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Auckland’s Unitary Plan

The vision for Auckland is to become the world’s most liveable city, and to turn that vision into reality, the Unitary Plan has been drafted for proposal.

The proposal covers things such as explaining what type of houses can be built where, and what the maximum heights are for particular zones. It offers consistency, as it replaces the current 13 district and regional plans into one single plan.

Auckland Council is dedicated to make this Plan as accessible as possible, including NZSL, making it easy for Deaf people to participate.

They also have translated two factsheets into NZSL, for the Kelston and Middlemore areas.

Survey: Employment & Disabled People

The Improving Existing Employment Services Working Group has recently released a survey on employment and disabled people. This survey is to ask disabled people about gaining employment and retaining employment; what is currently working for them and what isn’t.

Service providers have been sent a similar survey.

Both survey results will help the working group and other relevant parties, such as Disabled People organisations, service providers, Ministry of Social Development and ACC) to determine what is working well, and what needs improvements.

The survey is available in a variety of formats, including NZSL. Survey participants are able to submit their answers in NZSL through NZSL Direct, which is a free service.

The survey deadline has been extended to 30 August 2013.

Seeflow NZSL Direct

Have you ever wanted to make a submission on a topic in NZSL? Send an organisation an email in NZSL? Apply for a position on a board in NZSL? With Seeflow NZSL Direct, you can!

NZSL Direct enables you to send an email, an application, or a submission in NZSL from any computer with a webcam. It was recently used as a tool to collect submissions from the New Zealand Deaf community for the Constitution Conversation.

A topic currently open for submissions is the proposal to renovate Auckland Deaf Society Inc. clubrooms. Using NZSL Direct, ADS members can submit their views on the proposal in NZSL, and have until 31 August 2013 to do so.

The Combined Board of Trustees of Kelston and van Asch Deaf Education Centres are currently seeking expressions of interest from Deaf community members to become a co-opted trustee. Using NZSL Direct, Deaf community members are able to submit their expression of interest in NZSL. The deadline is Monday 19 August 2013.

Using NZSL Direct is an extremely straightforward process. You simply visit NZSL Direct page, choose which organisation you want to contact (this includes who you’re giving your submission or application to); enable your webcam; hit ‘record’ and sign your message. Once you’re finished,you’re your video message has been reviewed, hit ‘send’ and you’re done! Seeflow’s translation team will translate your message into English and pass it to the organisation on your behalf.

As with all of Seeflow’s services, we treat all information with confidentiality, and all content are stored on secure servers to protect your information.

Give NZSL Direct a try today!

The Constitution Conversation

The Constitution Conversation is a chance for all New Zealanders to share their aspirations for our country and how they want Aotearoa New Zealand to be run in the future.

An independent panel want to hear your thoughts over a range of constitutional issues; there are guidance questions for you to consider when making your submission. The topics this Conversation are focusing on are:

• New Zealand’s Constitution
• The Bill of Rights
• Treaty of Waitangi
• Maori Representation
• Electoral Matters
• Other Issues

Your feedback will help the Panel put together their recommendations over how these documents are used in the future.

The key questions asked are: What are your aspirations for Aotearoa NZ? How do you want our country to be run in the future?

Submissions are currently open, and will close on 1^st July at 5pm. You can make a submission in NZSL using Seeflow NZSL Direct, for free.

UPDATE: The deadline has now been extended to Wednesday 31st July 2013. Watch the NZSL translation for more information.

Submissions: Marriage Equality Bill

Public submissions are now being invited on the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill. We are delighted to announce that you can make your submission via Seeflow NZSL Direct. This is a completely free service.

When making a submission, please select ‘Parliamentary Select Committee’ from the list. As with the recent MMP Review, Seeflow’s translation team will translate your submission from NZSL into English, and pass it onto the Select Committee on your behalf. Be aware the English version of your submission will be publicly available on the Parliament website. The last day for submissions is Friday 26th October, 2012.