New Zealand Disability Strategy 2026-2030
The New Zealand Disability Strategy 2026-2030 gives direction to government agencies on issues disabled people, tāngata whaikaha Māori and whānau say are important.
The new strategy includes:
- a vision and principles to set the direction for the strategy, and guide work across government for disabled people and tāngata whaikaha Māori
- 5 priority outcome areas of education, employment, health, housing and justice. Each has a goal and a set of actions to support the goal
- a monitoring approach to measure the government’s progress towards delivering the strategy.
Alternate formats
Alternate formats are available.
For Audio, Braille, Easy Read and Large Print: New Zealand Disability Strategy 2026-2030 – alternate formats
For NZSL: New Zealand Disability Strategy 2026-2030 – NZSL translations
Summaries
Vision and principles
Vision and principles summary (DOCX 59KB)
Vision and principles summary (PDF 259KB)
Priority outcome areas
Education
Employment
Employment summary (DOCX 59KB)
Employment summary (PDF 282KB)
Health
Housing
Justice
Te reo Māori full strategy and summaries
Full strategy
New Zealand Disability Strategy 2026-2030 – te reo Māori (DOCX 105KB)
New Zealand Disability Strategy 2026-2030 – te reo Māori (PDF 760KB)
Summaries
Vision and principles
Vision and principles summary – te reo Māori (DOCX 59KB)
Vision and principles summary – te reo Māori (PDF 256KB)
Priority outcome areas
Education
Education summary – te reo Māori (DOCX 60KB)
Education summary – te reo Māori (PDF 267KB)
Employment
Employment summary – te reo Māori (DOCX 60KB)
Employment summary – te reo Māori (PDF 274KB)
Health
Health summary – te reo Māori (DOCX 60KB)
Health summary – te reo Māori (PDF 266KB)
Housing
Housing summary – te reo Māori (DOCX 60KB)
Housing summary – te reo Māori (PDF 268KB)