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Disabled people and their carers are welcoming a government back-track on funding for support services, but say the past two years have been deeply traumatic and won't be forgotten.
The Government has wound back controversial cuts to disability support services it made in 2024.
Two years ago Whaikaha Ministry of Disabled People - which at the time was in charge of the disability budget - abruptly introduced new purchasing guidelines which severely restricted what disabled people and their carers could use their allocated budgets for.
Following a review into the funding system, and a commitment the system is now "stabilised" the Government has confirmed as of 1 April the restri
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