Introducing Aotearoa Disability Figures — disability.figure.nz
Access to data about our communities can be an important tool to advocate for ourselves; amplify stories from our communities; and get critical support from funders, government, and other decision-makers. Yet to date, data on disability in Aotearoa has often been inaccessible and hard to reach for the very community it’s about.
Our team at Figure.NZ have been hard at work developing a tool so that disabled communities can easily access data about ourselves and our experiences, to support community advocacy and decision making for a more inclusive and accessible Aotearoa.
Alongside our friends at Stats NZ, we are delighted to invite you to the online launch for Aotearoa Disability Figures, a new tool to explore disability data in New Zealand!
Check it out at https://disability.figure.nz.
Launch event
Our launch was held online was open to members of the disability community, media, and others who are interested in how data can support our communities.
Watch this recording for kōrero from Disability Rights Commissioner, Paula Tesoriero MNZM; Stats NZ CEO Mark Sowden; and Figure.NZ CEO, Ngapera Riley, before our Aotearoa Disability Figures team, Nat Dudley & Anton Sammon demonstrate the tool and share how you can use it within your organisation; advocacy; or reporting on disability kaupapa.
You’ll have the opportunity to witness the tool in action; learn about accessibility features; give feedback on improving Aotearoa Disability Figures so the tool can create the best possible impact for you and your community.
Media:
A press kit is available for download here.
For more information on the kaupapa or comments, you can find contact details in the press kit.
Future webinars
Our next online training session for Aotearoa Disability Figures is on 7 April 2022 at 1PM.
If you’d like to attend this session and have accessibility requirements, please let us know your requirements at nat@figure.nz before 1 April so we can organise support.
You can register using this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvc-utqj4vGNcTHeCwcxgN6Ii2is9W9eBv
You can also get in touch with us help@figure.nz to request a session for your organisation.
