CCS Disability Action Northland Branch: Update on the sale of Kamo Road property

9 June 2025

Purpose

We want to share an important update with the disabled people and whānau we support, as well as members of the public who visit or are interested in our services at 291 Kamo Road, Whangārei.

Background

Over the past three years, CCS Disability Action Northland has been reviewing the future of our property at 291 Kamo Road. The building is becoming increasingly expensive to maintain and no longer fully meets the needs of our staff or the people we support.

In 2021, we engaged SCOPE (formerly Griffiths and Associates) to help us explore a range of options for the site. After careful consideration, and recognising our role as a not-for-profit organisation, we determined that selling the property and relocating would be the most sustainable option for continuing to deliver high-quality services into the future.

The property was listed for sale, but we have not received offers that reflect the property's value or that meet our expectations.

Next steps

We have now withdrawn the property from the market and will pause the sale process for the medium term. This gives us time to reflect and plan the best way forward to ensure we can continue supporting disabled people and their whānau in a safe, accessible, and sustainable environment.

For now, we want to reassure you that we will continue to operate from 291 Kamo Road. There are no immediate changes to our services or how you access them.

If you have any questions or would like to talk with us about this update, please feel free to get in touch.

Ngā mihi

Bettina Syme
General Manager CCS Disability Action Northland Branch
027 216 4742
Bettina.Syme@ccsDisabilityAction.org.nz

CCS Disability Action background information

CCS Disability Action is the largest pan-disability support and advocacy organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand.

We support people with all types of impairments and have been working alongside disabled people since 1935. We are at the forefront of service provision, advocacy and information sharing in the disability sector. We partner with disabled people, their families and whānau to remove barriers at an individual, community and national level. Our vision is to see every disabled person and whānau hauā interwoven into the lives of their whānau and community.

We provide direct support to around 5,000 children, young people, and adults through our 18 branches, which operate from Northland to Invercargill. Our support focuses on breaking down barriers. 

We also run New Zealand’s nationwide Mobility Parking Permit scheme. This scheme currently supports more than 170,000 people to access their communities and facilities more easily. Our subsidiaries, Lifemark and BarrierFree, advocate for and provides universal design consultancy to improve the accessibility of New Zealand’s housing and built environments. We receive a mixture of government and charitable funding.

For more information, please visit www.ccsDisabilityAction.org.nz