 hearing weeks held between 2022 and 2024.
The panel members
The panel for the inquiry consists of:
- Judge Damian Stone (presiding);
- Professor Susy Frankel FRSNZ;
- Professor Tom Roa;
- Tania Simpson ONZM; and
- Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith CNZM.
The full report in PDF and Word
The full report may be downloaded in PDF format here.
The full report may be downloaded in Word format here.
Report and chapter summaries in alternate formats
The disability phase of the Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry (Wai 2575) was governed by an accessibility protocol, designed to make the process and report accessible to the people most affected by it. As required by the accessibility protocol, the Tribunal have produced plain language summaries of the report, available in five alternate formats.
Alternate formats present information in different ways by transforming written information into different formats so that everyone can access and use it.
The alternate formats were produced by different services. Production information can be found within the various alternate formats.
- Audio summaries of the report and individual chapters
- Braille summaries of the report and individual chapters
- Easy Read summaries of the report and individual chapters
- Large print summaries of the report and individual chapters
- New Zealand Sign Language summaries of the report and individual chapters
Report and chapter summaries in PDF and Word
PDF files
Hauwhaikaha: The Disability System Report
Chapter 5: ‘Approaches to Disability’
Chapter 6: ‘Data, Research and Monitoring’
Chapter 8: ‘Service Barriers and Availability’
Chapter 9: ‘Partnership Mechanisms’
Chapter 10: ‘Disability Workforce, Training and Employment’
Chapter 11: ‘Accountability Mechanisms’
Chapter 12: ‘The Accident Compensation Corporation Scheme’
Chapter 15: ‘Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder’
Chapter 16: ‘Summary of Findings and Recommendations’
Word files
Hauwhaikaha: The Disability System Report
Chapter 5: ‘Approaches to Disability’
Chapter 6: ‘Data, Research and Monitoring’
Chapter 8: ‘Service Barriers and Availability’
Chapter 9: ‘Partnership Mechanisms’
Chapter 10: ‘Disability Workforce, Training and Employment’
Chapter 11: ‘Accountability Mechanisms’
Chapter 12: ‘The Accident Compensation Corporation Scheme’
Chapter 15: ‘Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder’
Chapter 16: ‘Summary of Findings and Recommendations’
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