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Published on 22-Sep-2017

PNZ Partners Adecco and ACC launch new employment initiative

Last week, we had the privilege of attending the first ‘Employing People with Disabilities’ Seminar staged jointly by our partners, Adecco New Zealand and ACC. Around 100 Human Resources and...

Published on 21-Sep-2017

Postponement World Championships (Para swimming and Para powerlifting), Mexico City

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has postponed the World Para Swimming and World Para Powerlifting Championships which were due to begin in Mexico City on 30 September following...

Published on 18-Sep-2017

Oceania Paralympic Committee attend IPC General Assembly

Seven member countries of the Oceania Paralympic Committee attended the 2017 IPC General Assembly in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 5 - 8 September.

Published on 11-Sep-2017

New Zealand’s Duane Kale elected Vice President of the International Paralympic Committee

The new International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board was elected on Friday (8 September) at the 18th IPC General Assembly in Abu Dhabi, UAE, with New Zealand’s Duane Kale elected as...

Published on 8-Sep-2017

Kiwis continue to show their support for our Paralympians by ‘going gold’ to celebrate six months until the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games

Today, many schools and businesses across New Zealand will show their continuing support for our New Zealand Paralympians by ‘going gold and giving a gold coin’ as part of the annual Spirit of...

Published on 7-Sep-2017

New TVNZ & Attitude Pictures deal gives New Zealanders extensive Paralympics coverage to 2020 after Rio success

TVNZ and Attitude Pictures, who brought live and free-to-air coverage of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games to 2.2 million viewers last year, have extended their media partnership with the International...

Published on 4-Sep-2017

Paralympians encourage disabled New Zealanders to join them at new ACC Paralympics New Zealand Open Day events

PyeongChang 2018 hopeful Corey Peters and Rio 2016 Paralympian Liam Malone are encouraging all disabled New Zealanders, their friends and family to take the opportunity to come to a new series of...

Published on 4-Sep-2017

New Zealand Para Cycling Team set sights on Tokyo 2020 on final day of UCI Para Cycling Road World Championships

On the final day of racing at the UCI Para Cycling Road World Championships New Zealand’s Fraser Sharp and Sarah Ellington held their own in top class fields of the road race events on challenging...

Published on 3-Sep-2017

Kiwi Para cyclist Stephen Hills wins second World Championships medal

Rio 2016 Paralympian and New Zealand’s only trike Para cyclist Stephen Hills, has once again shown his outstanding form by winning his second medal over night at the UCI Para Cycling Road World...

Published on 2-Sep-2017

Kiwi Carl Murphy amongst medallist on star studded day at Treble Cone

Kiwi Carl Murphy is one step closer to securing his place the 2018 Winter Paralympics with a podium finish in today’s Audi quattro Winter Games NZ World Para Snowboard Cup.