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A plan to downgrade community input on disability and ageing issues in New Plymouth is tokenistic, condescending and would cost the district money, advocates say.
For nine years the Age and Accessibility Working Party (AAWP) was a channel for disabled whΔnau and older people to give New Plymouth District Council advice on things like accessibility, universal design, and positive ageing.
The working party was swept away in the new mayor's drive to make NPDC's structure more efficient - but after public backlash councillors will consider whet
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