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Home > Media Releases201012 August 2010: Audio Described Television Welcomed by New Zealand's Blind AudienceToday, the Association of
Blind Citizens of New Zealand congratulates NZ On Air for making funding
available to introduce Audio Described television programmes for New
Zealand’s blind, vision impaired and deafblind television viewers. 200513 July: Talking ATMs for the Bliknd and Vision ImpairedStandard ATMs which are voice-enabled (“talking”) ATMs have been installed by New Zealand Credit Unions nationwide. More 18 May: Taking Charge - An Accessible Society for AllOn the evening of Tuesday 17 May at Parliament House, Minister for Disability Issues, Hon Ruth Dyson hosted the Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand’s (Association) informational function for Members of Parliament, policy makers, stakeholders and members of the blindness community. More 200411 May: Minister for Disability Issues and the Blind Collaborate to Educate People About BlindnessMinister for Disability Issues, Hon Ruth Dyson, is hosting the Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand’s (Association) informational function for Members of Parliament and other community leaders at the Beehive on Tuesday afternoon. More 2003November: Amid Allegations of Child Abuse, Safety of Blind Children is ParamountThe Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand calls upon the Associate Minister of Education (Special Needs), Hon Lianne Dalziel and the Police Complaints Authority to further investigate allegations of child abuse at Homai National School for the Blind and Vision Impaired. More 4 October: Visionary Acknowledged by Blind New ZealandersThe Beamish Memorial Medal is the Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand's most prestigious aware, and was presented to Jonathan Mosen during the annual Conference in Wellington. More 4 October: New Zealand Herald Commended for Offering that Extra TouchFor the significant steps it has taken to provide blind and vision impaired New Zealanders with access to its newspaper, the NZ Herald is this year's recipient of the Association of Blind Citizen's Extra Touch Award. More 20 May: Budget Promoting General Youth Literacy Should Invedst in Nation's Blind StudentsThe Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand congratulates the Government for providing $15m in last week's budget to literacy teaching. More 200215 July: For the Blind, a Word is Worth a Thousand PicturesJust as the sound of television is captioned for the deaf, so the pictures on television need to be described to the blind, according to the Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand. More. 15 July: Money Talks, and So Should ATMsBlind New Zealanders are asking banks to catch up to the rest of the world and install automatic teller machines that talk. More. 15 July: The Largest Group of Road UsersPedestrian issues need urgent attention. More. 20016 October: Blind New Zealanders Salute AchieversTwo blind New Zealanders have been awarded the Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand's most prestigious award, the Beamish Memorial medal, at this weekend's annual conference in Auckland. More. 5 April: Blind People Want to be Kept Posted on Pre-Election PromiseTime is running out for the Government to keep its promise to return the postal concession for the blind to the law books. More. 5 April: Disabled Need their Own MinistryNew Zealand needs a Ministry that is to people with disabilities what Te Puni Kokiri is for Maori, according to the Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand. More. 199930 June: Electoral Office Says to Hell with IndependenceWhile people from many races and cultures are able to obtain vital information on the electoral enrolment process in their chosen language, the Electoral office is discriminating against the blind by not providing that information in Braille.
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