Hāpai Access Card

08/09/2026

💚 Auckland disability community TODAY is the day!

The Hāpai Access Card team is at Transition Expo 2026 today at the Auckland Netball Centre in St Johns! 🎉

If you’re looking for information about disability support, accessibility, transition services, employment, education, housing, recreation or building greater independence, come along and see what’s available.

💚 Come and meet the Hāpai Access Card team!

We’d love to have a chat, answer your questions and show you how the Hāpai Access Card helps disabled people communicate their access needs with participating businesses, venues and services across New Zealand.

📅 Today Wednesday 9th September 2026
🕘 9:00am–2:00pm
📍 Auckland Netball Centre, St Johns, Auckland
🎟️ Free entry

We’re here today and looking forward to meeting more of Auckland’s disability and accessibility community.

If you’re coming along, make sure you stop by and say hello! 👋💚

See you at Transition Expo 2026!

08/09/2026

The Hāpai Access Card team visits SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton’s! 🐧🦈

While in Auckland, members of the Hāpai Access Card team had the opportunity to visit SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton’s Aquarium!

It was fantastic to spend some time exploring one of Auckland’s well-known attractions and experiencing everything the aquarium has to offer.

From getting up close with incredible marine life 🐟 to seeing the penguins 🐧 and exploring the underwater displays, there was plenty to see and enjoy!

Visits like this are also a great opportunity for our team to experience different attractions first-hand and continue thinking about accessibility, inclusion and how disabled people and their whānau can feel welcomed and supported when enjoying days out in the community. 💚

A big thank you to the team at SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton’s for having us!

📍 SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton’s Aquarium
🌊 Auckland, New Zealand

We’re looking forward to more conversations, connections and accessible adventures while we’re here in Auckland! 💚

06/09/2026

💚 Auckland disability community

Transition Expo 2026 is only 3 days away!

The Hāpai Access Card team is coming to Auckland this Wednesday for Transition Expo 2026 at Auckland Netball Centre, St Johns.

If you’re looking for disability support in Auckland, accessibility information, transition services, employment, education, housing, recreation or ways to build greater independence, this is a great event to have on your calendar.

Come and meet the Hāpai Access Card team and find out how the card helps disabled people communicate their access needs with participating businesses, venues and services across New Zealand.

📅 Wednesday 9 September 2026
🕘 9:00am–2:00pm
📍 Auckland Netball Centre, St Johns, Auckland
🎟️ Free entry

We’re looking forward to meeting more of the Auckland disability and accessibility community and showing people what the Hāpai Access Card can do.

See you in Auckland! 💚

28/08/2026

Auckland come and see us! 💚

The Hāpai Access Card team will be at Transition Expo 2026, and we’d love you to come along, say kia ora and find out more about how the Hāpai Access Card can help communicate access needs clearly and confidently.

This year’s theme is “Enabling Good Lives”, with organisations covering transition support, education, employment, housing, recreation, legal and financial services, and much more all under one roof.

If you’re a young disabled person, parent, caregiver or whānau member thinking about life after school, this is a fantastic opportunity to discover what support and opportunities are out there.

📅 Wednesday 9 September 2026
🕘 9:00am – 2:00pm
📍 Auckland Netball Centre, St Johns Auckland
🎟️ FREE ENTRY

There’s free parking, wheelchair access, an onsite café, a quiet sensory space, plus NZSL and Chinese interpreters available throughout the day.

💚 Come and find the Hāpai Access Card stall and have a chat with us we’ll be there in Auckland and would love to meet you!

27/08/2026

🌼 DAFFODIL DAY 2026 🌼

Today, Friday 28 August, Hāpai Access Card is proud to acknowledge Daffodil Day and stand alongside people across Aotearoa affected by cancer.

Daffodil Day is a powerful symbol of hope, bringing communities together to support the Cancer Society and the important services they provide for people with cancer and their whānau.

For many people, accessibility, understanding and having the right support can make a huge difference during challenging times. At Hāpai Access Card, we believe everyone deserves to be treated with dignity, respect and understanding when accessing everyday services and experiences.

Today we recognise those living with cancer, those supporting loved ones, those we remember, and the incredible people working and volunteering to provide support throughout Aotearoa.

Wear your yellow, support the collectors if you can, and help spread a little hope this Daffodil Day. 🌼💚

25/08/2026

Remembering Dolly Parton - 1946 - 2026 💚

Today, the Hāpai Access Card team joins people around the world in mourning the passing of Dolly Parton, who has died at the age of 80.

Dolly was so much more than a country music legend. Across an extraordinary lifetime, she used her music, humour, generosity and compassion to bring joy and hope to millions of people.

Beyond the stage, her philanthropy made a lasting difference, particularly through initiatives such as the Imagination Library, helping children and families access books and discover a love of reading.

Dolly showed how kindness, generosity and simply caring about others can leave an impact far greater than fame.

Our thoughts are with her family, friends, fans and everyone around the world whose lives she touched.

Rest in peace, Dolly Parton. Your music, kindness and incredible legacy will live on. 💚

1946 - 2026

25/08/2026

Next steps expo

25/08/2026

What a day we’ve had at the Next Steps expo in Christchurch! 💚

The Hāpai Access Card team has been here all day connecting with the disability community, meeting organisations and checking out some of the fantastic accessibility and mobility solutions on display.

Thomas even got the chance to try out this awesome three-wheel all-terrain vehicle from Vehicle Adaptions a pretty cool way to experience one of the innovative mobility options at the expo!

We’ve loved being part of a day focused on accessibility, inclusion, independence and creating more opportunities for disabled people across Aotearoa.

24/08/2026

Kia ora Christchurch we’re here at the Next Steps Disability Community Expo 2026! 💚

📸 Pictured are Susan and Ruth from Hāpai, ready to welcome you, have a kōrero and tell you more about the Hāpai Access Card.

There are more than 100 services and organisations here today, all in one welcoming and accessible space. Come along, explore what’s available, make new connections and discover opportunities across the disability community.

If you’re at the expo, make sure you come over to the Hāpai Access Card stand and say kia ora to Susan and Ruth & Thomas

📅 Today — Tuesday 25th August 2026
🕙 10:00am–4:00pm
📍 Parakiore Recreation Centre – Show Courts
St Asaph Street, Christchurch

FREE entry and FREE parking!

💚 We’re here and ready to meet you — come and see us!

24/08/2026