To understand the present and future, we must look at the past.

In a recent blog post, we examined disability from the Maori perspective.

New Zealand is a product of colonization.

Two somewhat different histories of disability rights are posted below.

One is from the Office of Disability Issues https://www.odi.govt.nz/home/about-disability/history-of-disability-in-new-zealand/

The second is written by researcher Dr. Hilary Stace and is a series on Public Address

https://publicaddress.net/access/some-aspects-of-new-zealands-disability-history-3/