Reports to the Minister

Each month we publish the titles of all the reports that Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People provided to the Minister for Disability Issues. Find a list of these reports organised by month. If you would like to receive any of the reports, you need to make an Official Information Request. This process can be found on our contact us page.

May 2023

Title Report Number Date Received 
Aide-memoire - New Zealand Sign Language Week 2023 - Parliament Breakfast  REP/23/4/310 1/05/2023
Briefing - My Home My Choice programme: Background and Options for Launch  REP/23/5/391 11/05/2023
Briefing - Monitoring and increasing the representation of disabled people on public sector boards  REP 23/4/358 18/05/2023
Briefing - High and Complex Framework Work Programme  REP/23/5/465 26/06/2023
Aide-memoire - UNCRPD Government Response and Proposed Mechanisms to support Implementation: SWC 31 May 2023  REP/23/5/461 25/05/2023
Briefing - Whāia Te Ao Mārama Action Plan – review and update REP/23/5/375 25/05/2023
Briefing - Whaikaha NZSL Name REP/23/5/478 25/05/2023
Aide-memoire - World Blind Union Executive Committee Pōwhiri  REP/23/5/481 25/05/2023
Aide-Memoire - Post Budget provider engagement, 25 May  REP/23/5/476 24/05/2023

April 2023

Title Report Number Date Received 
Briefing - Whaikaha Work Programme 2023-2026 REP/23/3/225 6/04/2023
Briefing - Proposed use of contingency funding to progress next steps in transforming the disability support system REP/23/4/282 4/04/2023
Aide-memoire - Meeting with the National Council of Women REP/23/4/274 3/04/2023
Aide-memoire - Meeting with Spectrum Care REP/23/4/339 21/04/2023
Briefing - 2023 Legislation Programme: Reassessment of Bids REP/23/4/335 20/04/2023
Briefing - Disability Transformation Tagged Contingency: Draft Cabinet Paper REP/23/4/349 27/04/2023
Aide-memoire - Halberg Games Opening Ceremony 2023 REP/23/4/268 5/04/2023
Briefing - Individualised Funding REP/23/4/347 26/04/2023
Aide-memoire - Community Care Trust Meeting REP/23/4/315 14/04/2023
Aide-memoire - Meeting with Disabled Persons Assembly Dunedin REP/23/4/308 14/04/2023

March 2023

Title Report Number Date Received 
Briefing - Full Year Forecast for 2022/23 REP/23/2/095 10/03/2023
Aide memoire - Public Service Association National Secretaries REP/23/5/408 15/03/2023
Aide memoire - Opening of the Blind Low Vision South Auckland Complex REP/23/3/168 17/03/2023
Aide memoire - NZ Down Syndrome Association – World Down Syndrome Day REP/23/3/165 17/03/2023
Aide memoire - Meeting with New Zealand Sign Language Board REP/23/3/153 17/03/2023
Aide memoire - Pacific Wellbeing Ministers Working Group (PWMWG) 27 March 2023 REP/23/3/232 24/03/2023
Aide memoire - Education, Employment and Training Ministerial Group Meeting, 28 March 2023 REP/23/3/229 24/03/2023
Aide memoire - Meeting with NZ Disability Support Network (NZDSN) REP/23/3/205 27/03/2023
Aide memoire - Meeting with Parent/Whānau/Family Network REP/23/3/222 27/03/2023
Aide memoire - Meeting with Deaf Aotearoa REP/23/3/236 29/03/2023
Aide memoire - Star Jam – Lunch event, Grand Hall, Parliament REP/23/3/210 31/03/2023
Aide memoire - World Autism Awareness and Acceptance Breakfast REP/23/3/259 31/03/2023
Aide memoire - Meeting with New Zealand Hearing Industry Association (NZHIA) REP/23/3/208 31/03/2023

February 2023

Title Report Number Date Received 
Briefing - Whaikaha Response to the Northern Region Flooding REP/23/2/039  1/02/2023
Briefing - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder – early intervention and eligibility issues REP/22/9/848 9/02/2023
Briefing - COVID-19 Outcomes for People Receiving Disability Support Services REP/23/2/061 11/02/2023
Briefing - Disability Transformation Contingency Funding Decision Making Process REP/23/2/063 13/02/2023
Aide-memoire – Disabled Persons Assembly NZ REP/23/2/062 13/02/2023
Briefing - Update on Paid Family Care employment court litigation REP/22/10/979 19/02/2023
Aide-memoire – Launch of Ara Poutama Aotearoa/Corrections Disability Action Plan REP/23/2/088 19/02/2023
Aide-memoire - Summary of the Response to the Ombudsman Report ‘Oversight’ REP/23/2/107 23/02/2023
Aide-memoire – Recreate NZ Youth Board Meeting REP/23/2/113 28/02/2023

January 2023

No reports were received in January 2023.

December 2022

Title Report Number Date Received 
S9(2)(f)(iv) REP/22/11/1167  1/12/2022
International Day of Persons with Disabilities - Disabled Persons Assembly Celebration REP/22/11/1190 2/12/2022
International Day of Persons with Disabilities - Visit to JOLT REP/22/11/1281 2/12/2022
Ministerial Leadership Group on Disability Issues - 5 December 2022 REP/22/11/1221 2/12/2022
COVID 19 Disability Data REP/22/12/1160 2/12/2022
Aide memoire - Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy Ministerial Group - 7 December 2022 REP/22/11/1063 5/12/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with the NZSL Board REP/22/12/1244 7/12/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with DPO Coalition REP/22/12/1245 7/12/2022
Aide memoire - Public Service Association National Secretaries REP/22/12/1243 7/12/2022
Cover report: Towards a non-disabling New Zealand REP/22/12/1215 9/12/2022
S9(2)(f)(iv) REP/22/12/1236 9/12/2022

November 2022

Title Report Number Date Received 
Aide Memoire - Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy Ministerial Group - 7 November REP/22/11/1063  4/11/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with Disability Rights Commissioner REP/22/11/1075 11/11/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with Auckland Disability Law REP/22/11/1052 15/11/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with Deaf Aotearoa REP/22/11/1105 16/11/2022
Aide memoire - Blessing and Launch of the 3rd Edition of the New Zealand Autism Guideline He Waka Takiwātanga Rau REP/22/11/1119 18/11/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with Adecco REP/22/11/1125 18/11/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with Associate Minister of Health (Māori Health) REP/22/11/1138 25/11/2022
Aide memoire - Visit to Jack's Cow Shed REP/22/11/1166 25/11/2022
Aide memoire - Visit to EGL Waikato Leadership Group REP/22/11/1161 25/11/2022
Update on Paid Family Care employment court litigation REP/22/10/979 25/11/2022

October 2022

Title Report Number Date Received 
Aide memoire - Blind Citizens NZ AGM REP/22/10/938  7/10/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives REP/22/10/986 21/10/2022
Aide memoire - International Initiative for Disability Leadership Exchange REP/22/10/990 21/10/2022
Social Wellbeing Cabinet Committee meeting REP/22/10/1016 21/10/2022
Employment, Education and Training Ministerial Group (EETMG) meeting REP/22/10/1000 26/10/2022
Meeting with Tōfa Mamao Collective REP/22/10/1009 26/10/2022
Meeting with Minister Tinetti REP/22/10/1035 27/10/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with New Zealand Sign Language Board REP/22/10/987 27/10/2022
Auckland Regional Visit - Auckland Council Disability Advisory Panel REP/22/10/1019 28/10/2022
Meeting with Be. Institute Charitable Trust REP/22/10/1020 28/10/2022
Meeting with Health and Disability Commissioner REP/22/10/1018 28/10/2022
I Lead and YES Disability REP/22/10/1017 28/10/2022

September 2022

Title Report Number Date Received 
Aide memoire - Meeting with Hon Grant Robertson REP/22/9/826  1/07/2022
Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People Joining Te Puna Aonui REP/22/8/786 1/09/2022
Aide memoire - Visit to Mana Whaikaha REP/22/9/836 6/09/2022
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) – examination debrief REP/22/9/845 12/09/2022
Aide memoire - Parents of Vision Impaired (PVI) Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting REP/22/8/817 16/09/2022
Aide memoire - Linden School NZSL Bilingual provision visit REP/22/9/869 16/09/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with Autism New Zealand REP/22/9/868 18/09/2022
S9(2)(f)(iv) REP/22/9/873 19/09/2022
Aide memoire - Presentation by Minister Williams to MidCentral Regional Leadership forum: Enabling Good Lives in our Community: Safe Community REP/22/9/898 23/09/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with Workbridge REP/22/9/830 27/09/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with Dr Debbie Hager and activists: Violence against disabled people REP/22/9/899 28/09/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with NZ Disability Support Network (NZDSN) REP/22/9/920 28/09/2022
Aide memoire - Pacific Disability Provider - opening of Vaka Tautua’s new Christchurch Office REP/22/9/918 28/09/2022
Aide memoire - Employment, Education and Training Ministerial Group (EETMG) Meeting REP/22/9/909 29/09/2022

August 2022

Title Report Number Date Received
Meeting with Office for Disability Issues Parent/Whānau/Family Network REP/22/8/723 3/08/2022
Meeting with Minister for COVID-19 Response REP/22/8/730 8/08/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with Able NZ REP/22/8/733 15/08/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with Auckland Disability Community Organisations REP/22/8/751 15/08/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with Taikura Trust REP/22/9/852 15/08/2022
Aide memoire - Pacific Disability Providers & Groups - Pacific Talanoa Visit REP/22/8/753 15/08/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with CE of Inclusion Scotland, Edinburgh REP/22/8/758 19/08/2022
UNCRPD Delegation briefing pack n/a 19/08/2022
Aide memoire - meeting with the Minister for Transport and the Disabled Persons Assembly re: shortage of mobility taxis REP/22/8/794 29/08/2022
Aide memoire - Adecco Gala Dinner supporting Paralympics New Zealand REP/22/8/791 30/08/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with Deafblind Association New Zealand Charitable Trust REP/22/8/811 31/08/2022
Aide memoire - Pōwhiri for permanent Chief Executive REP/22/9/851 31/08/2022

July 2022

Title Report Number Date Received 
Aide memoire - Gisborne Regional Visit – CCS Disability Action REP/22/7/628  4/07/2022
Aide memoire - New Zealand Riding for the Disabled - 60 year Celebration REP/22/6/613  4/07/2022
NZSL Board Annual report 2022 REP/22/4/348  8/07/2022
Changes to the New Zealand Sign Language Board Terms REP/22/7/648 15/07/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with the DPO Coalition REP/22/7/665 20/07/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with the Disability Rights Commissioner REP/22/7/691 25/07/2022
Aide memoire - Emerge Aotearoa Team Meeting REP/22/7/692 28/07/2022

June 2022

Title Report Number Date Received 
Briefing to the Incoming Minister Disability Issues REP/22/6/549  17/06/2022
Key papers on Accelerating Accessibility and Disability System Transformation REP/22/6/558  17/06/2022
Aide memoire - New Zealand Sign Language Board Appointments  REP/22/6/581  21/06/2022
Aide memoire - Ministerial Leadership Group on Disability Issues REP/22/6/555  22/06/2022
Aide memoire - Meeting with the Office for Disability Issues REP/22/6/583 22/06/2022
Phrasing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations in the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill REP/22/7/636 27/06/2022
Progress update on the Lead Toolkit, Accessibility Charter and Disability Data work programmes REP/22/5/485 28/06/2022
Ministry Partnership Approaches REP/22/6/594 30/06/2022