Martine Abel-Williamson - Attitude Awards 2018 Finalist
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Martine Abel-Williamson standing outside Disability Connect building with a guide dog
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Martine Abel-Williamson – “We don’t have most of the resources, but we make things happened and I think it’s that creativity that draws people to New Zealand and that makes us being able to make a difference.”
Narrator – “Namibian born Martine Abel-Williamson wears many hats.”
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Martine Abel-Williamson walks in the building with guide dog
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Narrator – “Twenty-two years ago, she moved to Auckland to be with her brother and sister.”
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Martine Abel-Williamson walking down the hall way with her guide dog
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Narrator – “She soon found a need for her Braille reading, voluntarily teaching newly blind people.”
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Martine Abel-Williamson conversing with multiple people in a room
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Narrator – “That kicked off a long career in the disability sector. She is a treasurer of the World Blind Union, chair of the Auckland Disability Law Centre, vice-president of blind citizens New Zealand, lead of the Asia-Pacific Regional UN advocacy Network. She’s also on panels for agencies including ACC.”
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Martine Abel-Williamson – "My voluntary work often is sort of the passion because the struggles that we work through are really just amazing.”
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Martine Abel-Williamson – “I feel I get home at the end of the day made a difference.”
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Martine Abel-Williamson using a computer and a keyboard for he visually impaired
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Narrator – “She also wrote New Zealand’s world leading policy on the safe design of shared spaces, where pedestrians and cars share the road."
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Martine Abel-Williamson sitting in a room
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Martine Abel-Williamson – “New Zealand can say hand on heart that we’ve made sure that a scary concept for many”
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Martine Abel-Williamson using a mobile
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Martine Abel-Williamson – “people, actually can be quite a vibrant, accessible exercise.”
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Narrator – “Martine throws herself into new situation and loves experiencing the world, from Mongolia to the Netherlands. Martine sees little end to her work.”
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Martine Abel-Williamson putting strap over the guide dog
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Narrator – “There’s simply too much to be done, and she encourages others in the disability community to step up.”
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Martine Abel-Williamson standing outside a building
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Martine Abel-Williamson – “I say to fellow disabled people that we have to be at the table, otherwise we’re gonna be on the menu.”
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