DPA

DPA Press Release 27/02/13

The rail accident in Auckland that saw a wheelchair user seriously injured should be a wake up for local body governments, says DPA New Zealand.

DPA CEO Rachel Noble believes the accident at Morningside Station where the woman’s wheelchair got caught on the tracks is the result of lack of engagement with disabled people. “This woman was out being a normal person in the community, but due to lack of foresight by planners became a victim of guesswork.” Ms Noble says.

She feels local body governments need to engage better with the disability community when they are planning and implementing changes, and then should be having continued input through monitoring of those implementations.

“If they don’t include us in this, we will continue to be second class citizens in our own communities.”

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Arguably Reassuring: Inspector-General Finds GCSB "Arguably" Legal

Of the 88 individuals:

• 15 cases involving 22 individuals did not have any information intercepted by GCSB.

• another four cases involving five individuals were the subjects of a New Zealand Security Intelligence Service warrant and the GCSB assisted in the execution of the warrants. The Inspector-General is of the view that there were arguably no breaches and the law is unclear.

• the Bureau only provided technical assistance which did not involve interception of communications, involving three of the individuals, so no breach occurred.

• the remaining cases involved the collection of metadata, and the Inspector-General formed the view that there had arguably been no breach, noting once again that the law is unclear.
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