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Adaptive Snow Sports NZ
DSNZ acts as a national advocate for Adaptive snowsports, supporting programmes at NZ's ski areas and seven active regional branches. Support includes recreational, and volunteer training, adaptive equipment and hosting fun and national events. These programmes help remove participation barriers and encourage people with physical or intellectual disabilities to get involved with snowsports. Now part of Snowsports NZ.
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Age Concern - Mid-North
Promotes and advances welfare and interests of older people. Provides information of services and assistance available. Initiates projects to enhance the lives of older people socially, emotionally and physically and ensures adequate standards in the community.
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Ambury Park Centre For Riding Therapy - Mangere
To provide horse-riding opportunities to facilitate the training and rehabilitation of disabled persons whose physical and mental health is likely to benefit from such participation.
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CCS Disability Action - Waikato
We work with, and support, all disabled people to have the same rights and range of life opportunities that every New Zealander might reasonably expect.
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Central Otago Riding for the Disabled - Central Otago
To provide horse-riding opportunities to facilitate the training and rehabilitation of disabled persons whose physical and mental health is likely to benefit from such participation.
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chiropract,physiotherapy,massage,acupuncture
A chiropractic, physiotherapy,massage and acupuncture service.
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Deaf Society of Canterbury Inc - Canterbury
Core Hours: 10.00am - 2.00pm Monday - Friday. Is a social, recreational and sporting activities club for the deaf community and provide the support services for 13 deaf member groups. Bar and kitchen facilities are available with a hall for hire and a lounge room for meetings etc. open for social evenings every Friday night at 7pm onwards.
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Disabled Skiing Canterbury Inc - Canterbury
Provides a ski programme for people with disabilities and provides transport, instruction and a helper for each skier.
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Disabled Snow Sports New Zealand - Christchurch
Provision of ski and snow board trips and ski buddies for people with Disabilities. Provision of a recreation programme for people with disabilities and organised ski trips and instruction and helpers and rehabilitation through skiing and snow boarding.
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Driving Miss Daisy
We provide a caring, safe and reliable driving service. The point of difference over other transport providers is the physical accompaniment assistance offered. For example, if required, we will attend doctors appointments with the client and transmit relevant information back to family members, assist with shopping or ensure children safely attend sports practices or music lessons. Special needs are catered for including assisting with a walker or wheelchair
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Dyspraxia Support
Support and information for those with dyspraxia and families living with dyspraxia
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Greenways Trust
Greenways Trust provides residential (housing) support for people with intellectual disability including day programmes and community participation.
A business depot operates from a central property in the main business area with a variety of contracts including all aspects of firewood, kindling, manuka sawdust, lawnmowing, horticulture and furniture making.
This business employs disabled along with able bodied making for a dynamic and diversifed work environment.
A community participation programme sits alongside this focusing on individual needs of our clients including swimming, sport and hobbies, interaction with other community organisations, meals on wheels delivery and craftwork.
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Halberg Trust - Auckland
Linking young people with disabilities to sport and active leisure within their communities.
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Hawkes Bay Special Olympics - Hawkes Bay
Offers year round sports training and competition programmes to any person who is intellectually disabled regardless of their age or disability. This organisation is totally made up of volunteers.
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Hohepa - Canterbury
Provides a community environment for young people and adults in need of special care (with an intellectual disability). Also day placements - vocational/training and day activities in workshops, school farms, and tutorial kitchen.
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Kaurilands Skills Centre Trust
Kaurilands Skills is a rural based program for adults with intellecutal disabilites. Kaurilands Skills Centre is set on 45 hectares.
The core aims of the Trust are to provide a holistic program encompassing work, leisure, spiritual and family/whanau involvement. Provide a secure, friendly and happy environment with an open home policy.
Kaurilands Trust provides meaningful weekday activities where each participant contributes to other successes of the centre and gains a sense of achievement.
Kaurilands Trust assists residents to participate in sports and recreational pursuits of their choice and encourage residents to participate within the local community through volunteer work and joining local clubs.
Work and Life skills are all part of the week day activities at Kauilands. The core aim of this programme, in line with the Ministry of Social Developement's directive, is to encourage each resident to achieve where possible, their personal goals and aspirations for a normal life. This might be paid employment, special activities or both.
All of Kaurilands Skills Centre Trust residents have at least 5 hours paid employment per week and are involved in many individual personal activities.
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Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower Trust
A charitable organisation which aims to teach people of all ages and abilities the skills to keep themselves physically and emotionally safe with people they know and don't know. Through our workshops; learn assertive communication skills, maintaining boundaries, preventing and dealing with bullying or abusive behaviour. We run 6 types of workshops nationally - Parent and Child (ages 4-7), Kidpower (ages 7-12), Teenpower (for teenagers), Fullpower (for women), Healthy Relationships interactive resource programme for teachers, allied health professionals and parents of all ages who work with people who have intellectual disabilities to teach positive social interaction to stop bullying, and Non violent Crisis Intervention for all health professionals, security personnel, or anyone dealing with the public.
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New Zealand Council for Sailing For Blind & Vision Impaired
Provision of boating and sailing experiences for blind and vision impaired New Zealanders.
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New Zealand Down Syndrome Association - Waikato
Provides support to parents of children with Down Syndrome and promote awareness about Down Syndrome and works to develop the potential of the person with Down Syndrome.
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Ngati Hine Health Trust Maiaorere Disability Support Services - Kawakawa
Our aim is to make a positive difference in the lives of people with disabilities, their whanau and carers. We provide support that enables individuals to maintain their independence at home and in the community. This includes home based support and 24 hour residential support for whanau that reflects personal choice and interests. Support is tailored to meet an individual's specific needs including joining the gym, meeting new friends, and finding a home.
We have office bases in Kawakawa in the Mid North and Whangarei. Access to services is through a Needs Assessment agency. Contact us and we can arrange for someone to discuss your needs with you.
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Ngati Hine Health Trust Maiaorere Disability Support Services - Whangarei
Our aim is to make a positive difference in the lives of people with disabilities, their whanau and carers. We provide support that enables individuals to maintain their independence at home and in the community. This includes home based support and 24 hour residential support for whanau that reflects personal choice and interests. Support is tailored to meet an individual's specific needs including joining the gym, meeting new friends, and finding a home.
We have office bases in Kawakawa in the Mid North and Whangarei. Access to services is through a Needs Assessment agency. Contact us and we can arrange for someone to discuss your needs with you.
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ParaFed Auckland
Incorporates ParaFed Wheelchair Sports. Provides opportunities and encourages all people with physical disabilities to participate in sport, recreation and life skill programmes.
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ParaFed Christchurch
Sport and recreation for people with disabilities within the Canterbury region.
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ParaFed Eastland
Promotes welfare and sporting opportunities for disabled persons in NZ.
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ParaFed Hamilton
Promotes welfare, sporting and recreational opportunities for disabled persons in Hamilton/Waikato. Also operates under the name of Parafed Waikato.
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ParaFed Manawatu
Promotes welfare and sporting opportunities for disabled persons in NZ.
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ParaFed Northland
Promotes welfare and sporting opportunities for disabled persons in NZ.
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ParaFed Otago
Sport and recreation for people with disabilities within the Otago region. All ages welcome for friendship, support and sporting activities. Contact Bill Lean on (03) 472 8663.
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ParaFed Wellington
Provide or facilitate sporting, recreation or active leisure opportunities for people with physical disabilities.
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Paralympics New Zealand
Promotes competitive and non competitive sporting opportunities for disabled persons in NZ.
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PatientsLikeMe
An international website that allows registered users to answer simple questions to create a shared health profile to see how you’re doing over time and to learn from other perople with the same condition.
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PatientsLikeMe
An international website that allows registered users to answer simple questions to create a shared health profile to see how you’re doing over time and to learn from other perople with the same condition.
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Pedestrians On Wheels
A group for mobility scooter users, coordinated by Horizons Regional Council Roadsafe Coordinator Whanganui. Meets every third Wednesday of the month, excluding January, at The Brick House for lunch at 11.30am. Sometimes have a guest speaker. Have a Scooter Skills day once a year and members can attend a scooter day in Palmerston North once a year to meet up with other scooter groups from around the region. Contact: Glenda Leitao Ph 0508 800800 extn. 4195
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Riding For The Disabled - Hastings
To provide horse-riding opportunities to facilitate the training and rehabilitation of disabled persons whose physical and mental health is likely to benefit from such participation.
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Riding for the Disabled - Tauranga
Equestrian therapy for people with disabilities and people who are socially disadvantaged.
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Ruapehu Adaptive Programme
Ski and snowboard instruction and facilities for people with physical and intellectual impairments. The Ruapehu Adaptive Programme operates from both Turoa and Whakapapa skifields. For Turoa contact adaptive.turoa@mtruapehu.com or (06) 385 8456. For Whakapapa contact adaptive.whakapapa@mtruapehu.com or (07) 892 4000.
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Sailability Hawkes Bay Trust
Making sailing accessible to all regardless of ability.
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Southern Ika Swimming - Invercargill
Helps people with disabilities (eg.stroke, arthritis) learn to swim. To gain general confidence with own capabilities in water.
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Special Olympics - Canterbury
Offers year round sports training and competition programmes to any person who is intellectually disabled regardless of their age or disability. This organisation is totally made up of volunteers.
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Special Olympics - Central Otago
Offers year round sports training and competition programmes to any person who is intellectually disabled regardless of their age or disability. This organisation is totally made up of volunteers.
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Special Olympics - Epsom
Offers year round sports training and competition programmes to any person who is intellectually disabled regardless of their age or disability. This organisation is totally made up of volunteers.
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Special Olympics - Far North
Offers year round sports training and competition programmes to any person who is intellectually disabled regardless of their age or disability. This organisation is totally made up of volunteers.
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Special Olympics - Horowhenua
Offers year round sports training and competition programmes to any person who is intellectually disabled regardless of their age or disability. This organisation is totally made up of volunteers.
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Special Olympics - Hutt Valley
Offers year round sports training and competing programmes to anyone who is intellectually disabled regardless of their age or disability. This organisation is made up of volunteers.
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Special Olympics - Lower Hutt
Offers year round sports training and competition programmes to any person who is intellectually disabled regardless of their age or disability. This organisation is totally made up of volunteers.
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Special Olympics - Manawatu
Offers year round sports training and competition programmes to any person who is intellectually disabled regardless of their age or disability. This organisation is totally made up of volunteers.
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Special Olympics - Mid Canterbury
Offers year round sports training and competition programmes to any person who is intellectually disabled regardless of their age or disability. This organisation is totally made up of volunteers.
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Special Olympics - North Taranaki
Offers year round sports training and competition programmes to any person who is intellectually disabled regardless of their age or disability. This organisation is totally made up of volunteers.
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Special Olympics - Otago
Regular coaching, training and competition in a range of sports for people with intellectual disabilities or special needs aged eight and above. Sports include athletics, basketball, gymnastics, indoor bowls, soccer, swimming, power lifting, bocce and ten pin bowling. Lower South Island Regional Sports Co-ordinator: Jan Aitken.
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Special Olympics - South Otago
Offers year round sports training and competition programmes to any person who is intellectually disabled regardless of their age or disability. This organisation is totally made up of volunteers.
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Special Olympics - Southland
Offers year round sports training and competition programmes to any person who is intellectually disabled regardless of their age or disability. This organisation is totally made up of volunteers.
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Special Olympics - Waikato
Offers year round sports training and competition programmes to any person who is intellectually disabled regardless of their age or disability. This organisation is totally made up of volunteers. Mobile - 0274 436 228
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Special Olympics - Wanganui
Offers year round sports training and competition programmes to any person who is intellectually disabled regardless of their age or disability. This organisation is totally made up of volunteers.
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Sport Bay of Plenty - Bay of Plenty
To increase opportunities for people with disabilities in sport, fitness and leisure, provides positive images of people with disabilities participating in sport, fitness and leisure, and ensures students with disabilities are included in physical education.
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Sport Otago
To provide leadership and expertise to the sport and recreation industry so that Otago people can live healthy, active lives. The Halberg Sport Opportunity Advisor at Sport Otago can assist teachers, parents, and other excercise leaders with ideas for inclusion and integration, help identify activities which are suitable for all abilities, and provide funding advice to help children with a disability to access a range of sport and physical activity options. Sport Opportunity Advisor - Bridget Meyer
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Star Jam Charitable Trust - Main
Standing ovations. Disabled kids. Changing Lives. StarJam creates oppurtunities for young people with disabilities to experience personal achievement and to enhance their self belief through a variety of performance activities.
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Stewart Centre - Hastings
The Stewart Centre @ EIT provides quality rehabilitation for people with brain injuries in Hawke’s Bay.
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Stewart Centre - South Auckland
Provides daytime social rehabilitation service catering for adults with brain injury at the moderate to severe end of the spectrum
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Stewart Centre - Tauranga
Provides daytime social rehabilitation service catering for adults with brain injury at the moderate to severe end of the spectrum
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Te Roopu Taurima O Manukau - Kaitaia Office
Te Roopu Taurima O Manukau is an Accedited and Certificated New Zealand Kaupapa Maori Service Provider for intellectually disabled people. 'Providing the best quality residential care for our people'.
This service is for intellectually disabled people who require long-term placement. All our residential mokopuna attend formal functions, attend gym classes, go swimming, attend day services classes (Nga Mahi o Te Ra) and go on visitations to see whanau.
The core aim of all our services is the wellbeing of our mokopuna and that they be provided with a quality of life, to live as individuals and to be provided with a range of choices that lead to self determination and self-empowerment through the concept of 'Tikanga Maori' Values and principles.
As a Residential IntellectualDisability Support Agency Service (RIDSAS) we are contracted to provide services to people who meet the following criteria: • Have an intellectual disability - Must be primary diagnosis of illness • 18 years and over
Our offices are based in Kaikohe, Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton & Christchurch. Our homes for intellectually disabled people are based throughout these regions and Otorohanga, Tokoroa and Raglan.
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Te Roopu Taurima O Manukau - Tai Tokerau Office
Te Roopu Taurima O Manukau is an Accedited and Certificated New Zealand Kaupapa Maori Service Provider for intellectually disabled people. 'Providing the best quality residential care for our people'.
This service is for intellectually disabled people who require long-term placement. All our residential mokopuna attend formal functions, attend gym classes, go swimming, attend day services classes (Nga Mahi o Te Ra) and go on visitations to see whanau.
The core aim of all our services is the wellbeing of our mokopuna and that they be provided with a quality of life, to live as individuals and to be provided with a range of choices that lead to self determination and self-empowerment through the concept of 'Tikanga Maori' Values and principles.
As a Residential IntellectualDisability Support Agency Service (RIDSAS) we are contracted to provide services to people who meet the following criteria: • Have an intellectual disability - Must be primary diagnosis of illness • 18 years and over
Our offices are based in Kaikohe, Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton & Christchurch. Our homes for intellectually disabled people are based throughout these regions and Otorohanga, Tokoroa and Raglan.
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Te Roopu Waiora Trust
Te Roopu Waiora Trust is a disability support organisation serving the most disadvantaged sector in our community. Te Roopu Waiora seeks to ‘Enable through Empowerment’ by: •Creating a supportive environment for whanau to identify their own disability resource needs and aspirations •Providing health and disability information, advice, advocacy and support to whanau with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities •Engaging with community groups, agencies, providers, Iwi and Maori communities to increase the awareness of disability issues and improve engagement with whanau haua •Assisting whanau with disabilities to evaluate responsiveness, accessibility, quality throughout service provision in the community. Provision of tailor-made information regarding disability services and supports. Contact us with your enquiries, or come to one of our monthly information hui. We have a range of information packs and disability service contacts to assist whanau to make informed decisions and/or to improve their access to services. Providers and agencies are also welcome to participate at our monthly hui.
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Te Roopu Waiora Trust
Te Roopu Waiora Trust is a disability support organisation serving the most disadvantaged sector in our community. Te Roopu Waiora seeks to ‘Enable through Empowerment’ by: Creating a supportive environment for whanau to identify their own disability resource needs and aspirations Providing health and disability information, advice, advocacy and support to whanau with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities Engaging with community groups, agencies, providers, Iwi and Maori communities to increase the awareness of disability issues and improve engagement with whanau haua Assisting whanau with disabilities to evaluate responsiveness, accessibility, quality throughout service provision in the community. Provision of tailor-made information regarding disability services and supports. Contact us with your enquiries, or come to one of our monthly information hui. We have a range of information packs and disability service contacts to assist whanau to make informed decisions and/or to improve their access to services. Providers and agencies are also welcome to participate at our monthly hui.
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The Parkinsonism Society - Tauranga Inc
Regular magazines and newsletters keeping members up to date, regular meetings of our support groups, information and other educational literature and full use of our library, field officers support of individual needs, guest speakers and discussion on relevant topics, contact with others who understand, help and support to carers (ie family & friends). Exercise and speech classes. Contact: Joelene - Tauranga Ph:07 572 2950 or Lynette - Whakatane Ph:07 308 03422.
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Wellington After-Care Association Incorporated
Wellington After-Care Association Incorporated operates a number of community-based services, with the aim to assist adults with intellectual and/or psychiatric disabilities by poviding appropriate learning programmes,activities and support.
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Whanganui Disability Resource Centre
We offer a free Disability Information Service which is open to anybody and to any organisation, and a free Supported Employment Service which people may self refer to, or be referred to. This includes Transition support for students transitioning from school. We also provide an Equipment Loan Service and Sales of Aids and Equipment. We cover Whanganui, Rangitikei and Ruapehu districts and South Taranaki.
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