If you have cancer, cerebral palsy, are at risk of a heart attack or stroke; have multiple sclerosis, arthritis, or any other life-changing illness not related to an accident, this site is for you. Good health can be a fragile state. If your health crumbles you’re thrust into a world you know little about.

New Zealand has two streams of health funding each governed by different entities: ACC protects those injured by an accident; the Ministry of Health (through the agencies of Enable Funding and Accessable) are responsible for those who develop an illness. While both deal with New Zealanders with similar levels of need, by comparison the funding and service provision provided by the Ministry of Health severely disadvantages those of us with illnesses.

Incensed by such inequalities, in April 2003 Melanie Trevethick lodged a claim with the Human Rights Commission claiming Discrimination by the Ministry of Health under the prohibited grounds of Disability. That claim is with the HRC Review Tribunal awaiting their decision (which was expected in March 2007). It is the first claim of its type to be lodged with the HRC; if necessary proceeding through to the Supreme Court.