Enable New Zealand

Quality Living, Healthy Lives

Enable New Zealand contributes to the reduction of barriers for independent living and participation for disabled people through the provision of specialised equipment, housing modifications and vehicle purchase and modifications.

This is achieved through the delivery of the Ministry of Health Equipment and Modification Services (EMS) contract via the Enable Processing team.

This service includes

• Specialised Equipment
• Equipment Repairs, Refurbishing and Reissuing Equipment
• Housing Modifications
• Vehicle Assessment
• Vehicle Purchase
• Vehicle Modifications

Each year Enable Processing handles approximately:

• 74,500 new equipment purchases
• 3,124 housing applications
• 47,000 phone calls
• 30,240 equipment reissues saving the Ministry of Health $16.2 Million
• 55 vehicle applications
• 14,560 equipment repairs

Enable Processing covers the entire South Island and the lower and central part of the North Island up to the Bombay Hills.

Further information regarding eligibility and process can be found on the Disability Funding Information website:

• Equipment page
• Housing page
• Vehicle page

Further general information about disability support services in New Zealand can be found on the Ministry of Health website.