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Mauriora:

Learning and being grounded in our whakapapa and culture(s) is our inherent right. Decolonisation is our priority. We honour indigenous, collective, and strengths-based understandings of disability and the language chosen to reflect them.

Toiora:

Disabled people are trusted and empowered to enhance our wellbeing and that of our communities. We address the inequitable conditions which result in disabled people disproportionately living in poverty, precarity, and experiencing violence and abuse. Being safe and a sense of belonging are crucial to disabled people's wellbeing.

Te Oranga:

We challenge ableism, along with systemic forms of violence, conflict, oppression, and discrimination. These hurt everyone but especially disabled people. We recognise and advocate for the inherent value and full inclusion of disabled people and the disability community individually and collectively. This often involves substantially shifting mindsets, government priorities, and ways of working. Disabled lives and wellbeing come before profit.