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Home > News And Events > Wellington Seminar
Details of the 2010 Wellington Seminar will be publicised as they become available. In the meantime we can advise this will be held over Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 July. Details of the 2009 Wellington Seminar follow. This was held on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 July, and is rated amongst the most successful we've held. Topics included: Accessing the Environment; Access to Government Produced Information-personal and public; Audio Description; Digital Inclusion; Accessible Public Transport. Meetings were held with Ministers, Members of Parliament, government personnel and key individuals working within the various industries where the Association is working to remove barriers to full participation in society. Small delegations comprising Board Members and the Executive Officer met with a wide-range of individuals including: Associate Minister for Transporft Hon Nathan Guy, Hon Phil Goff, Hon Ruth Dyson, Lynne Pillay and Darian Fenton (Labour Spokespersons - discussion across all issues), Minister for Local Government Hon Rodney Hide, Glen Usmar (NZ On Air - Audio Description), Silke Radde and Warren Persson (copyright and intellectual property), Darren Hughes (Labour-spokesperson on transport), Brendon Burt (Labour spokesperson on Broadcasting), Hon Jim Anderton (Leader Progressive Party), Catherine Delahunty (Green NZ-spokesperson on Disability Issues), Geoff Swainson (Local Government NZ), Steve Chadwick (Labour-spokesperson Arts, Culture and Heritage), Chris Laidlaw - Patron. The highlight of this two-day event was our informational function. Hosted by the Minister for Disability Issues Hon Tariana Turia this was held in Parliament's West Foyer - attendance comprised Ministers, Members of Parliament, government officials, industry personnel, representatives of disability consumer and service provider organisations and Association members. Vice President Jonathan Godfrey extended a warm welcome to our guests and handed over to the National President whose address highlighted the issues we had been addressed during the two-day event. Then came Hon Tariana Turia's address - her opening comments drew attention to the Association's establishment and in particular that it reaches 64 years of age this year. The Association's relevance 64 years on was highlighted by virtue of the Beatle's hit song which includes the phrase "will you still need me when I'm 64?" Take this link to read the Minister's address and this link to hear what the National President had to say take this link, 's address, take sp Launched over the two-days is our latest publication "Is this the Right Bus?". A supplement to The Great Barrier Brief (launched last year), our latest publication addresses Issue 2 of our register if issues - Accessible Public Transport. Where the "THE GREAT BARRIER BRIEF" idntifies issues indicative of the barriers faced by blind and vision impaired people and highlight areas in which the Association is working to make a difference, "Is this the Right Bus?" addresses accessible public transport issues in more detail. To learn more about accessible public transport and the issues faced by blind and vision impaired travellers, we recommend you read "Is this the Right Bus?". people living in New Zealand, Now you've learned about the issues register you can read about them in THE GREAT BARRIER BRIEF - the Association's register of issues...
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