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Enable New Zealand Experience Advisory Group

Support Enable New Zealand leaders and our teams by providing a disabled persons perspective to our services.

Enable New Zealand is committed to accessibility and inclusion, to put that into action, we sought independent advisors from our community to share ideas on how we can make big improvements for our disability community.

Each quarter (every three months), our XAG meet for four hours with our Chief Experience and Engagement Officer and subject matter experts from the organisation, to test thinking and ways of working for Enable New Zealand.

What the XAG do

The Group input into how we deliver services, test ideas from the perspective of disabled persons and their whānau, advocate for system-level improvements, and ensure accessibility and inclusion across everything Enable New Zealand does.

  1. Customer Perspective: They bring lived experience, with an understanding and empathy of what our customers face when dealing with service providers. They are important advocates for our community. 

  1. Challenging: The members are free to debate the status-quo of Enable New Zealand, and to challenge our current and future direction. 

  1. Influence and Informing: XAG members do not act as ambassadors or connectors, instead they are a critical advisor to inform our future thinking. 

Recognition of expertise

Our XAG are offering an expert view and experience so members are be paid attendance fees are paid on a per meeting basis ($840 + GST per meeting attended).

There is also a member who’s appointed as the group chairperson. The Chairperson is also be paid on a per meeting basis ($1,000 + GST per meeting attended). 

If required, any travel is organised and paid for by Enable New Zealand. (Actual and reasonable expenses will be reimbursed.)

How do I apply to be on the XAG?

There will be between five to seven members at all times. The current XAG group is full, but if for any reason a member needs to leave, we will put the word out to our community. If you would like to be contacted in the event of a change, please email us at communications@enable.co.nz. The representative group will always be made up of a variety of lived experiences to ensure a strong diversity of views and insights.

After applications

All applicants are fairly reviewed and short-listed. We’ll contact you if you’re not successful and if you are selected for the short list, you’ll be invited to a short online interview. The questions for the interview will be provided in advance. Please note that we are happy to make accommodations for the interviews.

Web page update 24 December 2025