New Zealand's attitudes towards people with disabilities and the work the Government's doing to uphold their rights is coming under the spotlight this week at the United Nations in Geneva. For the first time, a delegation from the New Zealand government is appearing in front of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with disabilities for a question and answer session. New Zealand's Disabled Person's organisations are telling the UN they want action and change.
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