We want more homes for all - Wellington City Council needs to pass an ambitious Spatial Plan. 1. We’re in a crisis and people are crying out for help. Adopt an even more ambitious Spatial Plan that means more healthy, accessible, and affordable homes. 2. Allow for density and scale. Up-zone to at least 4-6 storeys everywhere in walking distance of the centre city and along good public transport routes. 3. Targeted heritage protection is good. But blanket protection of colonial character homes that make people sick is bad. Reduce the proposed character protections to small, well maintained pockets. 4. The District Plan that will follow the Spatial Plan must include universal design requirements to make new housing accessible, rules to allow for urban papakāinga, increased social housing investment, better design guidelines and stronger environmental rules.

1) The Hamilton City Council signs the ‘Local Government Leaders’ Climate Change Declaration’ We acknowledge the work the Hamilton City Council has done thus far to address environmental issues, but we want a commitment to be made that Hamilton will work alongside other cities and the central government to reduce New Zealand’s overall carbon footprint. 2) Declare a climate emergency, locally and nationally. Our planet is in a state of crisis. All reports show that action needs to be taken immediately before further damage is caused. Hamilton needs to be vocal about the urgency this situation requires to its residents, businesses, and central government. 3) Set a more ambitious timeframe for going carbon zero. 2050 is 15 years past the point of no return yet that is the time at which New Zealand will be considered “Carbon Zero” The Zero Carbon act needs to be a priority. 4) Support the creation of Circular Economies A circular economy is a self-sustaining system driven by renewable energy with an imperative to keep material resources in use, or ‘circulating’ for as long as possible. It extracts the maximum value from these resources while in use, then recovers and regenerates products and materials. The Council should provide a leadership role in encouraging businesses to adopt circular economy principles. 5) Actively adopt the Waikato Regional Council’s vision of ‘being a Zero Waste’ region. Seek to reduce waste to landfill and methane production through implementing tougher waste reduction policies, for example, diverting construction and demolition rubble and organic waste from landfill 6) Implement tougher waste reduction policies. Although Hamilton City Council has “sustainability principle 10” defined as “Council works with its communities to minimise the production of waste and maximise opportunities to recycle,” the actions that have been taken as a result of this principle has had little to do with plastic reduction and the educational campaign “fight the landfill” has not been promoted or imposed as much as it should be. Furthermore, construction and demolition materials is the largest waste to landfill material (27%) and yet, the only measure taken to minimise this is that “Contractors are required to dispose of any building materials/refuse in the most environmentally friendly manner feasible.” 7) Combine the effort from the government and industries to ban both soft plastics and plastics 3-7 and start the onshore recycling of plastics 1-2. New policies need to be implemented regarding the complete ban of soft plastics and plastics 3-7. According to a report done by 1NN, plastics 1-2 are able to be recycled onshore while zero value plastics 3-7 are sent to countries like Indonesia which have experienced extreme pollution because of our actions. Instead of exporting our waste residue overseas, we need to hold ourselves accountable. 8) Divert compostable waste from landfill through food waste collection for residents and businesses and organic recycling. It is estimated that 26% of municipal waste in the Waikato Region is putrescible (green and organic waste). It is the largest component of household waste to landfill. Diverting compostable waste from landfill will reduce methane emissions and provide organic compost for soil regeneration. 9) Increase the area of indigenous vegetation cover to 30% of the area of Hamilton City. There are huge amounts of empty/sparse spaces in the city that has the potential to have indigenous vegetation planted or at least, incorporated into the city plan’s design. Currently, indigenous vegetation only covers around 1.5% of Hamilton which is dismal. 10) Implement mandatory educational programs surrounding conservation and consumer education. This is severely lacking in New Zealand, let alone Hamilton. Integration of educational programs surrounding environmentalism needs to be established in the school education system. This information also needs to be displayed clearly in places of consumption such as supermarkets. 11) Free buses for under 18 year olds This will encourage the younger generation to utilize public transportation as opposed to private transportation.

We call on you to protect Timaru's little blue penguins by reconsidering your plan to change local bylaws to allow dogs at Caroline Bay between 5am - 9am in summer. We ask that you continue the no dogs on Caroline Bay policy during the summer months and push the period during which they are not allowed back to the 1st of August.

We, the undersigned residents of the Whakatū/Nelson region, call upon our elected officials in the Nelson City Council to add the following wording to its procurement policies: The Nelson City Council will comply with United Nations resolution 2334 (1) and will not contract with the list of companies identified by the United Nations Human Rights Council as being involved in the building or maintenance of illegal Israeli settlements.

For the good of our health, our economy, our waterways, our land use, our ecosystems, our biodiversity and to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions we are asking for government direction, funding and support to encourage farmers to future proof and diversify their farming to include crop growing and/or rewilding their land for carbon sequestration. [This petition has been reopened so that it can be handed in directly to parliament]

We ask to save STAND children’s health camps from closure and for the Government to reconsider its position and give STAND camp the funding that had been allocated for its services for the past 99 years. Ask this government to stay true to its elections promise of 'children first'.

We, the undersigned, object to the application for a liquor licence for a new large Super Liquor store at 509 Mt Albert Rd, Three Kings. We object to the issue of this licence as another off-licence bottle shop in the area will reduce the amenity and good order of the locality significantly. We oppose the application for the following reasons: · Current density of off-licences - There are at least eleven existing off-licences within 2km of the site, including two within a short walk (at the Countdown across the road from the site and at Three Kings Liquor, 501D Mt Albert Rd). · Existing anti-social behavior in the area - noise, nuisance and vandalism in the immediate area, and violence outside a nearby on-licence across the road. · Large number of sensitive sites nearby - In the surrounding 2 kms there are at least 12 schools, 9 ECE centres and 10 places of worship, and also other sites of cultural importance such as Te Tatua A Riukiuta (Big King, a maunga), Pah Homestead (a heritage house and art gallery), the Mt Roskill Library, and Ranfurly Retirement Village (which is also a war memorial). We call on the District Licensing Committee to uphold the community’s concerns about this application and decline it.

Dear Minister of Justice Andrew Little, You proposed a review of the Three Strikes Law to the Cabinet in November 2017, but you had withdrew the review due to the disagreement in the coalition between Labour Party, Green Party and NZ First. We agree with the idea that 'tough on crime' policies are not addressing the issue of reoffending - we believe that the Three Strikes Law should be abolished as it is ineffective. Please reconsider proposing the review of the Three Strikes Law to the Cabinet with the appeal of abolishing it.

Dear Tony and the Board at Kapiti College We are writing this collective letter to you and the Board as a group of parents of students currently attending Kapiti College on the Kapiti Coast, Wellington. We ask you and the Board to urgently give much greater priority to supporting our children to learn and do more about climate change. We also offer any support we can that could assist KC in developing and adopting a much more climate-aware educational experience for its students. Whether in lobbying the MoE for new teacher guides and curricula, or helping to find guest speakers, exploring our networks for technical support or even helping in fund raising if budgets become a major impediment, we are ready to do what we can if KC takes the lead. We look forward to hearing from you on this issue and would be ready to come to the college at any stage to discuss further with you if that would help.

Please encourage the Cornwall Park Trust Board to be fair to Leaseholders 1. stop forcing families from their homes 2. charge fair market ground rent 3. pay market valuation for homes