Community Meeting: Disability Sector Funding and System Changes: Impacts, Processes, and the Path Ahead
7.30pm Monday 13 October 2025
Ihc Wellington Assn has invited Alastair Hill, Programme Director, Disability Support Services, MSD to provide an overview of the Disability Sector Funding System Changes and answer questions you may have.
• What do these changes mean in practice?
• How does the current system operate?
• What does the future look like for disabled people, families, and providers?
• How will the additional $1.25 billion funding announced in the Budget benefit disabled people and their families?
• How do these adjustments align with the Enabling Good Lives principles?
Come with your questions.
Refreshments will be available before the ihc Wellington Assn AGM at 7.00pm and after the guest speaker so you can meet others, talk to Alaistair and the Association Committee members.
Venue: St Joseph’s Church, 152 Brougham St, Mt Victoria, Wellington
. Limited free parking with access from Ellice Street
For further information please email ihcwellington@gmail.com
Poll: If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? 🛻🚨🚓
In the Post's article on speeding penalties, the question is asked whether speeding fines are truly about road safety, or are they just a way to boost revenue for the Crown?
What do you think? Should speeding motorists receive speeding fines or demerit points?
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31.2% The sting of a fine (Money talks!)
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68.8% The threat of demerit points (Nobody wants to lose their license!)
Hand made pasta for sale
Hi, my husband Nicola is from Sardinia Italy and is a chef. He makes the most amazing food and is wanting to help my son raise money for his first trip to Australia.
So he will be making fettuccine, orecchiette and gnocchi .
He will also make his absolutely delicious tomato pasta sauce to accompany the pasta.
All sauces and pasta is Vegetarian and vegan.
These will be available to buy fresh or frozen. Please message me to arrange . Delivery available or pick up fraser ave Johnsonville.
Prices:
Pasta is $10 for 250 grams (serves 2)
Pasta sauce small $5 (serves 2)
Poll: Are you still heading to your local for your caffeine fix, or has the $$ changed your habits? ☕
Wellington’s identity is built on its cafe culture, but with costs climbing, that culture is under pressure. We’ve seen the headlines about recent closures, and it’s a tough pill to swallow along with a $6+ coffee.
We all want our favourite spots to stay open, but we also have to balance our own budgets ⚖️
We want to know: How are you handling the "coffee math" in 2026? Are you still heading to your local for a chat and a caffeine fix, or has the cost of living changed your habits?
Keen to read more about "coffee math"? The Post has you covered.
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46.4% I avoid spending money on coffee
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44.1% I still indulge at my local cafe
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9.5% Irrelevant - coffee is not for me
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