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Latest Wellington City Council tailored seminar

A tailored seminar was held at the Wellington City Council on the 9th of May 2012, providing training to a number of workers from the council.



 


NZS 4121: Design for Access and Mobility - Buildings and Associated Facilities

The Trust and a number of other organisations have worked with the Department of Building and Housing to have this standard made free to download. We expect this initiative will encourage designers and builders to use the standard more widely as a guidance tool. The standard will be free to download on the 1st of July 2012.

Barrier Free NZ Trust Resource Handbook

We are pleased to announce the Resource Handbook has been reviewed and significantly updated. We now provide Section 1 of the Handbook free of charge via our website.

Barrier Free NZ Trust and AA Tourism

Barrier Free NZ Trust and AA Tourism have partnered in a joint initiative to encourage tourist accommodation providers to publish full information on accessibility features of their venue.