In what's becoming a sign of the times, we're departing from the scheduled programme. We're taking time out from the 3 part look at Sport and Disability, in favour of a Canterbury quake update. This time, from a disability perspective. Prompting from a regular listener to One in Five got me thinking. In mainstream media, we've not been getting much information about how disabled Cantabrians are doing - and we'd be justified in fearing the worst. I mean how does a blind person fetch water from a tanker down the street, or a wheelchair user get into a Port-a-loo, should there even be one handy. So joining me on One in Five are Rachel Mullins from the disability community in Christchurch, Donna Mitchell who is group manager of Operations for NZ Care - and CBM's chief executive in New Zealand, Darren Ward…

Andrew Johnson with NZCare team leader Sharyn Smallridge.
Christchurch man Andrew Johnson with NZCare team leader Sharyn Smallridge. Andrew was in the CBD when the 22 February quake hit. He gave a barefoot tourist his shoes.