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.

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.

We urge Te Arawa Lakes Trust, as the owner of the bed of Te Rotorua nui a Kahumatamomoe (Lake Rotorua), to do everything it can to stop Rotorua Lakes Council from discharging 20 million litres of treated sewage into the lake everyday for the next 30 years, by: 1. Taking legal action to stop the discharge (this includes filing an appeal if the Environment Court approves the discharge and if the appeal does not work then exercising their rights in the High Court) 2. Push for a new law so Lake Rotorua is given the same rights as a person Note: TALT has written a submission opposing the discharge, however, it has now engaged a Māori environmental management expert from Ngāti Tuwharetoa to encourage hapū around the lake, who are opposed to the discharge, to develop mitigation plans before this matter is heard by the Environment Court, which is likely to be in 2020. We believe it is way too early to start mitigating and compromising and that TALT must first exhaust all other options (High Court litigation and new legislation).

We are asking the Wellington City Council to implement a sinking lid policy. That will mean the Council will refuse any TAB, pub or club that applies to host pokies. This will, over time, reduce the number of pokie machines in Wellington City. We know that Wellington City Council can do the right thing and listen to the people in their community. The council can make the changes to respond to the harm pokies are causing. We ask the Wellington City Council to implement a gambling venues policy that introduces a sinking lid that provides: ★ A ban on any new venues including TAB venues: No new pokies venues will be permitted in Wellington. ★ No relocations: If a venue with pokies is forced to close or voluntarily closes, the Council will not permit the pokie machines to be relocated to any venue within the Council area. ★ No venue mergers: Where pubs and clubs that host pokies merge, they will no longer be permitted to host pokies. I make these recommendations as they constitute a public health approach to gambling harm. *Your name, address, phone number, and email address are required for this official submission and will be for Council use only.*

Dear Prime Minister, New Zealand’s response to violence against women and children is only as good as the weakest part of our response system. The recent case of Mrs P reported in the media, along with extensive accounts from advocates, victim-survivors themselves and researchers over many years has shown that the courts are one of our weakest points. The urgent changes we are calling for require our courts (Family, Criminal and the higher courts) to respond safely and effectively to protect victim-survivors and be more transparent and accountable to the people they serve (New Zealanders). On 22 April 2021, an open letter was sent to the Prime Minister. The letter has been signed by 71 academics and agencies from throughout New Zealand and asks for the following; • We request that the Government provides Mrs P with appropriate compensation for the harm caused to her by the “miscarriage[s] of justice” (W v R [2020] NZCA 286) she has suffered. • We request that you seek assurance from the Chief Justice, the Principal Family Court Judge, Chief District Court Judge, Chief High Court Judge, the Judicial Conduct Commissioner, and the Crown-Solicitor that Mrs P’s case will be internally investigated, and that accountability will be sought. • We request that those who acted inappropriately, contributing to this miscarriage of justice, are required to undertake training in domestic violence and coercive control. • We request that you pursue with the appropriate persons or bodies the need for urgent change within the Family Court to upskill its actors (judges, lawyers, psychologists) in the area of violence against women and children and coercive control, and design and implement a specialist response to family and sexual violence cases in the Family Court. This should include publication of Codes of Practice for Court professionals on Family Violence according to section 254 of the Family Violence Act 2018, to guide Court/professional conduct in relation to victims of family violence. • Until the Family Court can be trusted to act on the basis of up-to-date knowledge about intimate partner violence and sexual violence – rather than minimising, trivialising, and ultimately ignoring it, while turning the abused party into the villain – we request that input is sought from external experts in the field. This is essential and it is urgent if our courts are to care for the women (and their children) who do what the primary prevention of violence messages tell them to do – speak out and refuse to accept violence and abuse. • We request that the Government’s policies and interventions targeting the primary prevention of family violence consider how its messages and guidance to victims and survivors can be supported (rather than sabotaged) by the actions of other state actors – in this case our courts. • We request that the Government implement CEDAW’s recommendation for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Family Court. • We request that you reassure us that you have heard our concerns, and our requests, and that there is a pathway for putting measures in place that demand more accountability from the courts – and especially the Family Court – in its treatment of women and children who have suffered domestic violence and abuse. To read the Open Letter in full and the list of signatories please visit https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/124918483/she-was-failed-experts-call-for-investigation-into-case-of-mrs-p ⭑ If you would like to show your support for the letter please add your signature to this campaign. ⭑ Your name will not appear on the OurActionStation website page. We may print off the names and postcodes of people who sign in support and share these with the Prime Minister. We won't share your details with any other third parties.

As Minister of Social Development we call upon Minister Anne Tolley to urgently forgive all debts incurred by people who have been forced to stay in Motels as emergency accommodation, by WINZ. We believe this is an unacceptable burden to be placed upon people who are homeless and is passing the buck to those that can least afford it.

Gore District Council owes the aviary birds under its care the best possible standards of welfare. In exchange for their lack of freedom and what they give back to the community, the undersigned hereby petition the Gore District Council to provide ample greenery to all the enclosures in the form of: • Green leafy branches, for perches • Plants in containers • Permanent plantings • Groundcover Action is required without waiting for the long term plan or next years revamp which in any case does not include specifics on the proposed aviary repair. Give Them Green - Gore Aviary Welfare Campaign - Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576558411832 *Petition & The details of the signatories will be publicly available once the petition has been presented to council.

We’re calling on Parliament to scrap the Disability Support Services Bill entirely. Any law that takes rights away from disabled people and carers should never be allowed. This bill is fundamentally discriminatory and must not go ahead. This bill will strip disabled people and their carers of legal rights that other New Zealanders still have. It cancels existing court cases, denies access to justice, and treats disabled people and their whānau as less than equal under the law.