Alone we can do so little;
together we can do so much.

Helen Keller

Who are we?

The NZDEN represents a collective of employers committed to being better employers, serving our customers better, and playing an active part in supporting disabled and neurodiverse people to succeed in their communities.

We are committed to our vision: 'New Zealand organisations realise the true potential of disabled and neurodiverse people, to the benefit of everyone'.

We all continue to grow our understanding of the value of disabled people to us as employers, but also the value they bring for all of Aotearoa.

Why the NZDEN?

As individual organisations we struggle to create the broad knowledge, skillset and connections to implement good disability an neurodiversity inclusion programmes.

Together, we are pooling our resources to support a specialist team who we can then use to support our individual organisations' journeys.

Meet our members

Honouring "Nothing about us without us"

We realise that this needs to be done in partnership with disabled and neurodiverse people.

We partner with organisations from across the disability sector to ensure that we are working with disabled and neurodiverse people to create a New Zealand that works for them, allowing them to realise their personal aspirations.