This Easy Read document is about disability funding from the government.

This Easy Read document talks about things like:

This Easy Read guide tells you how you can use disability funding from Whaikaha.


A guide for how you can use  disability funding

This document is about a new rule by the United Nations. It is about protecting the rights of children. 


The new rule lets people tell the United Nations if children's rights are not being respected. 


This Easy Read document talks about things like:

what to do if a child's rights are not being respected.

New Zealand and other countries have agreed to follow the United Nations' rules about what rights children have.

A new agreement on the Convention on the Rights of the Child

This document is about a plan to stop family violence and sexual violence. The plan is called Te Aorerekura. It was made by the Joint Venture, a group of 9 government agencies working together.

tells you what family violence and sexual violence are


says what different communities need to stay safe


talks about the changes needed to stop violence


talks about checking if the plan is working


says how to find more information and support.

This is about a Government plan to stop family and sexual violence called Te Aorerekura.

A plan to end family violence and sexual violence

This is a summary of a research project into if the ways the New Zealand Police do things are fair for everyone in New Zealand.

This research was done by the Donald Beasley Institute / DBI.

In this Easy Read document you can find out more about:

disabled people's experiences with NZ Police


what the DBI I thinks needs to happen next.

You can find out more about DBI on their website at: 



This is a summary of a research project into if New Zealand Police do things fairly for everyone in New Zealand.

A summary of the research project called: Understanding Policing Delivery −   Tākata Whaikaha, Deaf / deaf and  disabled people

This document is about using FastNet Classic internet banking. It explains how to do banking with ASB on your computer.


This Easy Read document tells you how to use FastNet Classic to:

This is about ASB FastNet Classic internet banking which is when you do banking with ASB using the internet.

ASB: Using FastNet Classic internet banking

This is an Easy Read guide on how to use the ASB Mobile Banking app.

It can tell you how to do things like:

set or update your PIN on your bank card


This is about the ASB mobile app that you can use to do banking on your phone, iPad or tablet.

ASB: Using the ASB Mobile Banking app

This Easy Read document is about the Telecommunications Dispute Resolution (TDR) service. 

The TDR service can assist you to resolve complaints with your phone and internet provider.


This Easy Read document tells you things like:

what to do if you have a telecommunications complaint


This is about The TDR service who can assist you in  resolving complaints with your phone and internet provider.

About the Telecommunications Dispute Resolution service 

The Accessibility Charter is about what the Government will do to respect the rights of disabled people in New Zealand.


What is written in the charter makes sure the Government does what it needs to do under the UNCRPD.

What the Government is doing  to respect disability rights

Accessibility Charter

This Easy Read document tells you about bowel cancer and bowel screening.



This document will tell you about things like:

what the National Bowel Screening Programme is


This Easy Read document tells you about bowel cancer and bowel screening.


All about bowel screening Factsheet 1 – What is bowel cancer?

This Easy Read document is about the National Bowel Screening Programme.



This Easy Read document tells you all about the National Bowel Screening Programme.

All about bowel screening Factsheet 2 – What is the National Bowel Screening Programme?

This Easy Read document is about how to do the bowel screening test.



This Easy Read document will tell you about things like:

things you need to know about the screening test


step-by-step instructions on how to do the test


This Easy Read document is about how to do the bowel screening test.

All about bowel screening Factsheet 3 – How to do the bowel screening test

This Easy Read document is about how to do the HPV self-test for cervical screening.



Cervical Screening: How to do the HPV self-test

This Easy Read document tells you what you need to know about cervical screening.



Cervical Screening: What you need to know

This Easy Read document is about cervical screening and your choices.



your choices for different types of tests.

This Easy Read document is about cervical screening and your choices.

Cervical Screening: Your test, your choice

This Easy Read document is about the New Zealand Disability Action Plan 2019-2023. 

It is a plan to help make New Zealand a better place for people with disabilities. 


The plan was made by talking to people with disabilities and others who care about these issues. 

The government will work on these areas to make sure everyone has the same chances in life.

The Disability Action Plan says what work needs to be done to make the New Zealand Disability Strategy happen.

Disability Action Plan 2019 - 2023

The Easy Read Individual Employment Agreement template has all the legal requirements of a standard full agreement

An individual employment agreement is what you agree to when you start a new job.

The Individual Employment Agreement template can be filled in and signed by both the employer and employee.

For guidance on how to fill in this agreement, you can refer to the 

Easy Read guide to the Individual Employment Agreement 

A note to employers and people filling in the agreement template.

You can change the employment agreement document to work for your situation by taking out anything in the agreement that does not apply

If you want to change the agreement, it is better to use the Word version of the agreement. A fillable PDF will be avaliable for use later.

changing the agreement makes the document shorter and easy to understand for the employee

You will need to realign any images that move

You can add your organisation’s logo to the top left of the cover page

If you add wording into the document, use plain language – everyday words that the employee will know, do not use jargon.

Once complete you can save as a PDF version.

Easy Read template of an Individual Employment Agreement for when you start work. It can be done by you / your employer


Easy Read Individual Employment Agreement

This Easy Read Consent Form template is for research. 

It will assist people to: 

decide if they want to take part in your research.


This Easy Read Consent Form was made by Nicolina Newcombe.

It was made from the consent form she used in her research with adults with learning disability at the University of Waikato.

It was reviewed by her advisor with a learning disability Glen Terry.

An Easy Read consent form to be used with research projects.

Easy Read consent form for research projects

The guide can be used by employers and employees when filling in the 

Easy Read Individual Employment Agreement.

The guide provides information in Easy Read about:

what is an Individual Employment Agreement

how to fill in the Easy Read Individual Employment Agreement template

the different types of work such as full-time and part time work

what should be in an employment agreement

what support is available when filling in an agreement.

Employers can provide the employee with the guide as resource to go with their Individual Employment Agreement. This is so the employee can refer to it and understand the things they need to know about their Easy Read Individual Employment Agreement.

This is a guide to use with the Easy Read Individual Employment Agreement. 


Easy Read guide to the Individual Employment Agreement

The Election Access Fund is money the government can provide to support disabled people to stand as candidates in different kinds of elections.


This Easy Read document will tell you more about:

This document also talks about how to have your say about the Election Access Fund using a survey. This survey has now closed which means the Electoral Commision is not accepting any more information about what people think. 

This is about support for disabled people to stand as candidates in parliamentary general elections and by-elections

Election Access Fund: What it is and how to have your say

This Easy Read document is about the Employment Support Service Practice Guidelines 2018.


how to support disabled people in New Zealand to find and keep paid jobs


the things that employment support services should do


making sure disabled people get the support they need to do well at work


building good relationships with employers.

This is about how Employment Support services can support disabled people to get into paid work. 

Employment Support Service Practice Guidelines

This Easy Read document is about the Vision and Priniciples of Enabling Good Lives. 

Enabling Good Lives:

is a new way of supporting disabled peoples and their whanau / family


has the goal of giving disabled people more choice and control over their lives


has 8 principles about how they do things.

Enabling Good Lives is about having choice and control in your life, and the support you want and need.

Enabling Good Lives: Vision and Principles

This Easy Read document is about an extra agreement that goes with the Internation Agreement on the Rights of Disabled People (This is also called the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with DIsabilites / UNCRPD)

This agreement lets countries who have agreed to the UNCRPD be checked by a special group called a committee if they treat disabled people unfairly. 

This document tells you about things like:

making a complaint when a country treats disabled people unfairly


countries telling the UN what they are doing for disabled people.

This paper is an EasyRead guide to an extra agreement for the International Agreement on the Rights of Disabled People.

Extra Agreement under the International Agreement on the Rights of Disabled People

This Easy Read document tells you about the flu and getting the flu vaccine.

What to expect after getting the vaccine


This tells you things about the flu vaccine, like how to get one and what might happen after getting it.

Getting a flu vaccine

This Easy Read document is about how you can get support from the Ministry of Social Development to pay for dental treatment. 

This Easy Read document tells you about things like:

who can get the dental treatment payment


what dental treatments the payment can be used for


Sometimes people can get help from the Ministry of Social Development to help pay the dentist.

Getting support to pay for the dentist

This Easy Read document tells you how to send a 

 asks the government to do something like change a law. 


This document tells you about things like:

This Easy Read document tells you how to send a petition to Parliamen

Guide about how to send a petition to Parliament

Supported decision-making is for people people who may need support to make their own decisions.

The person making the decision is always in charge, but they get support to understand their choices and make the best decision for them.

 

what supported decision-making might look like.

This guide tells you what Supported Decision Making is and how someone can support you in making choices.

Guide to Supported Decision Making

This Easy Read document explains what a Health Passport is and how to use it. 

how to fill out and use the Health Passport

This is about how to fill out your Health Passport. Your Health Passport can tell health services about you.

Guide to filling out your Health Passport

This Easy Read document is for you to fill out and keep with you when you go to the doctor, hospital, or any health service. 


It helps health workers understand your needs. The passport has things like:

information about you like your name, contact information, and doctor.

information about things that help you feel comfortable.

This is the Easy Read Health Passport for you to fill out to take to any health appointments.

Health Passport Form

This Easy Read document talks about a Housing Inquiry done by the Human Rights Commission into Homelessness and human rights. 

what emergency housing is like in New Zealand right now

This is about a report by the HRC into emergency housing in NZ. It is part of the HRC looking into housing rights in NZ

Housing Inquiry:  Homelessness and human rights

This Easy Read document is about how a bill becomes a law in New Zealand.

what steps need to happen for a bill to become a law.

This tells you about how ideas politicians have called bills become laws in New Zealand

How a bill becomes law in New Zealand

This Easy Read document is about how to apply for the Job Support Fund and Training Support Fund.

what the funds can and cannot be used for.

This is about how to apply for money from MSD to support you to:
- get into work
- stay in work. 

How to apply for the Job Support Fund and Training Support Fund

This Easy Read document is about how to make a complaint and give feedback about your disability support services.


how to contact Whaikaha if you cannot use the form

This is about telling someone about your disability support services like:
- making a complaint
- saying what you think.

How to make a complaint and give feedback about your disability support services

This Easy Read document is about how to share your ideas and what you think about things with a select committee. This is called a 

what it means to share your ideas with Parliament

how to make a submission online or by post

what to include when you make a submission

what not to include when you make a submission.

This is about how to tell a select committee what you think by making a submission.

How to make a submission to a select committee

This Easy Read document is about how to make a will.


choosing what happens to your things after you die

choosing who will take care of your children and pets

what to do if you want to change your will

How to make a will

This Easy Read document explains how to use QR codes.

In this document you can find out:

tips for safely opening links from QR codes

What QR codes are and how to use them with your smart phone.

How to use QR codes

This Easy Read document is about how to use Zoom on a computer or laptop.


how to use Zoom features like video and chat.

Zoom is an app used to make video calls This tells you how to use Zoom on a computer or laptop.

How to use Zoom on a computer or laptop

This Easy Read document is about how to use Zoom on a phone or tablet.

how to use Zoom features like video, chat, and reactions.

Zoom is an app used to make video calls This tells you how to use Zoom on a phone or tablet.

How to use Zoom on a phone or tablet

This Easy Read document is about how to become a candidate in an election.


A 

is someone who wants to be voted in as part of their local government like council or part of the New Zealand government at parliament.


This document will tell you about things like:

how to be nominated for a general election or a by-election

information about advertising and campaigning

rules about donations and spending money.

This talks about what it means to stand for election.

Information about becoming a candidate in an election

This Easy Read document explains why it's important for pregnant people to get certain vaccines. 

The document tells you about things like:

This is about getting a medicine called a vaccine when you are pregnant. Vaccines keep you safe from some diseases.

All Easy Read resources