We are calling on Kāinga Ora to immediately purchase land and construct new permanent rental accommodation in Kāpiti for all groups affected by homelessness including youth, families, disabled people, and older people. This includes easier access to Emergency Housing and providing support services for people made homeless including one on one advocacy person's homeless experience.

WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Bill sponsor Judith Collins must Extend the Say on their Gene Technology Bill by granting at least 90 additional days for public comment. This Bill—which combines sweeping changes to our Non-GM pasture -based agriculture system with unprecedented  “emergency” medical powers—was rushed out on the last day of Parliament, leaving Kiwis virtually no chance to understand or debate its potentially massive consequences and now they seek to close public comment on 17th of February.

We, the undersigned, call for immediate action to strengthen the Wildlife Act 1953 to prioritise the protection of Aotearoa New Zealand's unique species and remove clauses from the Act which fail to protect native species. We ask that you review the Wildlife Act 1953 to ensure that the primary purpose of the Act is to explicitly protect indigenous and endemic species and their habitats including: • Removing the provisions that permit development interests to override the protection of native wildlife.  • Eliminating authorisation powers for killing protected species for development purposes, so that officials or Ministers cannot allow the death of rare, at-risk, declining, threatened, or endangered species..

Stop the destruction of this iconic New Zealand Surf Break: MANGAMAUNU We the undersigned request that the Ministers call in / withdraw the consent that is currently being processed inappropriately under emergency earthquake legislation to create a seawall and a cycle way in the foreshore and coastal hazard zone within the Mangamaunu surf break and bay. We ask the Ministers to direct NCTIR/ NZTA, Kiwirail to put any such plans now and in the future for Mangamaunu surf break and bay through a thorough RMA process to ensure the best chance of developing an appropriate and positive outcome that protects this beautiful and unique surf break, environment and allows community voice to be heard. NCTIR (2017) and now KIWIRAIL & NZTA (9th March 2018) have inappropriately put consents in for a cycle way that will, by their own assessment harm this nationally important surf break. We believe that under the appropriate RMA process, a cycleway could be developed in a way that benefits from community knowledge and does not destroy the unique nature of the surf break and environment. We would support this to occur only under the appropriate RMA process. If the consents were processed using the RMA they would be unable to adversely impact the surf break, However NCTIR (LTSA and Kiwirail ) put both consents in by way of mis-using emergency legislation (which is for opening the road and for restoration). Building a cycle way and sea wall is clearly not restoration work. More importantly the emergency legislation designed for opening roads lapses on the 31st March 2018 so their putting it through 3 weeks before the national safeguards come back in, effectively silences and shuts out the thorough assessments and wider community input required to protect such a nationally important surf break. Mangamaunu is one of 17 nationally significant surf breaks listed in schedule one of the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement (NZCPS), and the transport alliance (NCTIR) intend to build a cycle way and car park to provide access to Mangamaunu, even though NCTIR’s own technical documents state the surf break is likely to be adversely effected. This stretch of coastline around Mangamaunu point has had only minor impacts from the 2016 Hurinui/Kaikoura earthquakes on the existing road/rail corridor. These proposed works advanced under emergency legislation without consultation or right of appeal are inappropriate and require testing by due process under the Resource Management Act and New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement.

Reducing the nicotine in cigarettes will save lives. Sign this petition to tell our government there's no more time to waste. By introducing legislation to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels, we can support our loved ones to quit smoking and prevent our rangatahi from becoming addicted to this deadly habit.

Dear Hon. Andrew Little, We are calling on the Government to enshrine voting rights for all people who are incarcerated. In 2010 National MP Paul Quinn introduced a Member’s Bill to Parliament that saw the complete removal of voting rights for prisoners, regardless of how long the sentence. Since then, the Supreme Court has upheld the High Court’s ruling that limiting the right to vote for prisoners is a breach of the Bill of Rights, section 12(a). Voting must belong to all of us for the health of our democracy, and removing basic rights should never be used as a means to punish people. We are proud of Aotearoa New Zealand’s history - where people have successfully campaigned for the right to vote for all Māori and women. That legacy should not be thrown away lightly. That's why we are calling on the Government to amend the Electoral Act of 1993 and ensure that all New Zealanders are able to determine who represents them, and who makes the laws that govern them.

Tēnā kōrua Minister Stanford and Minister Brown Children are our most precious taonga. We send our children to school to learn, not to come home sick. We need action to prevent the spread of Covid in our schools and early childhood education centres.  We call on the government to prevent the spread of Covid in New Zealand schools by: • Ensuring each school and ECE can monitor air quality • Supplying technology to clean the air and reduce viral load • Granting access to all New Zealanders 6 months and older, to up-to-date vaccines, regular boosters and antivirals • Reintroducing free Rapid Antigen Tests • Providing extra sick leave for teachers, school support staff, including teacher aides, and caregivers • Recognising Long Covid as an occupational hazard for educators • Recognising and better supporting children and educators with Long Covid through more research into its effects, diagnosis, and treatment.

In response to COVID-19, the Government should implement a Universal Education Income / Te Rourou Matanui-a-Wānanga. A weekly payment available to all domestic students (part time and full time) would enable students to continue studying during the COVID-19 crisis. It would enable education and training to be a viable option for New Zealanders in the reset of our economy, post COVID-19. A Universal Education Income / Te Rourou Matanui-a-Wānanga is the only solution to the issues that students are facing in light of COVID-19.

We call on you to urgently withdraw permission for a pipeline to be laid through a sanctuary that is home to New Zealand's rarest kiwi, the Haast Tokoeka by Mount Aspiring National Park. There's just over 400 Haast Tokoeka left in Aotearoa. The Department of Conservation (DoC) says its status is "Nationally Critical", and 33 of them are believed to live near where the pipeline is to be laid.

Dear NZ Parliament, We ask you to please consider the benefits of placing a beehive or two on top of your beautiful BEEHIVE Parliament building or within its grounds, to produce local honey.