Our hope is for our local community to be protected from Covid. Right now, Northland is at risk of Covid rapidly expanding in our area which would be devastating for our local people. We have low vaccination rates and high risk due to co-morbidities in the region. Thankfully, the Northland Iwi Border Patrol have shown leadership by looking after our community when we need it the most. They are volunteering their own time to take care of others by slowing the spread of Covid into our vulnerable communities. But they need more support now to continue this work. We, the undersigned, ask Chris Hipkins, Minister for Covid 19 Response to help our local community by: Empowering the Northland Iwi Border Patrol with resourcing and authority to protect our vulnerable and marginalised communities so they can effectively help prevent the further spread of the Covid pandemic into our region. Specifically we ask for temporary lawful authority for the Northland Iwi Border Patrol to immediately: (1) Be able to question and if necessary, stop vehicles from crossing the border (2) Be provided with financial resources to help the iwi look after our community through the patrol (3) Be provided with logistical support to keep the patrol in place

Withdraw the bill and wait for the final report of the Royal Commission into Abuse in State Care before proceeding further.

We ask Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister Stuart Nash to resist an increased militarising of police in this country - stop the trial of and commit to not implementing the Armed Response Teams and the further arming of our police. May 2020 UPDATE: This petition was delivered to Parliament and is being considered by the Justice Select Committee. You are still very welcome to sign to show your support, receive updates about this kaupapa, and opportunities to take further actions together to ensure police in New Zealand will not carry guns.

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.

No matter who we are, or where we’re from, we all deserve access to justice. But right now, successive governments have underfunded Legal Aid to the point where access to good legal representation is reserved only for the rich. We, the undersigned, call on Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Justice Minister Andrew Little to make sure our legal system cares for all of us, regardless of our bank balance, by significantly increasing funding to legal aid and the provision of cultural reports in Budget 2020.

Dear Simon Jones, This petition is to show you, the Chairman of the Board of the Auckland Kindergarten Association (and The Ministry of Education, and other Kindergarten Associations in New Zealand proposing similar strategic changes) that families and communities do not support the changes currently being rolled out. These changes will mean: • In most of your kindys the morning session will be abolished and only a 7 hour day will be offered. • There will no longer be term breaks and families must pay even if their child does not attend. • It will cost whanau to use their 20hrs free ECE. • Teachers will lose hundreds of hours of non-contact time per year. We strongly believe your new strategic directive signals a fundamental change in the concept and tradition of kindergarten in New Zealand society and are not in the best interests of children. We are advocating on behalf of our tamariki, our taonga. They must be put first in all your choices, not second to “the millions of dollars in lost government funding…left in the government’s coffers” (Tanya Harvey, AKA CEO, March 2017). We expect robust governance of the Auckland Kindergarten Association to include consultation with families, communities and individual kindergartens to inform your strategic direction, rather than be part of the implementation of that plan. We do not support “bums on seats” early childhood education, or the current funding model that promotes this. We urge you to make the best interests of children your primary concern. Please stop the roll out of the changes now. Reconsider your options to manage funding and make kindergarten a sustainable model for the future without compromising the wellbeing of our tamariki and eroding the wonderful tradition of kindergarten.

Aotearoa New Zealand we urgently need your help! We are asking for YOUR help to SAVE KAITI BEACH! Join us in calling for the Gisborne District Council to say NO more expansion at Eastland Port! We must protect Kaiti Beach for future generations, so our tamariki children can have access to healthy ecosystems free from toxins, access to clean and safe areas for water activities and less noise pollution in the environment. This is for the protection of precious taonga species, for the mana and mauri of the moana, this is for our future and the preservation of a significant historical site. Together we ask the Gisborne District Council to protect this site and say NO to Eastland Port Twin Berth Project.

On Thursday 6 May Manawatū District Council voted to defer the decision of the establishment of Māori wards until 2023. On 11 May a Notice of Motion was put forward by four councilors to revoke this decision. Two additional votes FOR a Māori ward are needed to revoke the 6 May decision. Mayor Worboys & Deputy Mayor Ford have supported a Māori ward before, and have recently said in a press release that they would bring the deferral forward to 2022, at which time they would support a Māori ward. But this isn't soon enough, and those are promises that they may not be able to keep. Also, this proposal is not a real compromise, as it would still mean Māori won't get a seat at the table until 2025. This petition is to urge them to change and reconsider their position at the next meeting on 20 May, and vote to establish Māori wards NOW.

Te Awarua o Porirua is a taonga and deserves to be treated as such. All people of Porirua deserve a healthy, flourishing harbour. A place to come back to, pass down traditional mātauranga, to collect kai from, for waka ama, rowing, swimming, and many recreational activities. But ongoing pollution has degraded the health of the moana for over 50 years, meaning we are unable to engage with the moana without health risks. The continuous overflow of raw sewage into our harbour, rivers, and beaches poses a severe threat to public health, the environment, and the quality of life for all residents of Porirua.

Kia Orana tatou katoatoa, I would like to call upon our community, the New Zealand Government, International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans & Intersex Association (ILGA), International UN Human Rights Convention Committee and the International Rainbow Community for the Support of the Amendment & Action on the Decriminalization to the Homosexual Legislation in the Cook Islands and for further support of Crown Laws review to modernize the Crimes Act to Decriminalize Homosexual Acts between Consenting Adults.