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tly disability is defined in the hra in section 21 1 h as follows i physical disability or impairment ii physical illness iii psychiatric illness iv intellectual or psychological disability or impairment v any other loss or abnormality of psychological physiological or anatomical structure or function vi reliance on a disability assist dog wheelchair or other remedial means vii the presence in the body of organisms capable of causing illness which is pretty broad and covers a wide range of people we re not talking about the bora here because it actually does not attempt to define disability and instead defers to the hra s definition article 1 of the crpd defines disability similarly as persons with disabilities include those who have long term physical mental intellectual or sensory impairments additionally the crpd defines its goal as follows to enable persons with disabilities to live independently and participate fully in all aspects of life states parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure to persons with disabilities access on an equal basis with others to the physical environment to transportation to information and communications including information and communications technologies and systems and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public both in urban and in rural areas these measures which shall include the identification and elimination of obstacles and barriers to accessibility shall apply to inter alia a buildings roads transportation and other indoor and outdoor facilities including schools housing medical facilities and workplaces and further expands on this in article 24 in the context of education states parties shall ensure that persons with disabilities are able to access general tertiary education vocational training adult education and lifelong learning without discrimination and on an equal basis with others to this end states parties shall ensure that reasonable accommodation is provided to persons with disabilities so we re all pretty clear on what legislatively is considered a disability and thus what falls under the scope of each of these per the bora everyone has the right to freedom from discrimination on the grounds of discrimination in the human rights act 1993 this again just means that anyone encompassed by the above definition has the right to be protected from discrimination based on disability the scope for where this protection exists is pretty broad as well in most if not all public spaces but for the purposes of this post i will highlight education and access to public places vehicles and facilities so ok we know then that disabilities of many kinds are protected by law in most public places let s pivot across to the building act 2004 which further defines both what constitutes a building under the act and also defines which buildings are subject to the accessibility portion of the act buckle up it s a long list a land sea and air passenger transport terminals and facilities and interchanges whether wholly on land or otherwise b public toilets wherever situated c banks d childcare centres and kindergartens e day care centres and facilities f commercial buildings and premises for business and professional purposes including computer centres g central regional and local government offices and facilities h courthouses i police stations j hotels motels hostels halls of residence holiday cabins groups of pensioner flats boarding houses guest houses and other premises providing accommodation for the public k hospitals whether public or private and rest homes l medical and dental surgeries and medical and paramedical and other primary health care centres m educational institutions including public and private primary intermediate and secondary schools universities te pūkenga new zealand institute of skills and technology and its crown entity subsidiaries and other tertiary institutions n libraries museums art galleries and other cultural institutions o churches chapels and other places of public worship p places of assembly including auditoriums theatres cinemas halls sports stadiums conference facilities clubrooms recreation centres and swimming baths q shops shopping centres and shopping malls r restaurants bars cafeterias and catering facilities s showrooms and auction rooms t public laundries u petrol and service stations v funeral parlours w television and radio stations x car parks parking buildings and parking facilities y factories and industrial buildings where more than 10 persons are employed z other buildings premises or facilities to which the public are to be admitted whether for free or on payment of a charge basically a hell of a lot of places including universities and public facilities the act in this case regulates quote the requirements relating to the use of buildings for example the requirement for a compliance schedule or the provisions relating to access to buildings by persons with disabilities and those buildings are anything listed above so most if not almost all places a disabled person could interact with in their daily life but what does the act actually require of buildings well that s actually basically covered exclusively by nzs 4121 2001 which sets out both mandated and recommended criteria for provision of disability access in buildings as defined by the building act so what exactly does the standard say well a lot really lol but in particular it explicitly defines how wheelchair access is provided which i am calling out because well that s my life and my example 3 the standard defines things like ramp gradient curbs doors and accessible routing for any building that is 1 defined by the act and 2 not exempt from meeting the standard i m not going to call out every single aspect in the standard but one particularly relevant example is their criteria for accessible routes as follows accessible route means a route that is usable by people with disabilities it shall be a continuous route that can be negotiated unaided by a wheelchair user walking device or by a person with a guide dog the route shall extend from the street boundary and car parking area to those spaces within the building required to be accessible to enable people with disabilities to carry out normal activities and processes within the building and for bathrooms in 10 2 1 accessible toilet facilities shall be provided on the main entry level to all buildings in addition in multi storey buildings additional accessible toilets shall be distributed evenly and throughout the building alternatively wherever toilets are provided at least one shall be an accessible toilet so like this is all pretty explicit and robust really and should be pretty straightforward to enforce on every level especially given the age of multiple of these there s no confusion just the detailing of exactly what rights we are provided with under the law right so now we reach my examples for those unaware i am a university student who is physically disabled and a wheelchair user i am also mad and deaf whether or not i am in my wheelchair i require an accessible bathroom my university is included in all of the mentioned acts and bills and my disabilities are protected here s some examples of how having poor enforcement of the legislation in addition to no dedicated protection of access needs in one of my classes the building has 3 lecture halls there are gendered bathrooms this building has no accessible bathrooms at all even within the gendered bathrooms themselves and even if there were that s actually a violation of the standard section 10 4 which states at least one all gender accessible toilet unit shall be provided that can be reached without going through an area reserved for one gender and is a standard broken by numerous places i access such as my local mall even barring that lacking an accessible toilet full stop violates my rights or perhaps we can touch on accessways there is no specifically accessible route onto the campus and my current route with the most ease of access also touched on in at least one of the linked bills acts violates a number of mandates set out by the standard the rest of campus is at best not much better and at worst actively dangerous to my safety let s use the fire and emergency evacuation legislation as an example which specifies that a place of safety must be a place from which the occupants are able to safely exit the building in one of my classes this year in a new building only a few years old the fire safety for wheelchair users are little concrete boxes just off the stairwell nice to have but oops now i m trapped in a burning building because i can t exit from there what about public transport well that one is covered by waka kotahi s rub which defines specific accessibility features required by public transport and in particular concerning buses for example in terms of the aisle there must be unimpeded access for a wheelchair and pram through the front wheel arches to at least the front edge of the rearmost set of priority seating or the rear of the wheelchair space wouldn t you know it plenty of our local buses do not comply with the rub there are a number of buses i physically cannot fit down the aisle of in my wheelchair finally just overall i have experienced discrimination for my disability ies in almost every single aspect including the many i didn t touch on here of my life and in situations where the law is extremely clear that my rights should be protected and that s for me a light skinned māori person without an intellectual disability or certain other marginalisation factors if in 2025 i cannot fucking access plenty of buildings in my city if in 2025 i cannot fucking access my university campus equal to my peers if in fucking 2025 parts of my local hospital aren t wheelchair accessible you cannot tell me that the legislation actually protects our rights it doesn t for me and it doesn t for those who experience significantly more stigma than i do we need to fucking do better man aotearoa ableism 1 47 48 fourofwinds reblogged canadianwheatpirates aug 27 2025 violetsandshrikes aug 26 2025 follow my fellow kiwis i heavily recommend taking preventative illness measures because i am on day 3 of influenza b and i feel like i am dying violetsandshrikes aug 26 2025 btw if you re in aotearoa nz from may to oct you can participate in flu tracker it sends you a weekly email to ask you to survey if you ve had any symptoms if you ve tested etc to help collect information on sickness in the community flu tracker healthify an online system that helps to track flu in your area and across aotearoa new zealand healthify aotearoa healthcare 2 83 79 fourofwinds reblogged canadianwheatpirates aug 18 2025 cptn catastrophic aug 11 2025 follow she was the last penguin starvation crisis sparks call for emergency archive ph our hoiho yellow eyed penguins are endangered and fishing boats are doing so much damage please write with me to the fuckhead in charge of fisheries shane jones parliament govt nz contact info https www parliament nz en mps and electorates members of parliament jones shane tell them that they need to be protected tell them the damage they are doing tell them that it sours aotearoa s image that you don t want to be a tourist here even if you don t travel if we don t care about our taiao tell them you won t buy new zealand products as long as we don t care they re money hungry conservative dipshits tell them anything just draw attention be loud be their voice please help save them image a hoiho a penguin with a yellow eye and top of head and its large brown fluffy chick stand together in some yellow grass the chick is asking for food end id lokiinmediasideblog aug 16 2025 as in the notes this country only gives a fuck about tourism money so anyone can do this because they ll be more interested if they think everyone else is gonna not wanna give us tourism for this shit op tags aotearoa environment 174 127 fourofwinds reblogged aug 15 2025 airandangels aug 12 2025 follow education minister cut māori words from future junior books documents reveal the near total ban was driven by concern it would be confusing for children learning to read english documents show rnz this is so bloody racist the rationale that it might confuse children to have to decode māori spelling as well as english doesn t even hold up because in that case why are māori character names still allowed will names like ngaire be shadowbanned children might actually notice that māori spelling is a lot easier to decode than english because the vowels have one pronunciation each and once you get the hang of the wh and ng sounds you re away laughing new zealand children know māori words quite a few of them are māori learning about kupu māori and english words should be integrated to reflect that this is one more sign of disrespect to a language that was finally getting closer to being treated as important and worthwhile like english i am so fed up with this poor excuse for a government dragging us backward tetohe aug 14 2025 every time i see something like this i m reminded how important voting is yesterday i saw the news about te reo words being removed from one of these books and it seemed to be a ministry decision influenced by the culture of the government no doubt but what can you do about it no this was a decree directly from a elected official this person got voted in under our system enough people agreed to give her the power to do this it s not just influence it s not over there it is directly affecting lives and she s only able to do this because of voting so vote there s power in it change comes from everywhere every tool at our disposal should be used don t wait for next year local elections are coming up soon they have tiny turnout from mostly right wingers vote for better i don t think it d take many of us to flip a lot of councils towards better vote aotearoa 307 322 fourofwinds reblogged jun 1 2025 tetohe may 31 2025 follow have you made a submission yet if you haven t and aren t sure where to start i made a thing the rsb submissions ttrpg submit before 23 june by tetohe itch io itch io it s a pretty quick game that ll help you put a submission together and hopefully make it a bit more fun the regulatory standards bill is big and scary but this is our opportunity to speak out against it so make your voice heard aotearoa nzpol 19 10 fourofwinds reblogged may 29 2025 at the end of all may 26 2025 follow literally why is the government even allowed to push things through under urgency without first declaring a state of emergency not a single piece of legislation they ve pushed through has been urgent why is that allowed tetohe may 28 2025 if anyone s got the time or energy we should email labour greens maori about narrowing the ability to do this make them know it s an issue we want to see changed email list here aotearoa nzpol 4 12 fourofwinds reblogged may 1 2025 queer...