The incoming government is being challenged to make more than noise over daily disparities being faced by people living with disabilities.
Fair Go has been running a year-long campaign looking at the unnecessary barriers people living with disabilities have to put up with daily.
The current affairs programme has seen some small wins for individuals fighting in their corner, but advocates say only legislation will ensure people with disabilities get the same rights that able-bodied people already enjoy.
"How many people are going with same problems and there is no systemic solution to the problem?" asked Juliana Carvalho, Blind Low Vision NZ’s head of advocacy.
"That's why we need to have our rights in writing."
Progress on the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill was put on hold prior to the election by former Minister for Disability Issues Priyanca Radhakrishnan.
The National Party said the bill needs a do-over.
National MP Maureen Pugh was on the select committee for the Bill and described the process as a tragic "waste of everybody's time".
"The Bill is designed to have a committee set up to advise the Minister (for Disability Issues) and my argument is that you don't need legislation to set up a committee."
Pugh agreed with the criticism from disability campaigners that it's missing actual regulation.
"There's nothing that makes it obligatory for the minister to listen to the advisory group. There's no timelines attached to anything that may be implemented."
National did see the merits of enforceable standards, with Pugh acknowledging that that there are "very good models around the world where we could have adopted some of that, so it wouldn't have been a hard job to put in the Bill".
But she wouldn’t give a commitment that her party would strengthen the Bill.
"We can't make any plans about the future just yet – give us a few weeks and we may be in a better position," Pugh said.
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