After a number of years at the helm of the ADPN, Colin Reive of Epilepsy New Zealand, Auckland, has stepped down from the Chair. His place has been taken by Chris Ross from Relionus Transport.
Colin Reive (left) introducing Chris Ross
Our thanks go to Colin who has led the ADPN with energy, strength and vision. We are fortunate that he is to remain on the Executive so that his skills and knowledge of the sector and the context in which we operate, will not be lost.
Chris brings to the ADPN wide experience in business, social, sporting and community activities as well as a passion for working in the disability sector.
We are grateful to Chris for taking on this role. He is very keen to hear from members and may be contacted: phone: 09 268 9612 or chris@creativeconcepts.co.nz
Legal Forum
27th November 2008
“Just a note to say thank you for the forum today. I think it was one of the best ADPN forums I have ever been to and the speakers were outstanding.”
Positive feedback following the Legal Forum!
Both speakers held the attention of the 50+ audience, delivering valuable information on legal issues. What could have been very dry topics were made interesting and relevant.
Dr. Huhana Hickey from the Disability Law Office opened the morning. Her topic was Disability Law with particular reference to the Personal Property & Rights Act. The notes from her power point presentation are available on request: huhana.hickey@adl.org.nz
Parvez Akbar, Senior Solicitor from the EMA then spoke on Employment Law. He discussed employment agreements and emphasised the need to establish everything in writing before a new employee commences work. He also covered Restructuring and Redundancies.
Huhana and Parvez answered questions from the floor and the variety of queries demonstrated the breadth of interest in the topics and complexities of the problems faced by providers.
