Our guiding principles and legislation

Our mahi (work) is underpinned by disability and culturally safe approaches and kaupapa (principles/policies), national treaties and strategies, and legislation, including: 

• Te Tiriti o Waitangi 

• The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)

• Enabling Good Lives principles

• The New Zealand Disability Strategy

• Te Aorerekura National Strategy and Action Plan to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence

• The Family Violence Act 2018 

• The Crimes (Amendment 2011) Act 1961

• The Human Rights Act 1933

• The Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994

• The Protection of Personal Property Rights Act 1988 

• The Privacy Act 2020

• Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care

• Wai 2575: Health Services and Kaupapa Inquiry

• Principles and practices of Accessibility and Inclusiveness

• We’re also guided by our set of organisational values (Ngā Mātāpono)