Some weeks feel like a test of endurance. This one could have qualified for the decathlon. Monday: I had an appointment with the Eye Service at Outpatients, where I was told that despite months of being assured I qualified for publicly funded cataract surgery, I no longer do. The reason? The other eye is “too … Continue reading What a Week (From Hell)
Ten days ago, I got a call from IRD about an Application for Relief I’d submitted online. Within thirty seconds, I could tell the tone was going to be adversarial and accusatory. Since I tend to fall apart in those kinds of situations, I recorded it — so I could digest what was said later, … Continue reading No Relief for Doing the Right Thing
Things were slowly getting better now that I was back home and starting to come to terms with living with a disability. Now I just had to tackle WINZ. Work and Income New Zealand is the branch of the Ministry of Social Development in charge of providing financial assistance and employment services throughout New Zealand. … Continue reading The Unfathomable World of WINZ
