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Disability Support Services Bill — Tools & Resources

The Disability Support Services bill had its first reading and is now open for submissions for a short period of time.

DPA will be submitting on the bill.

Submissions close 1.00pm on Friday, 12 June 2026.

Tools and resources

Make a submission on the Government NZ website.

DPA plain language points can be downloaded on this page.

New Zealand Down Syndrome Association (NZDSA) has put together information on their site about the bill, and plain language submission templates.

Access the NZDSA DSS bill information.

Disability advocate Dr Huhana Hickey has outlined why disabled people should make a submission and provided a template. This is the link to the template.

Huhana has also provided a plain language breakdown of the Disability Support Services Bill. This is the link to the summary.

CSS Disability Action have put together a submission guide. Read the CCS Disability Action Submission Guide for DSS. 

Disability Advocate Nick Ruane has provided a cheat sheet for making a submission. Read Nick Ruane's Substack article.

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