Olivia Shivas

Storyteller, podcaster, organiser, baker and proudly disabled.
Listen to What's Wrong With You? on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
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[Olivia Shivas @oliviaanne08]

Two months after relocating from their home in Wairoa, residents of an IDEA Services property still don't know when they'll return to their undamaged home

https://t.co/fI7EXTnnv5

[Media Chaplaincy New Zealand @MediaChaplaincy]

In this conversation with @frankritchie, @oliviaanne08 discusses her experiences as a journalist with a disability, the fight to overcome stereotypes, and how good-quality media coverage can give dignity to others with disabilities.

🎧️ LISTEN at https://t.co/HPaaVuTIVi

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Stephen Dean is perplexed as to why his life-long wheelchair support has been abruptly removed.

“I think it’s unfair, it’s like taking off my legs.”

https://t.co/EKxb98028K

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In 2020, Kāinga Ora committed to building 15% full universally-designed state houses. More than 2 years later, they’ve only delivered 1.5%

https://t.co/AW4veybltx

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It was good to meet and interview the new Minister for Disability Issues Priyanca Radhakrishnan this week. She told me about her vision for the disability community and what inequities she thinks needed to be addressed https://t.co/j2MNB8BWi4

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Some disabled Kiwis, desperate to belong, found community with gangs after being failed by the state care system. I attended a hui earlier this week that brought them together for the first time.

https://t.co/3HOtMWlzn7

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If she has to move, Allyson Hamblett says the chances of being relocated into an accessible home is slim.

https://t.co/cNitTyogaR

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Disabled people’s rights are more important than ever in an emergency situation
https://t.co/gaR0Omcv6z

[Sunday Star-Times @SundayStarTimes]

ICYMI: Shelley Loh “failed miserably” for three months before perfecting her curry puff recipe. Now, reports @oliviaanne08, she sells 1000 a week.

https://t.co/ydw8P8E1OZ

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Yesterday at the Royal Commission, Paora Moyle told me it “hits you out of the blue” hearing that you’re not the only person who abuse in state care
https://t.co/R0GmIWDktD

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A disability residential care provider staff member has been charged with common assault after a whistle-blower took covert video recordings of alleged abuse

https://t.co/tuOehssJGn

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A first-time mum with a disability credits fundraising efforts from the Cerebral Palsy Society for supporting her through her pregnancy
#WorldCerebralPalsyDay

https://t.co/BtxfB1Z5Gw

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“We need this in order to be able to access education, important news and entertainment,” says 17-year-old Hope Cotton.

https://t.co/XNAJVq46EG

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Congratulations to @PaulaTesoriero who is the first disabled person to lead a government ministry https://t.co/EvmZXLe8PR

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Spent 6 hours watching and geeking out over the UN disability rights examination of Aotearoa this week. Experts are concerned the Govt has not implemented some of their recommendations since the last examination in 2014

https://t.co/AuasrWvV6K

[Olivia Shivas @oliviaanne08]

When Keith Wiffin woke up this morning, he didn't expect to receive an apology from one of New Zealand’s top public servants at the Royal Commission - a shared byline with my fellow Pou Tiaki dream team colleague @KatieDoyle01

https://t.co/j2SCeIuETe

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Survivors of abuse in care who were set on a pathway to incarceration have been vindicated following the release of a Royal Commission report - with @maxinejacobsnow

https://t.co/GEftHZ2hoq

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@scoutriver I’ll send you a DM

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@rednz My faves are the beach ones, because our wheelchairs looveee the sand

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An Auckland whanau's daily routine is planned around having to carry their daughter up and down the stairs of their inaccessible home.
https://t.co/HcZIHzXrc2