Taranaki mayors say disability support changes will put unfair burden on the district

About this episode

Taranaki mayors express concerns over proposed disability support law changes that may unfairly impact their district.

A group of Taranaki mayors want urgent changes to a proposed disability support law they believe will put a disproportionate and unfair burden on their district. Taranaki has a higher than average numbers of people living with disability and unpaid informal caregivers. Taranaki Mayoral forum chairman Craig Williamson spoke to Lisa Owen.

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Owen

Guest: Craig Williamson

Topics covered

• disability support
• local government
• Taranaki
• caregivers
• law changes

Keywords

• disability support
• Taranaki
• mayors
• law changes
• caregivers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Taranaki Mayoral forum

Places: Taranaki

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