We ask you, the members of Parliament, to oppose the Protection for First Responders and Correction Officers Bill and work to provide solutions that prevent first responders from being harmed in the first place. The Protection for First Responders and Police officers Bill will not succeed in keeping our brave frontline staff safe, and instead will only punish vulnerable people who need help, increasing our prison population in the process. We ask Parliament to not proceed with this bill, but rather redirect its energy into providing solutions that will mitigate the risk that our First Responders and Prison Officers face, with the goal of focusing on prevention, rather than punishment.

In light of COVID-19 the Government should trial paying everyone a Universal Basic Income (UBI) at the same level as Superannuation. A regular cash payment made to everyone, with no strings attached, will help support all of us through this crisis. A UBI could also be rolled out in a phased approach that recognises some people are more vulnerable to the virus as well as those who are the backbone of our communities providing care for children, whānau, and elderly people.

Survivors of abuse in State and Faith-based care, and their supporters call on the Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the Royal Commission's Report into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions, to implement all of the 138 Recommendations of Whanaketia Through pain and trauma, from darkness to light and the 95 Holistic Recommendations of the Inquiry's Interim Report, He Purapura Ora, he Māra Tipu from Redress to Puretumu Torowhānui.

We call on the Minister of Defence and on the Coalition Government to abandon plans for spending an extra $12 billion on defence and instead freeze all spending on the military.  Instead of further militarisation, Aotearoa needs an independent foreign policy and a focus on the greatest threat to our region’s security, climate change. We must have the capability to support our Pacific island neighbours. We must urgently address Aotearoa’s real needs for healthcare, housing, schools, welfare, and environmental protection. We call on the Minister of Defence and on the Coalition Government to: 1. Abandon plans to spend an additional $12 billion on the military. 2. Declare Aotearoa a non-aligned country. We need a truly independent foreign policy, focusing on the real threats to security, with capability to support our Pacific neighbours. 3. Invest in civil defence and emergency management to deal with climate crises. 4. Maintain adequate shipping, aircraft, and technology to protect fisheries and support Pacific island neighbours. 5. Show international leadership in promoting peace and international law.

We want all the citizens of Tokoroa and all those who support them to sign this petition to help get justice for the three workers who were exploited by the franchisee of Challenge Tokoroa and his son. The Tokoroa community demands that Challenge NZ will: ★ Have zero tolerance of exploitation by any Challenge NZ franchisee. ★ Arrange an urgent meeting with their franchisee and his son, the workers, and OneUnion. ★ Carry out an urgent investigation of the allegations and terminate any contract they have with these two men. ★ Support the MBIE Labour Inspectorate, IRD and Immigration NZ in investigating the franchisee and his son. ★ Support that the franchisee and his son must apologise to these workers and put things right. If not, they should leave town. ★ Agree that if these two men do not reimburse these workers, Challenge NZ must compensate the three workers for the time they worked in the Challenge NZ outlets.

To the Nelson/Marlborough DHB: keep the 24 hour dedicated CAMHS crisis service intact. We want you to stop plans to amalgamate the CAMHS crisis team with the adult team.

The government is changing the Human Rights Act 1993 to ban hate speech targeted at religious groups but not the queer community, women and disabled people. Under the Human Rights Act, it is illegal to publish or distribute threatening, abusive or insulting words likely to "excite hostility against" or "bring into contempt or ridicule" any group on the grounds of skin colour, race, ethnic or national origins. The changes will extend this to cover religious beliefs. It is necessary to protect religious communities, particularly the Muslim community, in light of the terrorist attack. The government must extend the changes to ban hate speech and incitement of violence against the queer community, women and disabled people.

Dear Minister, please reinstate the Postgraduate Student Allowance for 2019 as you promised in the 2017 election.

We demand that the Members of Parliament and the NZ Judicial System undertake a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the New Zealand Family Court System, as per the call of the Backbone Collective.[1] We are the parents, families, communities and supporters of children involved in Family Court cases, and we are appalled at the lack of safety, accountability and transparency in the existing Family Court system as a whole, and particularly where Domestic Violence is involved. The Human Rights of children, and of survivors of violence against women are being breached by the Family Courts system every day. We must have an Inquiry into the Family Courts as it is failing to observe and uphold the law surrounding Care of Children and Domestic Violence. Observing and upholding the law is vital in order to save the lives and wellbeing of thousands of innocent loved ones who go through Family Court cases each year.

We would like the New Zealand Government to stand up for the rights of black people worldwide. We would like the rights of black people to be respected world wide and for them to live just like any other race. We don't only want justice for what has happened so far, such as the death of George Floyd, but we would like for world leaders to help prevent things from happening before we lose another valuable black human. We would like to be acknowledged as a citizen of the world and we not only want to be given the rights but we want the rights we are given to be respected. Do not speak for us but acknowledge you stand with us and give us an opportunity to speak and let our voices be heard. Advocate and acknowledge the problem to an international level, let us know you stand by your black people.