Meet the Founder

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Hi, I'm Tereina.

I'm a former NDIA Internal Review Officer and Team Leader who spent years reviewing NDIS decisions, assessing evidence, and determining whether participants met the legislative requirements for funding.

During my time inside the NDIA, I completed over 1,000 internal reviews. I sat on the side of the desk most participants never see. I know how decisions are made, what evidence decision-makers are looking for, and why supports are sometimes approved, reduced, or declined.

What I saw repeatedly was that participants often had genuine support needs and substantial evidence, but the information provided didn't answer the questions the NDIA was required to consider.

The problem was rarely a lack of evidence.

The problem was understanding how to present that evidence in a way that demonstrated functional impact, support needs, and alignment with NDIS requirements.

That's why I created The Good Fight.

The Good Fight exists to help participants, families, providers, and advocates understand why NDIS decisions happen, what information may be missing, and what evidence is needed to strengthen a request, review, or appeal.

Today, we focus on practical education, templates, guides, examples, and resources that translate complex NDIS concepts into plain English.

Everything we create is designed to answer three questions:

• Why did this decision happen?
• What information is missing?
• What evidence is needed to change the outcome?

Most people are not losing funding because they don't have a story to tell.

They're losing funding because nobody has shown them how to turn that story into evidence.

That's the gap The Good Fight exists to close.

- Tereina
Founder, The Good Fight