In September and October 2026, the Waitangi Tribunal released two reports from the Wai 3553 urgent inquiry into the Crown's national curriculum reforms and the removal of school boards' explicit statutory obligation to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The findings confirm serious concerns raised by Māori, educators, whānau and communities about the direction of education reform in Aotearoa New Zealand. Across both reports, the Tribunal found that the Crown breached the Treaty principles of partnership, active protection, equity and good government. The September report found that the Crown failed to meaningfully engage Māori in national curriculum development, abandoned important aspects of the earlier collaborative approach, and proceeded without sufficient evidence that its preferred knowledge-rich curriculum would improve equitable outcomes for Māori learners. The Tribunal also found that the reforms reduced the emphasis on te reo Māori, tikanga Māori and mātauranga Māori, weakening opportunities for these to be meaningfully recognised, taught and transmitted through education. The October report examined the removal of section 127(1)(d) of the Education and Training Act 2020, which required school boards to ensure schools give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The Tribunal found that the Crown removed this obligation without meaningful engagement with Māori and replaced it with weaker statutory protections for Māori language, knowledge and educational equity. The changes also created unnecessary uncertainty about school boards' continuing Te Tiriti responsibilities and increased the risk that the Crown's obligations would not be fulfilled in everyday schooling. The Tribunal specifically recommended that the Crown formally apologise to Māori and reinstate section 127(1)(d) in its entirety, working with Māori to preserve its full substance and effect.Importantly, the Tribunal identified serious prejudice arising from these breaches, including damage to the Māori–Crown relationship, diminished trust in government education decision-making, weakened protection of Māori educational interests, and the undermining of Māori authority. It also recognised the diminished mana of iwi and hapū who had invested their knowledge, time and relationships in education. These findings matter to all communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Education shapes how young people understand themselves, their histories, their relationships with others and their responsibilities to the country they call home. Te Tiriti o Waitangi is not simply a historical document. It establishes enduring obligations that must be honoured in the institutions, policies and decisions that shape our society. A genuinely Te Tiriti-centred education system requires more than the inclusion of Māori words, concepts or cultural content. It requires meaningful partnership, recognition of Māori authority, protection of Māori language and knowledge, and sustained commitment to addressing longstanding educational inequities. Māori educators, whānau, hapū and iwi have worked for generations to address these inequities and create educational environments where tamariki Māori can succeed as Māori. The progress achieved has been hard-won, and much work remains. The Tribunal's findings reinforce the Crown's responsibility to protect that progress, restore genuine partnership and ensure that education reform honours Māori rights and aspirations. The Crown must honour the findings of an independent Tribunal established to examine breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Together we can hold the  Government  accountable for its actions and demonstrate that our communities across Aotearoa believe in honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi within the Education sector. Trust cannot be demanded. It must be earned. Confidence cannot be assumed. It must be restored. Sign this petition and share it with friends, family and everyone who values fairness, educational equity, truthful histories and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.  Helpful links to further reading • The Recolonisation of the New Zealand Curriculum in 2025 • From Decolonisation to Recolonisation: The Dismantling of Te Tiriti-Based Education Reform in Aotearoa New Zealand • What happened to the uniquely Indigenous Māori Curriculum? • Dozens of principal, teacher associations sign letter opposed to government's curriculum changes • How Can Aotearoa Have A World-Leading Education System? UN Concerns And Treaty Breaches Challenge Stanford's Claims • Schools Treaty decision blindsided Māori and Crown should apologise, Waitangi Tribunal says • “More For Māori Education Than Any Minister I Can Remember” — Minister, Let Us Help With Your Memory

The Taranaki Alliance, the industrial hub of Venture Taranaki, is using the National–NZ First–Act Coalition Government's $12 billion Defence Capability Plan to create opportunities for local businesses to profit from the war economy. Venture Taranaki has said: "As South Australia has successfully packaged itself as a 'Defence state' it is feasible to see Taranaki positioned in a similar way." [1] As people who live in and care about Taranaki, we are deeply concerned. We do not want to see our local councils and businesses drawn into the fossil-fuel-dependent military-industrial complex that is harming people and the planet. What's already happening • The Taranaki Alliance has signed a memorandum of understanding with Supacat, a British military vehicle manufacturer whose vehicles have been deployed by UK, Australian, and US special forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. [2] • It has also signed an MoU with HunterNet, an Australian industry network whose dedicated Hunter Defence structure aligns with the ANZAC 2035 framework promoting a joint Australia–New Zealand industrial base. The Wider Picture The New Zealand 2025 Defence Capability Plan signals a shift in Defence's core focus towards military combat capability with ‘enhanced lethality’ readiness against geopolitical threats and supporting international alliances, while downgrading the threat of climate change. [3] Aotearoa New Zealand is now deeply integrated into the US military supply chain through defence agreements, military exercises, space surveillance, and billion-dollar military purchases. Rocket Lab, a New Zealand-founded company, launches satellites from Māhia Peninsula for the US geospatial intelligence firm BlackSky, which may be supplying intelligence to Israel's military in its targeting of Gaza. [4] [5] Following the announcement that the Methanex Motunui plant was closing, Resources Minister Shane Jones has said that the Defence Force needed to boost its resources and that “Taranaki is at the front of the queue” [6]. Jones also told RNZ the Government was actively working to pivot the Taranaki region’s specialised workforce into defence manufacturing.[7] Our communities need job creation, but not jobs that profit from war. Instead, we should be building just transitions that could include engineering for sustainable transport, sustainable agriculture tools, locally made onshore wind turbines, photovoltaic energy and solar technologies.Defence expenditure provides far fewer jobs and less security than investment in green energy, healthcare and education.[8] Our money, our choice The Government has put $3 million into the Taranaki Alliance, with a further $500,000 in seed funding from  New Plymouth District Council. We are concerned that our taxes and rates are being used to build a local war economy, capturing spending that should be directed towards renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, civil defence, climate resilience, and the well-being of our communities. A legacy we honour and one we reject Taranaki holds a strong historical legacy of peaceful resistance and reconciliation at Parihaka. It also carries a violent military colonial legacy of invasion and land confiscation that has had a devastating and long-lasting impact on Māori communities. We should be building on the first legacy, not the second. Join us as we demand that Taranaki is designated a ‘rohe of peace’ Together we can oppose the designation of Taranaki as a defence region, and we call on our Government, local councils, and the Taranaki Alliance to transition away from the war economy and towards peace. Sign the petition to keep Taranaki a place of peace, not a place of war. The petition was endorsed by the three marae of Parihaka: Parahuka, Takitūtū and Toroanui on 19 October 2026. References: 1. https://www.venture.org.nz/news/taranaki-businesses-explore-12-billion-defence-capability-opportunities 2. https://transporttalk.co.nz/news/taranaki-alliance-signs-mou-with-british-defence-vehicle-maker-supacat 3. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/558639/threat-of-climate-change-downgraded-in-defence-force-plan 4. https://www.newarab.com/news/new-zealand-faces-lawsuit-over-technology-use-during-gaza-war 5. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/science-and-technology/590529/nz-has-seized-opportunities-to-work-closer-with-us-on-defence-space-mfat-briefing 6. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/1224412/methanex-closure-to-have-ripple-effect-across-the-region 7. https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/361076628/government-chips-3m-taranaki-alliance-regional-infrastructure-fund 8. https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/false-promise-defence-prosperity

Flat Bush has nearly 56,000 residents, about a third of the Howick Local Board area, and has doubled in a decade. Yet we still have no permanent library, no community centre and no council swimming pool. A library and community centre were first promised in 2005, and a $27 million aquatic centre was announced in 2018. The funding is in the Long-term Plan, but the dates keep moving.   Communities of a similar size, such as Devonport-Takapuna and Puketāpapa, have their own local board with six members. Flat Bush has three of eleven seats on Auckland's largest local board. Please sign and share with your neighbours, schools and community groups. Numbers matter.   For more detail, please read document in below link Flat_Bush_Submission_Howick_Local_Board.pdf

Everyone deserves to be able to get where they need to go, whether that’s getting to work, attending school, visiting the doctor, buying groceries or seeing friends and family. Access to reliable public transport can make a real difference to people’s independence, opportunities and quality of life. 1. A lack of bus stops on Waipuna Road and Levene Place creates barriers for people who need transport most Auckland Transport decides where buses stop, and right now there are no bus stops on these roads. The nearest public transport is at least 25 to 30 minutes walk, creating additional barriers for the working class people, the elderly, disabled people, students, people on lower incomes and others who cannot drive or do not have access to a car. Without convenient public transport, everyday journeys to work, education, healthcare, shops and other essential services can become much harder. 2. The people who keep this area running need better options Waipuna Road and Levene Place are home to people who care for residents at Radius Rest Home, welcome guests at Waipuna Hotel and work for employers such as Rocket Lab and other local businesses. We are calling for bus stops at key locations along Waipuna Road, including near Waipuna Hotel and around 103 Waipuna Road, close to Rocket Lab and Resthome. These locations would help make public transport more accessible for employees, hotel guests, rest home workers, residents and other people who live, work or visit the area. Workers need practical ways to get to and from work, including those who cannot drive or rely on someone else for a lift. 3. Better bus connections would help people access more of their community, including Panmure Basin on weekends Better bus connections on Waipuna Road and Levene Place could give people more options for getting to work, reaching shops and essential services, and travelling to destinations such as Sylvia Park, Pakuranga and Panmure. Improved public transport connections could also make Waipuna Junction more accessible to Aucklanders, particularly on weekends. Waipuna junction is a valuable recreational destination where people can enjoy Waipuna Miniature Railway, RC boat drive, picnic, playground and spending time with family and friends, and connecting with nature. However, people without access to a car may find it difficult to visit if convenient public transport options are limited. Better connections throughout the week and on weekends would help families, young people, older adults, people with disabilities and others enjoy local recreational spaces and participate more fully in community life. Public transport should support not only commuting and essential daily needs, but also recreation, wellbeing and social connection. Better connections would reduce reliance on cars and help make our community more accessible and inclusive. Help us improve public transport access for our community We are calling on local businesses, community organizations, and people who live and work in the area to stand together for better public transport access on Waipuna Junction, Waipuna Road, Waipuna road east and Levene Place. By signing this petition, we can show Auckland Transport that this is an issue our community cares about and that better access would benefit the people and businesses that make this area thrive. Sign this petition to call for better public transport access on Waipuna Road and Levene Place.

This year’s General Election provides a crucial opportunity to elect representatives who will take a stand for justice and be accountable to us, the people. Voters can use their power to demonstrate to political parties and candidates that those who enable or excuse Israel’s apartheid regime and genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians will not be elected or re-elected. By signing this pledge, you are committing to make your vote count for Palestine. Together we will vote only for political parties and candidates that are committed to the liberation of Palestine, and will commit the next Government of Aotearoa New Zealand to: • Recognising Palestinian statehood • Sanctioning the occupation for its ongoing genocide and decades-long illegal occupation of Palestine • Creating special visa pathways for Palestinians wanting to come to Aotearoa New Zealand • Divesting public money from companies that uphold Israeli systems of apartheid and illegal settlements It is time for you to take the pledge and make your vote count for Palestine. https://scontent.fakl4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/844557161_18350637136255918_1357628089279312586_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1350x1688&ctp=s1350x1688&_nc_cat=102&_nc_map=urlgen_bucketless&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=wz0jSjY75YIQ7kNvwHAEms3&_nc_oc=AdppwB362lnul7PvcG33XuUaWxw_aT2_2_XOnNT6uf1R5lc0m8QLuLksgUkZ5xSrt_o&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fakl4-1.fna&_nc_gid=U7EEAvtrvJMLDb8cbNaeGw&_nc_ss=7b2a8&oh=00_AQRr4d5VNDi1WsZkRORGEtwaZVqd7Ff_kWk1j5h71ouT-A&oe=6AEDB5A5 JOIN A RALLY FOR PALESTINE ON 10 OCTOBER - FIND DETAILS OF THE ACTIONS IN YOUR AREA HERE.

By signing the Kiwi Environment Election Pledge you're telling all political parties that your vote depends on their commitment to protecting our natural world & placing the environment high on their agenda - where it belongs.

Women and girls are already being secretly filmed, including in Aotearoa Smart glasses are entering a world where women and girls already experience voyeurism, sexual harassment and image-based abuse. The technology can make these forms of abuse easier to carry out discreetly. Overseas, men have used Ray-Ban Meta glasses to record encounters with women in public and post the footage on social media. Women have reported being filmed during everyday interactions, with videos attracting sexualised comments from strangers. Women working in massage parlours and the sex industry have also reportedly been filmed without their knowledge. In the United States, reports have described boys secretly filming girls with smart glasses and uploading footage to TikTok. There has already been a case in New Zealand. An Auckland man used Ray-Ban Meta glasses in an attempt to make an intimate visual recording of a sex worker without her consent. The case resulted in a guilty plea to attempting to make an intimate visual recording. It demonstrates how easily a device designed for everyday use can also be used to violate someone's privacy. The consequences can continue long after a recording is made. Footage can be uploaded, copied and shared beyond the control of the person recorded. An ordinary interaction can be presented to an online audience as entertainment, with the woman at its centre having no say in how she is shown. Children and young people face serious risks too. They should be able to attend school, socialise and spend time in public without having to wonder whether someone nearby is secretly recording them. NZ law does not clearly protect people from being secretly filmed in public New Zealand law can address some forms of harmful recording. The Crimes Act 1961 criminalises certain intimate visual recordings made without consent, and the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 can apply to the distribution of intimate recordings and other harmful digital communications. However, these protections have limits. Many reported incidents involving smart glasses concern fully clothed women filmed in public. A recording of that kind may fall outside the legal definition of an intimate visual recording, even if the footage is captured for sexual reasons and later used to humiliate or harass the person recorded. Other legal avenues may depend on the circumstances or require proof that is difficult to establish. Classification laws can prohibit material involving the sexual exploitation of children when it meets the legal test for an “objectionable” publication. But that test does not cover every harmful use of smart glasses. Livestreaming, AI alteration or sharing of footage can cause serious harm without the resulting material being legally “objectionable” under the Act. This means some harmful uses of smart glasses may fall outside the protection. The Privacy Commissioner has acknowledged the need to examine whether the current framework adequately addresses the risks. That review should include the responsibilities of companies that design, import and sell these products. Companies must take responsibility for harm that is easy to predict When companies introduce a new technology, they make choices about its design and what it can do. Those choices affect how easily the product can be misused and what happens to the information it captures. A small recording light, for example, offers limited protection if people nearby cannot see it or do not know what it means. Companies should not be able to shift responsibility for foreseeable harms onto customers by simply telling them to use a product responsibly. We have seen this pattern across the technology sector. Products are released and widely adopted, then the public is left to deal with the harms while the laws that protect us struggle to catch up. Women and girls are often expected to change their behaviour and remain alert to new forms of abuse. The companies profiting from the technology face far less pressure to prevent that abuse before it occurs. Recent events show why we cannot rely on individual retailers to make the right call. Kmart has now removed its Anko camera glasses from sale in New Zealand and Australia, amid growing privacy concerns. But more expensive camera-enabled glasses, including Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta, remain available in Aotearoa through other retailers. A retailer’s decision to withdraw one product is welcome, but it is no substitute for enforceable safeguards that protect everyone, regardless of which brand is being sold. Smart glasses offer an opportunity to change that approach. Companies should be required to assess foreseeable risks before products reach the market and build effective safeguards into their design. That should include meaningful recording notifications and strict controls over how footage is stored, accessed and used by AI systems. Smart glasses also raise tikanga and Māori data sovereignty concerns  Smart glasses raise particular issues in contexts such as tangihanga and other culturally significant gatherings, where recording may conflict with tikanga relating to tapu, noa, whakapapa and the appropriate handling of images and voices. A device worn on the face cannot recognise or respect these contexts, and the person wearing it may not understand the tikanga involved. The ability to record, identify and store Māori faces and voices also raises concerns about Māori data sovereignty, particularly where biometric information is collected or processed without Māori control. A pause now lets us set the rules before covert filming becomes the norm Smart glasses can provide genuine benefits. For blind and low-vision people, AI-enabled glasses can help read signs, identify objects and navigate unfamiliar places. Regulation should protect those uses and access, including through appropriate exceptions or pathways for assistive technology. A pause on consumer sales would give New Zealand time to establish clear rules before these products become more popular. It would also send a clear message that companies must account for foreseeable harm when developing and selling powerful new technologies. The next Government has an opportunity to act on the concerns already raised by the Privacy Commissioner. We should not wait until covert recording becomes an ordinary part of public life, or until more people discover that footage of them has been shared without their consent.

Israel is only able to maintain its apartheid regime and to expand its illegal settlements because of material support from the international community, including through unethical investments by global financial institutions (including ASB and other New Zealand banks and funds). Mindful Money’s 2025 research showed that 91% of the New Zealand public want to avoid investments that violate human rights. However,many of our KiwiSaver funds are invested in companies that are involved in Israel’s illegal occupation, meaning that through our retirement savings we are inadvertently helping to finance of Israel’s system of apartheid, the expansion of illegal settlements in the Westbank and East Jerusalem, and the genocide of the people of Gaza.  According to research by Mindful Money, KiwiSaver funds' investments supporting Israeli settlements in Palestinian occupied territories almost doubled from March 2024 to March 2025 from $92 million to $179 million.  In April 2026, KiwiSaver investments in Motorola Solutions alone totalled $61 million. .  What can you do about it? With the ASB KiwiSaver win we’ve shown that people power works! We need to keep the  pressure on our KiwiSaver providers to divest from Israeli apartheid. It’s time to get ANZ to  to stop financing Israel’s apartheid, ongoing colonisation and genocide and divest from the illegal settlements. Together we can get them to do the right thing, again!  • Are you an ANZ customer? Sign the petition and use your power to demand that ANZ divest - or else you will switch to another provider. But don’t switch yet - while you’re still a customer you have power to pressure ANZ - keep the pressure on till 30 March 2027 when everyone will switch together if they haven’t divested from Motorola. • Not a ANZ customer? Sign the petition and share to help bring others on board to demand action from ANZ. Boycott action works - and is a powerful tool we can use to make big companies realise the cost of doing business with an apartheid state.  Why ANZ? Of all of New Zealand’s KiwiSaver funds, ANZ has the most investments in Motorola Solutions Inc.  https://www.whoprofits.org//writable/uploads/old/uploads/2018/06/old/bab_al_shams_-_ahmad_al_bazz.jpg Motorola Solutions Inc provides telecommunications, surveillance and military technology to the Israeli military and illegal Israeli settlements - effectively operating as the IDF’s technology arm and enabling the maintenance and expansion of these settlements. The company also provides technology for operating Israel’s checkpoints and separation wall, two key pieces of Israel's apartheid infrastructure.[1] Motorola Solutions Inc. have been included in the UN List businesses involved in activities that help maintain/enable Israeli settlements, which are illegal under international law. [2] ANZ has $18 million invested in Motorola Solutions Inc., making their KiwiSaver fund one of the biggest investors in the occupation in the top 10 KiwiSaver providers. While many KiwiSaver funds are complicit in Israeli crimes, we have identified ANZ as the #1 Most Unethical KiwiSaver for those who care about Palestinian human rights.  The International Court of Justice – the world’s highest court – recently declared that states, international organisations, investment corporations and all other institutions must not assist in maintaining the illegal situation created by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.[3] In April this year the NZ High Court ruled that the NZ Super Fund’s decision to invest in Motorola Solutions (amongst other companies) were unlawful. [4] ANZ is currently complicit in Israel’s violations of human rights and international law through its investments in Motorola Solutions Inc. To avoid being an accomplice to this illegal activity, ANZ must divest from Israeli apartheid. BDS works! In calling on ANZ to divest from Motorola Solutions Inc. we are taking the lead from the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions as a form of non-violent pressure on Israel. Both globally and here in Aotearoa, companies are realising that the investments in companies that sustain Israel's apartheid are unethical and are divesting. KiwiSaver providers Simplicity and ASB, Ireland’s sovereign investment fund and French Insurance giant AXA have all divested from services due to their role in illegal settlements. Public pressure works! We won with ASB. We can win with ANZ, and we won’t stop there… ANZ and other New Zealand banks and KiwiSaver providers continue to maintain investments in other companies directly or indirectly involved in the maintenance and extension of the illegal settlements, listed in the UN database. So we are also calling on ANZ and all other New Zealand banks and KiwiSaver providers to adopt policies that prohibit investments in the companies identified by the UN and get rid of any existing investments in these companies. These financial institutions are on notice that we don’t want our money invested in Israel’s discrimination and colonisation. If they continue to bank on apartheid, we’ll stop banking with them! It is more urgent and important than ever that our voices are heard loud and clear by decision-makers and to encourage others to join our growing movement. References:  [1] https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/3808 [2] OHCHR update of database of all business enterprises involved in the activities detailed in paragraph 96 of the report of the independent international fact finding mission to investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem [30 June 2023]. [3] Legal Consequences Arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Advisory Opinion) [2024]. [4] Nazzal v Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation [2026] NZHC 681, at [7], [97] and [100]. Photo credit: Motorola communication device used by the Israeli Police during the dispersal of a Palestinian demonstration Bab Al Shams, E1 Area | Jan 2013 | Photographed by Ahmad Al-Bazz, Activestills.

Political leaders set an example for society, including young people. How they campaign shapes what we see as acceptable in public life. We’re calling for political parties and candidates to uphold honesty, respect, transparency and integrity, and to campaign in ways that strengthen rather than undermine our democracy. 

We see the impact of economic abuse and family violence in our day-to-day work. We support victim-survivors and try to mitigate the harm caused by people who perpetrate economic abuse. But we often fight losing battles, because New Zealand’s systems allow economic abuse to happen, all too often with no recourse for addressing the harm caused.  Economic abuse is a form of family violence that uses coercive, controlling, and threatening behaviour to restrict or remove a person’s financial freedom, autonomy, and security. It is experienced in close personal relationships, particularly intimate partner relationships, and often occurs alongside other family violence behaviours. Research shows that 15% of ever-partnered women have experienced economic abuse. [1] Despite the prevalence of economic abuse, it is rarely recognised and responded to as a form of family violence. Yet the impact can be devastating. Without access to money, victim-survivors lack resources to escape violent partners and remain independent. We estimate it costs around $10,000 to separate from an abusive partner [2]. Even if they can escape, when faced with the threat of poverty, women may choose to stay.  When victim-survivors are able to leave, many are forced to carry coerced debt, ruined credit and financial harm long after the relationship ends. This is violence. We need to stop treating it like a hardship or budgeting problem. New Zealand laws and systems that don’t acknowledge and respond to this form of abuse adequately are lagging behind other countries. The United Kingdom and Australia have focused on amending legislation, policies, and processes to better support victim-survivors of economic abuse over the last five to ten years [3]. In contrast, Te Aorerekura and its associated Action Plans to date have no mention of, or response to, economic abuse [4]. Economic abuse is a form of family violence under the Family Violence Act 2018, but this only applies to the granting of a protection order (and ancillary property or furniture order) [5]. Economic abuse is not an isolated issue; it is a long-term driver of gender inequality and intergenerational harm in Aotearoa and needs to be treated as such. Policy recommendations have been developed in close partnership with the National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges, and are endorsed by around 80 other organisations from across the family violence, financial, and gender equity sectors. For the full list of policy changes recommended, see our website at https://thisisviolence.co.nz References: 1. Economic Abuse by An Intimate Partner and Its Associations with Women’s Socioeconomic Status and Mental Health, by Brooklyn M. Mellar, Janet Lynn Fanslow, Pauline J. Gulliver, and Tracey K. D. McIntosh. Economic Abuse by An Intimate Partner and Its Associations with Women’s Socioeconomic Status and Mental Health - Brooklyn M. Mellar, Janet Lynn Fanslow, Pauline J. Gulliver, Tracey K. D. McIntosh, 2024 2. Financial barriers to exiting abusive relationships, by Good Shepherd NZ Report: Financial barriers to exiting abusive relationships - Good Shepherd NZ 3. For example: Family Violence Flexible Support Packages. Family Violence Flexible Support Packages | vic.gov.au 4. Te Aorerekura Action Plan 2025-2030, Breaking the Cycle of Violence. The Centre for Family Violence and Sexual Violence Prevention.  Breaking the Cycle of Violence | The Centre for Family Violence and Sexual Violence Prevention 5. See Family Violence Act 2018, 11(e). Family Violence Act 2018 | New Zealand Legislation 

In New Zealand, too many people live in cold, damp and mouldy rental homes despite the Healthy Homes Standards. Poor housing affects health, education, employment and wellbeing, while also placing avoidable costs on families and the wider health system. A healthy home should not depend on how confident a tenant feels about challenging their landlord, or whether a landlord chooses to comply. ““Our walls are crying.” — A whānau living in a private rental in Auckland.” The current system relies heavily on landlords declaring their own compliance with the Healthy Homes Standards, with limited independent auditing. This creates a significant gap between what a property is reported to comply with and what tenants may actually experience. The 2026 Aotearoa Renters’ Survey, conducted by Renters United and ActionStation and involving 3,310 renters across Aotearoa, found that 18.7% of respondents believed their home was probably not up to Healthy Homes Standards. More concerningly, while many respondents had been given evidence or verbal reassurance that their home was Healthy Homes compliant, 42.7% still reported problems with mould, dampness or draughts.[1] We call for independent Healthy Homes certification and regular compliance checks for rental properties. Independent assessment would provide greater assurance that a property meets the standards, strengthen accountability, and give tenants greater confidence that the home they are renting is genuinely healthy. Together, we can work towards an Aotearoa where every person can live in housing that is safe, warm, dry and healthy. Please sign and share this petition. References  1. https://rentersunited.org.nz/aotearoa-renters-survey/ Further reading:   1. https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/about-tenancy-services/news/rotorua-landlord-ordered-to-pay-exemplary-damages-issued-with-3-year-restraining-order/  2. Mould growing on shoes raises questions over Healthy Homes compliance  3. Tenants still battling mould and damp, despite healthy homes standards compliance | RNZ  4. Landlord who rented out unlawful sheds and shipping containers ordered to pay exemplary damages and refund rent » Tenancy Services  5. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/1120121/worst-property-managers-named-and-shamed-in-new-report  6. https://www.consumer.org.nz/consumer-rights-and-campaigns/your-rights/property/assessing-rental-health-are-landlords-complying-with-the-standards  Tips for living in a healthy home https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/forms-and-resources/healthy-homes-standards-toolkit-for-tenants 

By eight, 35% of NZ children experience a family member’s death - for 1% of children, that’s a parent. Yet, many of us don’t know what to say when someone dies – often we say nothing. We at GESA believe grief education can normalise grief, reduce fear, build emotional literacy, strengthen peer support and reduce isolation. England requires grief education in its national curriculum from Sept 2026 – we believe NZ should also prepare young people for the losses that are inevitably part of life.  Please sign and share this petition with all your contacts and networks. It takes only a minute and would benefit the thousands of tamariki and rangatahi who are bereaved each year.