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Who we are

On this page you'll find information about Enable New Zealand and its mission to support disabled people in Aotearoa with equipment and advice.


Enable New Zealand is the leading supplier of disability equipment, information, advice and modification services in Aotearoa.

Every year our team of 195 are busy supporting or directly managing over a hundred thousand requests for services each year.

We work alongside three national funding organisations, 5220 assessors, 572 suppliers and subcontractors; and thousands of members of our disability community.

Our vision

The team at Enable New Zealand are united behind a shared vision, to work towards a non-disabling Aotearoa where there are no barriers to living your best life.

Our purpose

It’s easy to get out of bed in the morning when you work for an organisation with purpose. Together, our small but mighty team are working each day to support disabled people and their whānau to live everyday lives in their communities.

Find out more about what we do

  • Working at Enable

    Wondering what kinds of roles we have at Enable New Zealand? Hear from our people.

  • Our board and governance

    Enable New Zealand Limited (Enable New Zealand) is a wholly owned Crown entity subsidiary of Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand and/or Shareholder).

  • Our history

    Enable New Zealand Limited is a wholly owned Crown entity subsidiary of Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand and/or Shareholder).

  • Our locations

    Take a look through our head office in Palmerston North, and our warehouses in Hamilton, Palmerston North and Christchurch.

  • Enable Year in Review

    Find out how we work alongside disabled people to help them live everyday lives in their communities.

  • Our leadership team

    Meet the members of Enable New Zealand's Executive Leadership Team.

Our values / Our Māra

The Enable New Zealand Māra (Garden) represents our organisational values, where they sit, and how they contribute to the successful outcomes for our community. 

They are our guiding principles, our ways of working, providing the framework where we work together, supporting disabled people and their whānau to live everyday lives in their communities.

The values have been defined for our context, representing what each look like within our organisation, for our people, and for our communities

Manaakitanga – Engaging with respect

Mana Enhancing – Acting with integrity

Whānau centred – Strengths based and self directed

Kotahitanga – Working together for Aotearoa.

our values at enable are a garden