[2016] NZSSAA 73 (18 July 2016) [pdf, 115 KB]
...will not have the appellant’s disabilities but incur the cost of attending the group. (c) Whether there are less costly goods or services which might meet the need. 5 It seems likely that the appellant could satisfy his need for human contact by meeting with people closer to his home. [15] Taking all these matters into account we are not satisfied that travel to a men’s church group in Masterton can be regarded as an additional cost which amounts to a disabil...