Wai 2575: Hauwhaikaha
The Waitangi Tribunal has released Hauwhaikaha: The Disability System Report in pre-publication format for stage two phase one (disability phase) of the Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry (Wai 2575). This report is the outcome of the Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into the Aotearoa New Zealand disability system, taking into account countless hours of lived experience, research, personal stories, evidence gathering and detailed analysis. In total, 48 claimants and 13 interested parties participated in the inquiry with 11 hearing weeks held between 2022 and 2024.
Panel members
The panel for the inquiry consists of:
- Judge Damian Stone (presiding);
- Professor Susy Frankel FRSNZ;
- Professor Tom Roa;
- Tania Simpson ONZM; and
- Linda Tuhiwai Smith CNZM.
Full report
The full report may be downloaded in PDF format here.
The full report may be downloaded in Word format here.
Alternate formats
The disability phase of the Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry (Wai 2575) was governed by an accessibility protocol, designed to make the process and report accessible to the people most affected by it. As required by the accessibility protocol, the Tribunal have produced plain language summaries of the report, available in five alternate formats.
Alternate formats present information in different ways by transforming written information into different formats so that everyone can access and use it.
The alternate formats were produced by different services. Production information can be found within the various alternate formats.
For audio, Braille, and large print, please go here.
For Easy Read, please go here.
For New Zealand Sign Language, please go here.
Summaries
PDF files
A summary of Hauwhaikaha: The Disability System Report
A summary of chapter 5 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Approaches to Disability’
A summary of chapter 6 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Data, Research and Monitoring’
A summary of chapter 7 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Funding’
A summary of chapter 8 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Service Barriers and Availability’
A summary of chapter 9 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Partnership Mechanisms’
A summary of chapter 10 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Disability Workforce, Training and Employment’
A summary of chapter 11 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Accountability Mechanisms’
A summary of chapter 12 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘The Accident Compensation Corporation Scheme’
A summary of chapter 13 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Kaapoo Maaori’
A summary of chapter 14 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Taangata Turi’
A summary of chapter 15 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder’
A summary of chapter 16 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Summary of Findings and Recommendations’
Word files
A summary of Hauwhaikaha: The Disability System Report
A summary of chapter 5 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Approaches to Disability’
A summary of chapter 6 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Data, Research and Monitoring’
A summary of chapter 7 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Funding’
A summary of chapter 8 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Service Barriers and Availability’
A summary of chapter 9 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Partnership Mechanisms’
A summary of chapter 10 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Disability Workforce, Training and Employment’
A summary of chapter 11 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Accountability Mechanisms’
A summary of chapter 12 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘The Accident Compensation Corporation Scheme’
A summary of chapter 13 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Kaapoo Maaori’
A summary of chapter 14 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Taangata Turi’
A summary of chapter 15 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder’
A summary of chapter 16 of Hauwhaikaha: ‘Summary of Findings and Recommendations’