Leadership and Infrastructure workstream
Workstream 4 of the Disability Action Plan focuses on Leadership and Infrastructure. The Ihonuku Tōkeke | Pro Vice-Chancellor Equity is responsible for this workstream. Below are the strategic focus areas for this workstream, along with a summary of key deliverables at June 2025.
A more complete update will be available once the recently submitted Disability
Action Plan Progress Update 2026-2028 is published.
Please email all feedback and suggestions to.Vicki Watson, Manager – Equity.
Improved data systems and use
Anonymised aggregate data about people with disability are available to and used by appropriate role holders for evidence-based decision making.
Identity characteristics in Enterprise Registry
Status: In progress, expected completion 2025.
Notes: The Office of Pro Vice-Chancellor, Equity (OPVCE) is working with the Planning and Information Office to improve the identity characteristics in the Enterprise Person Registry, particularly those that relate to disability, in response to new Ministry requirements.
Associate Deans and Directors Equity reports - Dashboard co-creation
Status: In progress
Notes: Associate Deans and Directors Equity and Diversity will co-create dashboards for their equity data, with support from OPVCE.
Equity Portfolio Lead recruited
Status: Complete, training underway
Notes: A new role was created and recruited to. Data capability was a key focus of this role, and the new staff member is supporting work in this and other spaces.
Accessible campuses
Strategy element: Campus built environments and facilities are accessible for students, staff and visitors with disabilities.
Complaints system
Tracking: In progress
Status: Work to create an option for reporting accessibility issues within our existing service request system is underway.
Tracking: In progress
Status: Work to create an option for reporting accessibility issues within our existing service request system is underway.
Accessible policies and procedures
Strategy element: The University's suite of policies and procedures is accessible to all.
University Policies and Procedures are audited to improve accessibility and plain language on an annual cycle.
Tracking: Complete
Status: A timeline of Policies and Procedures scheduled for review has been developed and Policy Owners are being pro-actively contacted with support for making their Policies and Procedures accessible.
Tracking: Complete
Status: A timeline of Policies and Procedures scheduled for review has been developed and Policy Owners are being pro-actively contacted with support for making their Policies and Procedures accessible.
Disability-related policies, procedures and guidelines are developed and reviewed.
Reasonable Accommodations Policy and Procedures
Tracking: On track
Status: The policy and procedures are expected to be in place by the end of 2025, with ongoing implementation in 2026.
Status: The policy and procedures are expected to be in place by the end of 2025, with ongoing implementation in 2026.
Reporting and monitoring
Strategy element: Reporting and monitoring procedures for implementation of the DAP reflect Kia Ōrite best practice.
Tracking: Ongoing
Status: Details on how this is approached are available in the DAP Progress Update, but includes workstream owners refamiliarising themselves with the guidance nnually, tracking of projects in an online system (Cascade), and clear allocation of responsibilities to workstreams.
Tracking: Ongoing
Status: Details on how this is approached are available in the DAP Progress Update, but includes workstream owners refamiliarising themselves with the guidance nnually, tracking of projects in an online system (Cascade), and clear allocation of responsibilities to workstreams.