To: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Hon Phil Twyford, Hon Megan Woods, Hon James Shaw,, Hon Kelvin Davis, Hon Peeni Henare, Hon Shane Jones, Hon Julie Anne Genter, Hon Aupito Sio, Hon Carmel Sepuloni, Hon David Parker, Hon David Clark, Hon Eugenie Sage, Hon Nanaia Mahuta Flying is far too cheap. If it cost more, people would fly less often. Aviation is currently under-taxed compared to other modes of transport. Many countries already levy an Aviation Tax - including Austria, Britain, France, Germany, Norway and most recently Sweden. Please impose an Aviation Tax in New Zealand on all flight tickets so that people who want to fly are paying what it actually costs in environmental terms, and so that these costs are not passed onto future generations. The cost of climate de-stabilisation is a much steeper price to pay than a few extra dollars now. The revenues "should be earmarked so as to most effectively guide environmental policy" toward cutting emissions. As virtually all other forms of transport are now taxed, the lack of an Aviation Tax amounts to a tax break or indirect subsidy for airlines. The fee should be variable and based on the climate impact of the flight.

We support survivors call for the Government to: 1. Set up, under statute, an independent state entity to address the on-going abuse crisis in New Zealand with the authority to receive and investigate complaints of abuse from survivors and others, refer for prosecutions where appropriate, access records, determine appropriate redress that is consistent and reflects the seriousness of the abuse that has happened and the harm it has caused regardless of the institution responsible for their care, and require it to be provided. 2. Immediately provide urgent access to appropriate financial and other resources for all survivors of historical and recent abuse in care in New Zealand require for their recovery, rehabilitation, restoration of mana and remaining life potential.

As a country, we value compassion and kindness, but our welfare system is letting us down. Low wages, high rents, and successive governments gutting our welfare system has left hundreds of thousands of people in Aotearoa trapped in poverty. We, the undersigned, are calling on the House of Representatives to make the following changes that put children and whānau wellbeing at the heart of welfare: 1. Substantially improving core benefits; 2. Removing all sanctions; 3. Ensuring that all benefits and all part of Working for Families (WFF) are indexed annually to prices and wages; 4. Removing the hours of paid work criteria from the WFF In-Work Tax Credit and extending it to all low-income families; 5. Treating adults in the benefit system as individuals without penalising them for being in a partnership; 6. Ensuring that all applicants to WINZ receive all the assistance to which they are entitled.

We're asking the NZ House of Representatives to pledge their commitment to the following:  1. Leave no-one behind: Ensure that steps are taken to address digital exclusion and that no-one is left behind or left out because they can’t or don’t wish to engage online.   2. Public services accessible to all: Implement accessibility and inclusion standards for the delivery of public services that include offline channels as part of the proactive design of government service delivery.  3. CAB compensated for cost-shifting: Ensure that the Citizens Advice Bureau is properly funded to meet the demands and cost-shifting that has resulted from government services going online. Add your voice to this call to address digital exclusion!

To immediately suspend Rocket Lab launches of military payloads which contribute to the militarisation of Space and ongoing warfare on Earth. This petition asks the Government to refuse consent for Space industry activities which contribute to organised international warfare and the weaponisation of Space.

Dear Prime Minister, please ban pokies. They are harming our whānau and directly contributing to poverty across our country. You've said that reducing child poverty is the reason you got into politics, and have taken on specific responsibility for this as the Minister for Child Poverty reduction. Your government has committed to setting bold goals for reducing poverty, and has identified a range of policies that would help to do this. One simple step you could take which would immediately reduce whānau poverty would be to ban pokie machines in New Zealand. Please take a stand to protect families from predatory gambling businesses, and ban pokies.

Dear Ministers, we ask you to add a policy to the Educational Council Codes and Standards that says all teachers must be trained in, and practice in their classrooms a mental health skills programme. We suggest adding the policy to the standard of Teaching which says teachers must: “Teach and respond to learners in a knowledgeable and adaptive way to progress their learning at an appropriate depth and pace.” We also ask you to add a policy that makes a mental health skills programme compulsory in the New Zealand curriculum. It is to be taught in the Health and Physical Education sector. We also believe that the government should subsidise the programme training for all teachers. We suggest that the Ministry of Education approve certain mental health skills training programmes which align with the New Zealand curriculum and schools can then choose which programme they would like to take on board.

We call on the "Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction" to recommend that New Zealand make counselling and talk therapy universally available and FREE to ALL Kiwis. Sign the Open Submission to support the call for Free Counselling and Talk Therapy for all Kiwis.

As a coalition of health organisations and advocacy groups, we are are calling on the Prime Minister to strip the tobacco and vaping portfolio from New Zealand First.  Recent revelations have continued to expose the close ties NZ First appears to have with the tobacco industry, with decision after decision being made by the Government which benefit big tobacco. [1]  As such, we demand that the Prime Minister use everything in his power to:  • Remove the tobacco and vaping portfolio from Members of New Zealand First  • Launch an independent public inquiry into the level of tobacco industry influence on public health policy in Aotearoa. Having such an influential party in Government appearing to have a strong allegiance to the tobacco industry poses a serious threat to the health of all people across Aotearoa. The PM must step in and take responsibility for crucial decisions around tobacco and vaping off National's coalition partner, to make it clear that public health policy in Aotearoa is not for sale.  New Zealanders have always taken pride in living in a country that values democracy.  Our Government shouldn't be working in the interests of big tobacco; it's time for the PM to act now.

We urgently call on the Government to stop the repeal of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act. We implore that they stop prioritising profit over our people and demand full implementation of the Smokefree Legislation as it stands, with Māori leadership as one of its top recommendations for action. We expect that the three measures introduced in 2022 are carried out in their entirety, including the: - Denicotisation of cigarettes to 0.8mg/g - Reduction of tobacco outlets from 6000 to 600 - Implementation of a smokefree generation policy