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Hutt City Council is committed to making Lower Hutt a great place to live for people of all ages, for now and the future. Find out what services are available to support accessibility in our city.
Hutt City Council Services
Learn about how mobility parks work, where they are located, and how to get a permit here:
View a map of our public toilets here:
Our pools and fitness facilities offer a range of accessibility features. Read more and contact our team here:
Our library and neighbourhood hubs provide a range of services, programming, and events. Drop in to visit us, or read more here:
Transportation
Te Hunga Whaikaha Total Mobility is a Metlink service which subsidises the cost of door-to-door travel for people who have a permanent disability and are unable to access Metlink public transport services. This service supports disabled people to remain independent and dignified while using transport services.
In the Greater Wellington region, the subsidy is 75% of the total fare or a maximum of $60 per trip.
Driving Miss Daisy is one of the local transportation providers who accept the Total Mobility Scheme. Wheelchair accessible vehicles are available.
Taxi service with wheelchair accessible vehicles. Total mobility discount available.
Taxi service with six wheelchair accessible vehicles. Total mobility discount available.
Taxi service that provides total mobility discount. We have 2 modern vehicles that are spacious and comfortable, and we are able to take customers with fold up wheelchairs and walkers.
Companion Driving Services in Hutt Valley | Freedom Companion Drivers
Accessibility Support Organisations
Your Way l Kia Roha is a charitable trust dedicated to helping disabled people thrive, living the lives they choose in their communities.
W: https://www.yourwaykiaroha.nz/
P: 0800 008 011
E: info@yourwaykiaroha.nz
Autism New Zealand is here to provide services and support, education, and information on autism for autistic people and family/whānau, caregivers, and professionals who engage with them.
P: 0800 288 476
E: info@autismnz.org.nz
Altogether Autism is a free, nationwide autism information and advisory service. We’re funded by the New Zealand Government in partnership between Your Way | Kia Roha and Parent to Parent New Zealand
W: https://www.altogetherautism.org.nz/
P: 0800 273 463
Recreate NZ is committed to enhancing the intellectual, social, emotional and physical development, and the independence of young people with intellectual disabilities.
Our main kaupapa is to serve our amazing community of young people with disabilities, and to act as a valuable support network to their whānau. We currently deliver over 5,500 opportunities across a range of 600 adventure, recreation, social, education and work-skills programmes in the Auckland, Waikato, Wellington, Bay of Plenty and Christchurch regions each year.
W: https://www.recreate.org.nz/region/wellington
P: 021 229 9685
E: wellington@recreate.org.nz
CCS Disability Action is the largest pan-disability support and advocacy organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand.
We support people with all types of impairments and have been working alongside disabled people since 1935. We are at the forefront of service provision, advocacy and information sharing in the disability sector. We partner with disabled people, their families and whānau to enable them to have choice and control in their lives. Our vision is to see every disabled person and whānau hauā interwoven into the lives of their whānau and community.
W: https://www.ccsdisabilityaction.org.nz/
P: 0800 227 2255
At Arts Access Aotearoa Putanga Toi ki Aotearoa, our purpose is to increase access to the arts for everyone in Aotearoa, particularly people who face access barriers. We work with the Deaf and disabled communities, support a national network of creative spaces, and encourage accessibility in the arts and cultural sectors. We also partner with Ara Poutama Aotearoa Department of Corrections, advocating for the arts as a tool for rehabilitation and reintegration.
Through advocacy and community partnerships, we champion the arts as a basic human right.
P: 04 802 4349
E: info@artsaccess.org.nz
Blind Low Vision NZ provides support and services to people of all ages across Aotearoa, New Zealand
W: https://blindlowvision.org.nz/
P: 0800 24 33 33
Deaf Aotearoa is a national organisation representing the voice of Deaf people, and the national service provider for Deaf people in New Zealand.
Deaf Aotearoa also works closely with Deaf communities, government agencies and other organisations to increase awareness, promote New Zealand Sign Language and strengthen the rights of Deaf people.
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W: https://www.deaf.org.nz/
P: 0800 33 23 22 / Freetext: 8223
E: hello@deaf.org.nz
Special Olympics is a global sports movement that unleashes the human spirit every day around the world through the transformative power and joy of sport. Through programming in sports, health, education and community building, Special Olympics is tackling the inactivity, stigma, isolation, and injustice that people with intellectual disabilities (ID) face. Our work goes far beyond sports events, driving social change that enables full social participation for people with ID.
W: https://www.specialolympics.org/
P: 04 560 0360
E: admin@specialolympics.org.nz
IHC will advocate for the rights, inclusion, and welfare of all people with intellectual disabilities and support them to live satisfying lives in the community.
P: 0800 442 442
For more information, refer to the Citizen’s Advice Bureau Community Directory