The Disability Data and Evidence Working Group (DDEWG)

The Disability Data and Evidence Working Group (DDEWG) comprises government officials, representatives from Disabled peoples’ Organisations and groups interested in disability research. The Group has a governance function overseeing the delivery of a work programme. The quarterly meetings are jointly chaired by the Office for Disability Issues and Statistics NZ. The work programme is managed by MSD as part of its support of the Disability Action Plan. The work programme includes workstreams on engagement, communication and resources; the IDI and Access to government; the outcomes framework of the NZ Disability Strategy and research.

The Disability Data and Evidence Working Group has a major focus on the types of data required to ensure the development of sound policy and appropriate services to meet the needs of disabled people in New Zealand and, thereby, improve their everyday lives. 

Meeting minutes

Meeting papers and summaries of  Working Group meetings are available in this section. Papers presented in draft form at meetings have not been uploaded.

27 June 2022

• Read the meeting summary for 27 June 2022 in HTML
• Download the meeting summary in Word format [DOCX, 70 KB]
• Download the meeting summary in PDF format [PDF, 167 KB]

21 March 2022

• Read the meeting summary for 21 March 2022 in HTML
• Download the meeting summary in Word format [DOCX, 68 KB]
• Download the meeting summary in PDF format [PDF, 137 KB]

13 December 2021

• Read the summary in HTML
• Download this meeting summary in Word format [DOCX, 74 KB]
• Download this meeting summary in PDF format [PDF, 216 KB]

7 September 2021

• Read the minutes in HTML 
• Download the minutes as a Word doc [DOCX, 81 KB]
• Download the minutes as a PDF [PDF, 184 KB]

Related papers

• Paper 1: A new survey on human rights (Word) [DOCX, 54 KB]
• Paper 1: A new survey on human rights (PDF) [PDF, 140 KB]
• Paper 2: Accessibility Admin Data Questions (Word) [DOCX, 16 KB]
• Paper 2: Accessibilty Admin Data Questions (PDF)  [PDF, 178 KB]

8 June 2021

Read the minutes of the 8 June event here in HTML

23 March 2021

Read the summary of the 23 March event here in HTML

Related papers:

• Agenda 2021 03 23 [DOCX, 64 KB]
• Meeting Summary 2021 03 23 [DOCX, 72 KB]
• Paper 1: Engagement and Reporting report [DOCX, 49 KB]
• Paper 2: Resources [DOCX, 59 KB]
• Paper 3: Access to Government Data, including IDI report [DOCX, 59 KB]
• Paper 4: NZDS 2023 Purpose and Objectives draft [DOCX, 38 KB]
• Paper 5: Identifying disabled people in the NZDS - a discussion document [DOCX, 79 KB]
• Paper 6: Working Matters dashboard [DOCX, 142 KB]
• Paper 7: Disability Research report [DOCX, 141 KB]

17 September 2020

Read the summary of the event here in HTML 

Related papers: 

• Agenda - Disability Data and Evidence Working Group [DOCX, 62 KB]
• Paper 1 - Key Messages and Processes [DOCX, 39 KB]
• Paper 2a - How to Collect Disability Data [DOCX, 23 KB]
• Paper 2b - Suggested Areas for Resources [DOCX, 41 KB]
• Paper 3 - Data and IDI  [DOCX, 39 KB]
• Paper 4a - Enduring questions on disability [DOCX, 356 KB]
• Paper 4b - Questions about the enduring questions [DOCX, 74 KB]
• Paper 6 - Progressing the Disability Research Agenda [DOCX, 40 KB]
• Summary of DDEWG Meeting [DOCX, 69 KB]

Disability data and evidence resources

This site contains a selection of resources regarding disability data and evidence in New Zealand. There are a number of different sources for capturing disability data and evidence, including capturing Mātauranga Māori (knowledge indigenous to New Zealand).