Ahurea Turi
Deaf Culture
Ahurea Whaikaha
People with Disabilities' Culture
Atarua
Blurred vision, Seeing double
Hakiri
Hearing Impaired
Haurua Turi
This term has come from the Deaf Community
Half Deaf
Hūkeke
Seizure
Iokerewai
Paralysis
Kanorau ā-roro
Neurodiversity
Manaakiao
For more information visit the New Zealand Williams Syndrome Association
Williams Syndrome
Ngā Whaikaha
Disabilites
Pūira Kehe
Odd numbered chromosome
Downs Syndrome
Raru ā-io
Neurological Problem
Raru Kori Tinana
Movement Problem, Co-ordination Problem
Rōnaki
Ramp
Roro Ikura
Stroke
Takiwātanga
From 'tōku/tōna anō takiwā' - 'my/his/her own time and space'
Autism
Tangata Kāpō
Blind Person
Tangata Matarehu
Person with some visual ability
Visually Impaired Person
Tāngata Whaikaha
People with disabilities
Tangata Whaitakiwātanga
Autistic Person
Te Reo Rongo ā-whatu
Sign Language
See also Te Reo Turi
Te Reo Turi
Sign Language
See also Te Reo Rongo ā-whatu
Tōpūtanga Tāngata Whaikaha
Disability Persons Organisation (DPO)
Tuhi Matapō
Braille
Tūnga Waka Whaikaha
Disability Parking
Tūnga Waka Whakatapoko
Accessible Parking
Turi
Deaf
Whaikaha
To have strength, to have ability, otherly abled, enabled. A word created within the Māori disabled community.
Disabled
Whakatapoko
Eg - He whare whakatapoko - an accessible building
Access, Accessible, Accessibility
Wharepaku Whaikaha
Disabled Toilet
Wharepaku Whakatapoko
Accessible Toilet
