Disability Information Advisory Services and other helpful services
Find a list of helpful services on this page. Some of the services listed are Disability Information Advisory Services (DIAS).
DIAS are Whaikaha funded services that provide free independent information and advice to disabled people, their families, whānau, āiga, caregivers, providers and the general public.
If a service is a Whaikaha funded DIAS it will be mentioned in the description. You can can also visit Firstport external URL which provides both funded and non funded disability information and advice.
Services are listed in alphabetical order by name.
A
Acorn Autism
Location: Central Auckland and North Shore Auckland
Website: acornautism.co.nz external URL
Altogether Autism
Ambury Park Centre for Riding Therapy Inc
Aspire Canterbury
Location: Christchurch
Website: Aspire Canterbury external URL
Assistance Dogs Trust New Zealand (ADNZT)
Location: Nationwide
Website: Assistance Dogs Trust New Zealand external URL
Autism NZ Inc.
B
Barrier Free NZ Trust
Location: Christchurch
Website: Barrier Free external URL
Blind Citizens New Zealand
Location: Nationwide
Website: Blind Citizens New Zealand external URL
Blind Low Vision New Zealand
Location: Nationwide
Website: Blind, Low Vision New Zealand external URL
Blind Sport New Zealand
Location: Nationwide
Website: Blind Sport New Zealand external URL
Brain Injury Association
Location: Nationwide
Website: Brain Injury Association New Zealand external URL
C
Carers New Zealand
CCS Disability Action
Disability Information Advisory Service
Location: Nationwide
Website: CCS Disability Action external URL
Cerebral Palsy Society
Location: Nationwide
Website: Cerebral Palsy Society external URL
Citizen Advocacy Auckland
Disability Information Advisory Service
Location: Auckland
Complex Care Group
Continence NZ
Location: Nationwide
Website: Continence NZ external URL
D
Deaf Aotearoa New Zealand
Location: Nationwide
Website: Deaf Aotearoa New Zealand external URL
Deaf Society of Canterbury Inc
Disability Information Advisory Service
Location: Canterbury
Disability Community Trust
Disability Information Advisory Service
Location: Eastern Bay of Plenty
Disability Connect
(Parent and Family Resource Centre Inc. trading as Disability Connect)
Location: Auckland
Website: Disability Connect external URL
Disabled Citizens Society Otago Inc.
Disability Information Advisory Service
Location: Otago
Disabled Persons Assembly NZ
Location: Nationwide
Website: Disabled Persons Assembly NZ external URL
E
eCALD (Enhancing Cultural and Linguistic Diversity)
Location: Nationwide
Website: eCALD external URL
Enable New Zealand
F
Federation of Disability Information Centres
Location: Nationwide
Website: Federation of Disability Information Centres external URL
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - Care Action Network (FASD-CAN)
Location: Nationwide
Website: fasd-can.org.nz external URL
Firstport - Disability Information and Advice
Disability information advisory service
Location: Nationwide (online service)
Website: Firstport external URL
H
Healthcare New Zealand
Location: Nationwide
Website: Healthcare New Zealand external URL
Hearing Association New Zealand
Location: Nationwide
Website: Hearing New Zealand external URL
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People NZ
Location: Nationwide
Website: Hearing Dogs external URL
Homes of Choice
Location: Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Wellington
Website: Homes of Choice external URL
Huntington's Disease Association
Disability Information Advisory service in Wellington and Christchurch
Location: Nationwide
Huria Trust
I
IDEA Services Ltd
Location: Nationwide
Website: Idea Services external URL
IHC New Zealand
Location: Nationwide
Website: IHC New Zealand external URL
Independent Living Service Trust
Disability Information Advisory service
Location: Nationwide
iSign Deaf Aotearoa Interpreters
Location: Nationwide
Website: iSign Deaf Aotearoa external URL
K
Kāpō Māori Aotearoa New Zealand (Ngāti Kāpō)
Disability Information Advisory service
Location: Nationwide
L
Le Va
(Support for Pacific families and communities)
Location: Nationwide
Website: Le Va external URL
Little People of New Zealand
Location: Nationwide
M
Mobility Centre
Location: North Island
Website: Mobility Centre external URL
Motor Neurone Disease Association of NZ
Disability Information Advisory service
Location: Nationwide
Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Society of Canterbury Trust
Disability Information Advisory service
Location: Christchurch
Website: Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Canterbury external URL
Multiple Sclerosis Society of New Zealand
Disability Information Advisory service
Location: Nationwide
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Disability Information Advisory service
Location: Nationwide
N
National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Nationwide Website: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing external URL
New Zealand Disability Support Network
Location: Nationwide
Website: New Zealand Disability Support Network external URL
New Zealand Down Syndrome Association
Location: Nationwide
Website: New Zealand Down Syndrome Association external URL
New Zealand Federation of Disability Information Centres
New Zealand Riding for the Disabled Association
Disability Information Advisory service
Location: Nationwide
Website: New Zealand Riding for the Disabled Association external URL
Nga Kete Matauranga Charitable Trust
Disability Information Advisory service
Location: Invercargill
Ngati Maniapoto Marae
Location: Nationwide
Website: Ngati Maniapoto Marae Pact Trust external URL
Ngāti Porou Hauora Inc
NorthAble Matapuna Hauora
Information Disability Advisory Service - Northland Disabilities Resource Centre
Location: Northland
Website: Warning, this website autoplays a muted video - NorthAble external URL
O
Otago Association for Deaf Children
Location: Dunedin
Otago Deaf Society
P
Parent to Parent
People First New Zealand
Disability Information Advisory Service
Location: Nationwide
Polio New Zealand
Location: Nationwide
Website: Polio New Zealand external URL
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (New Zealand)
Disability Information Advisory Service
Location: Nationwide
R
Raukawa Trust
Raukura Hauora O Tainui
Disability Information Advisory Service
Location: Waikato
Website: Raukura Hauora O Tainui external URL
S
Safer Walking
Location: Nationwide
Website: Safer Walking external URL
Sign Language Interpreters Association of New Zealand
Location: Nationwide
Website: Sign Language Interpreters Association of New Zealand external URL
Sommerville Disability Support Services
Disability Information Advisory Service
Location: Whanganui
Website: Sommerville Disability Support Services external URL
Spectrum Care
Located in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Lower Hutt.
Spectrum Care provide a range of services for disabled people. Their vision is that Every person with a disability deserves a life of choice, freedom and independence.
Standards and Monitoring Services with Care Matters
Location: Nationwide
Website:
Stuttering Treatment and Research Trust (START)
Location: Nationwide
Website: START - Stuttering Treatment and Research Trust external URL
T
Taranaki APEPSI Trust
Te Kohao Health Kirikiriroa Marae
Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki
Disability Information Advisory Service
Location: North Island
Te Oranganui Trust Inc
Te Pou o Te Whakaaro Nui
Location: Nationwide
Website: Te Pou external URL
Te Whanau Tokotokorangi Charitable Trust
Disability Information Advisory Service
Location: Rotorua
Tiaho Trust
Tui Ora Ltd
Tuwharetoa Health Services
V
Vaka Tautua
W
Wandersearch New Zealand
(also known as Wandatrak in some areas)
Location: Nationwide
Website: Wandersearch external URL
WellAble
Location: Wellington
Website: well-able.org.nz external URL
Y
Your Way | Kia Roha
Disability Information Advisory Service
Location: Nationwide
Website: Your Way | Kia Roha external URL