Pass a bylaw that requires 1. People who have companion cats to ensure that they are microchipped 2. Ensure that this information(1. above) is kept up to date on the microchip register. 3. Owners must keep their cats on their property at all times. 4. Up to three companion cats can be kept without a permit; however, if you want more than a license is needed. The local council would issue these. Breeders exempt from this. 5. All breeders must be registered with an appropriate governing body such as the New Zealand Cat Fancy Incorporation. 6. The Council to issue fines set by them to anyone found to be breaking 5. above. Eventually, we would want to see these Bylaws adopted by other Councils throughout New Zealand.

Deny Cresswell Ltd (Nongfu Spring) resource consent to purchase land, expand the existing Otakiri Springs water bottling plant near Whakatane.

We ask you to take the Goods and Services Tax (GST) off tampons, sanitary pads and other related reusable products, to remove barriers to access to these essential products.

Dear Northern Auckland Kindergarten Association, We ask you to scrap the decision that Kindergartens should be "open calender", i.e. open for 49 weeks of the year, and sessions be seven hours.

People in Aotearoa want a system where children and young people are nurtured, supported and given the resources they need to thrive. New Zealand needs a system that enables communities to care for their children and young people so that everyone has the resources and ability to reach their full potential and become an active member of society. The well-being of our communities needs to be given the urgency it deserves. Our systems have to change to ensure that children and young people in the care of the state are safe and not further harmed by the very thing that is tasked with caring for them. 1. Develop a clear transition plan towards Aotearoa-New Zealand closing down all Youth Justice, and Care and Protection Residences in the next 2-5 years. This plan must include clear milestones and progress reviews for transparent oversight and monitoring purposes. 2. Prioritise services in communities that offer therapeutic and rehabilitative care options for children and young people. 3. Address the remand of children and young people in custody

Dear Prime Minister, While our country remains in level three lockdown, please continue to support the community checkpoints that are protecting vulnerable people from Covid-19.

Time and again, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown our wellbeing is deeply interconnected with those around us. When everyone has the resources they need to keep themselves well, our whånau, neighbourhoods, and communities stay well together. But right now, unequal access to effective masks is creating an unfair risk to the wellbeing of people who can’t afford to pay for them. Considering the significant rise in inflation (1), stagnant wages, and skyrocketing rents (2), many families are struggling, despite their best efforts. As a result, having good quality masks is well out of reach for many. That’s why we’re calling for the Government to provide free N95 or equivalent quality filtration masks to everyone in Aotearoa, with urgent priority given to those who need them most - parents of young children, students, people in prison, and public-facing workers. Everyone, no matter who we are or where we live, deserves to be able to look after ourselves and our loved ones. A universal approach will be efficient, fair, and effective at distributing urgently needed masks and ensuring the people who need them most receive them.

We are calling on the New Zealand government to ban lead from ALL children’s products. Many children’s items have fallen through the legislative cracks and can pose a danger to kids, including crockery, mugs, glassware, baby bottles and jewellery. We want these gaps and loopholes closed so that ANY product intended for kids under the age of 14 is safe from any lead in the total content of the product.

We demand you follow the recommendation of Judge Henwood and the draft Human Rights Commission Report and set up a wide-ranging independent Commission of Inquiry into the historic sexual, physical and emotional abuse of children in state care, to ensure these abuses can never happen again. [1] The Inquiry should seek to discover the scale of abuse, acknowledge the harm done to victims and clearly identify the failures in the system that allowed the abuse to occur. It is your professional, moral and ethical duty as Minister to expose and address the systemic failings in state care, give a voice to victims and create a robust framework to offer redress for the immense harm these children - our most vulnerable - suffered while in the care of the state.

Dear Prime Minister, We support your call to treat drug use as a health issue. This is especially important right now because every week people are dying from synthetic cannabinoids. Many want to access help, but find it’s just not available. You’ve got some big decisions coming up very soon about next year’s Budget. We the undersigned ask you to follow through on your commitment to treat drugs as a health issue by: • Doubling the investment for drug-related treatment and harm-reduction initiatives in Budget 2019. This means putting aside an extra $150million. • Ensuring that people using synthetics and other dangerous drugs get a referral to health and other services, rather than a criminal conviction. The Law Commission proposed a workable system in 2011 – it’s time to implement their recommendations.