Sign this petition, to exercise your rights under Section 29 and 30 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, to demand a change in our voting system from FPP to stop "wasted" votes.

We call on the government NOT to make any cuts to our free school lunches programme.

Minister Marama Davidson, we call on you as the Minister for Homelessness, to join with us to End Youth Homelessness. The Manaaki Rangatahi was established in 2018 as a way of consolidating the work of different organisations who are trying to tackle youth homelessness. Member organizations including VOYCE Whakaronga Mai, Auckland City Mission, QES, E Tipu E Rea Whānau Services, LifeWise, Kick Back, Ma te Huruhuru, Grace Foundation, MANA Services, Massey Community Trust, Dingwall Trust, Strive Community Trust, RainbowYOUTH and VisionWest are calling for immediate and urgent action to respond to Youth Homelessness. We are calling for: • Urgent allocation of resources to provide immediate accommodation to young people who are experiencing homelessness. Organisations such as VisionWest, Kahui Tu Kaha, Lifewise Youth Housing, and others across Aotearoa, have youth specific, youth housing models ready to grow or implement with appropriate resourcing from Government. Funding is critical in order to scale up initiatives and meet the needs of our young people. • Immediate funding to be allocated to a research project that would provide the size, scope, complexities and scale of the issue of youth homelessness in Aotearoa. Manaaki Rangatahi have a project to address youth homelessness ready to go, however simply need the funding to proceed. With no data to give voice to their experience, there has been a lack of urgency, and thus a lack of resource allocated to provide for the needs of young people. The lack of a specific strategy to address the needs of young people experiencing homelessness during the Covid19 lockdown is testimony to this. • The development of a specific regional and national strategy to address youth homelessness. Covid 19 has highlighted that without a clear strategy that addresses the specific needs of young people and acknowledges their experience of homelessness, that their needs will continue to be neglected. Manaaki Rangatahi is calling for legislation that would prevent Crown agencies exiting young people into homelessness, and would close the pipelines that lead to homelessness. Manaaki Rangatahi continue to ask the government to prioritize a Youth Development centered, youth specific, strategy to meet the immediate and urgent needs of young people experiencing homelessness.

Recently the Auckland Council granted a resource consent which allows for partial demolition of the historic Building One/Carrington Hospital in Point Chevalier, Auckland. We call on the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, who currently but temporarily hold the land, to ensure the retention of all of Building One for the following reasons: - it is not sustainable to demolish a listed Category 1 heritage building (est.1865) - the southeast wings for demolition (1900-1905) have high heritage values & features - the Greenest Building is the one still standing there. - retaining all of the building's Embodied Carbon prevents carbon emissions & demolition waste - a planning and heritage architect peer review found multiple flaws in the consent - the Albert Eden Local Board supported public consultation, which did not happen - the solution is to redesign the internal Gate One road access around the heritage building - it is possible to save all of Building One as a community asset without any loss of housing volume or development profitability. - we propose the Zero-Carbon approach of retaining the entire building, international best practice & sustainable decarbonisation - heritage precincts are places for pedestrians, not roads - retaining all of the heritage improves the cultural and economic amenity.

We call on the Government and KiwiRail to commit to maintaining existing intercity passenger rail services. Furthermore, we ask for a comprehensive national strategy for future passenger rail services built around concern for climate action and economic development.

We, the undersigned residents of and visitors to the Northland Region and its surrounding communities, call upon our elected officials in the Whangārei District Council, Northland Regional Council, Shane Reti (MP for Whangārei), Grant McCallum (MP for Northland), the Coalition Government and other relevant governing bodies to: 1. Collectively and individually oppose the granting of any marine sand mining consents to McCallum Bros Limited under the Fast Track process or the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) for Bream Bay. 2. Promote, support and encourage the use of existing and new sand alternatives, methods and models to shift towards a circular economy.  3. Ensure that all relevant information is provided to decision-making panels, including:  1. A comprehensive cost-benefit analysis assessing the full economic, environmental, cultural, social impacts of this proposal.  2. Independent assessments on the ecological, economic, and cultural significance of Bream Bay, including its role as habitat for threatened and migratory species, its marine ecosystems, importance to biodiversity and fisheries, and its recreational value.  3. Independent assessments of risks and liabilities associated with the proposed sand mining activities, including long-term consequences for marine ecosystems, coastal communities and climate change. 4. Represent the interests of our region at any hearings or consultations with the EPA or Fast Track decision-making panels, and pursue appeals if necessary.

We call on Northland Regional Council to: 1. Stop the allocation of all water consents until there is proper public consultation. 2. Fully protect citizens', residents', tangata whenua and communities' human rights to (a) maintain a healthy aquifer, (b) access safe drinking water, and (c) participate meaningfully in decision-making which affects us; and in particular: 3. Ensure such protection be given primacy as against profit-seeking business, industry and private third party MWWUG applicant interests.

Aotearoa should be a place where everyone is protected and supported. For too long people with Functional Neurological Disorder have been left to advocate for themselves within the health system.  I ask the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Disabled People, Ministry of Social Development and ACC to:  1. Collaboratively compile treatment plans and support services for patients in a timely manner to prevent further chronic harm. 2.  A Government wide inclusion of FND in its Education and Language policies relating to health, including for medical staff, social workers, educators of medicine. 3. At all times, FND patients are treated in keeping with the Patient Rights Code in NZ. 

Dear Member of Parliament, As young people enrolled to vote in this upcoming election, we want strong and effective policies to combat climate change. Through COVID-19 we have seen what the government is capable of in the face of crisis, and what is possible when politicians listen to the experts. The climate crisis is unfolding around us and the effects of it are evident. We need to act now. Passing the Zero Carbon Act last year is not enough. The COVID-19 crisis is the perfect opportunity to justly transition to a low-carbon economy. While the ensuing recession has shown us how quickly economic systems can collapse, it has also proved that previously inconceivable economic reform can and does happen out of necessity. Therefore, now is the time to reset the economy to serve social and environmental needs, rather than the needs of so few. Prioritisation of indigenous perspectives Discussions of “shovel-ready projects” indicate the blind urge to rebuild our economy. We believe that it is a prudent and considerate approach to prioritise a sustainable national direction which embodies principles of kaitiakitanga, stewardship and justice. Now is the time that voices of tangata whenua be given a meaningful place in decision making and values of genuine sustainability be used to guide resource management and development. It is critical that the way in which we view and manage our environment shifts from that of being a resource to exploit, to invaluable taonga with which we have a relationship and owe a duty of care. This requires a constitutional transformation which prioritises Māori taking an active role in decision-making. Pasifika peoples are one of Aotearoa’s largest ethnic demographics and are not independently internationally represented. We must recognise their vulnerability to climate change and their connection to New Zealand. We must move forward compassionately with concerted and on-going support. To make this happen, indigenous science needs to be paired with indigenous governance. Western institutions must step back and allow these knowledge holders to use intergenerational science and expertise to reach solutions. Engagement and consultation is not enough, we need to adapt to the needs of tangata whenua so that they can exercise tino rangatiratanga. In many cases, power needs to be given up to make space for these essential new ways of governing and institutions must prioritise decolonisation. Equity and Climate Justice It is vital that the response to COVID-19 is a just process. This pandemic has exacerbated many of the inequalities that already exist within society, and we must ensure that the recovery takes into account the varied ways in which people are impacted too by climate change. Our response must seek to reduce inequality. The lack of affordable and available safe housing can be solved in conjunction with climate change. For example, looking at how we are able to most effectively build more houses with good insulation to reduce energy usage, as well as ensuring that people stay warm and healthy. We call for intergenerational equity. Infrastructure Climate change looms over us as a threat to our very existence. A decisive and centralised response from our government is essential. The decisions made during the next 18 months will lock in our infrastructure for the next 20 years and yet our carbon emissions must be halved in under a decade. We implore you to consider the impact of locking us into economic policies which fail to address the urgency of the climate crisis. The effort of transitioning to a zero carbon economy pales in comparison to the dire cost of inaction. Every economic decision must prioritise transition towards a zero carbon economy. Science We have seen the merit of listening to science during the COVID pandemic. Despite decades of scientific evidence outlining climate change as a catastrophic threat, we have not embraced expert advice in the same way. It is the duty of the government to act in the interests of present and future generations; to act before the situation becomes irreversible. We call on the New Zealand politicians to listen to scientific evidence on climate change and enact policies to mitigate its effects. It has been said that there is a beauty in being bold and acting early. A timely and concerted pandemic response was pivotal to this country becoming an example for the rest of the world where other countries traded public health for economic interests. Aotearoa can continue it’s legacy of being a world leader if we act early on climate change. The climate crisis is unfolding around us. We must be bold, and make significant strides in this area to set a precedent for the global community in addressing it.

We would like the Ministry of Education, in conjunction with the Ministry of Health, to add compulsory health classes including mental health into high schools / colleges as part of the physical education classes that already take place. We are asking for this to be implemented as part of the NCEA review that is currently ongoing. Both Ministries would need to provide extra funding for these classes, as well as some professional development for the current physical education teachers.