Media enquiries

If you're a media outlet and have a query about Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People, please contact our Media Team by emailing media@whaikaha.govt.nz.

If your media query relates to Disability Support Services, please email media@msd.govt.nz.

The Official Information Act and media responses

Whaikaha – Ministry of Disabled People takes seriously its obligations under the Official Information Act 1982. That includes responding to requests for official information via media queries.

Read about the Official Information Act and media responses external URL

Whaikaha personal information release form

This form is used by journalists or reporters to ask members of the public to give permission for Whaikaha to release information about them that relates to the story they are writing. More information is on the form.

Whaikaha personal information release form (DOCX 505KB) external URL

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