Disability
Different Strokes
Former Radio New Zealand newsreader producer Chris Whitta and Spiritual Outlook host Mike Gourley on how they've adapted to everyday life after their respective strokes. Audio
One In Five: Health Click
This week on One in Five: teaching children about the birds and the bees is often challenging. But it can be tougher still for parents whose young people have learning difficulties. Katy Gosset meets… Audio
Charles Bonnet Syndrome
Vivid, complex, recurring visual hallucinations, usually occurring in older adults with later-life vision loss - we speak with Ted Harmer who has Charles Bonnet Syndrome. Audio
Family's long fight for state house change
An Auckland family with a severely disabled daughter says they have been waiting two years for a small change to be made to their state house that would dramatically improve their lives. Audio
One in Five: Tribute to Stella Young
Australian comedian, journalist and disability activist Stella Young has died. This is an excerpt from a Radio New Zealand Interview with Stella earlier in 2014. Audio
One In Five: Sailability Hawkes Bay
There are Sailability clubs dotted around the globe - nine of them are in New Zealand. Their aim is simple - to spread the joy of sailing to anyone. Sailability Hawkes Bay was the third club to be set… Audio
One In Five for 7 December 2014 - Volunteers
This week on One in Five: Singing the unsung heroes. Volunteers are the mainstay of many activities available to the disability sector. As the world marks the International Day of the Volunteer, Katy… Audio
Running Jump to Rio
Eighteen-year-old Jono Brownjohn is on the Pathway to Podium programme – a nationwide talent development programme for young athletes. A sprinter and jumper, Jono’s aiming for selection for the 2016… Audio
Community Relations
Denis Wood talks about negotiating positive relationships in the community. Audio
One In Five for 23 November 2014 - The Shed Project
Denis Wood is founder of The Shed Project – a wide reaching initiative in Paraparaumu which offers opportunities and choices to differently abled people and youth. Audio
Things They Make
Denis talks Amelia through the range of things they make at the Shed Project. Audio
New Zealand's Candidate for the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the 2016 election - Robert Martin
Robert Martin is a disability advocate and New Zealand's Candidate for the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the 2016 election. Robert Martin was born in New… Audio
One In Five for 16 November 2014 - I am an Artist
Vibrant posters have been appearing on street corners in main cities around the country as part of a national campaign to promote artists who happen to have a disability. The 'I am an Artist' campaign… Audio
Testing the Technology
The pleasures and pitfalls of a low vision lifestyle: You'll seldom see a cane in Mike Steven's hand but he has just one eighth of the vision most people enjoy. Mike is one of almost 170 thousand New… Audio
One In Five for 2 November 2014
Jim Morunga's been serving his community for 40 years. Last year he was named New Zealand's Local Hero of the year. Other regional winners were in the running, but Napier-based Jim took the top award… Audio
One In Five for 26 October 2014
Children with Down syndrome can be princes and princesses too. Katy Gosset meets the woman behind a petition that calls for Disney to make an animated film with disabled characters. She also finds out… Audio
ACC Minister comments on Annual Report
Advocates for accident claimants say the Accident Compensation Corporation must do more to restore public confidence in the organisation. Audio
Paralysis breakthrough raises hope around the world
Like being born again... that's the reaction from the paralysed man at the centre of ground breaking therapy which has resulted in him walking again. Audio
One In Five for 19 October 2014 - extended interview
Listen to an extended interview with barrier free advisor Vivian Naylor. Audio
One In Five for 19 October 2014
From his new vantage point as a wheelchair user, Mike Gourley revisits the issue of access to the built environment. Audio