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Social › Abortion
9>9 Personal answerPro-choice, and providing birth control, sex education, and more social services will help reduce the number of abortions |
Healthcare › Mental Health
9>9 Personal answerYes, our mental healthcare system needs more funding to provide a higher quality of care and services |
Social › Gay Marriage
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Healthcare › Drug Price Regulation
9>9 Personal answerIf it's life saving it should be affordable |
Healthcare › Universal Dental Care
9>9 Personal answerFree for under 18s and low income |
Domestic Policy › Government Surveillance
9>9 Personal answerYes but only for people suspected for terrorism or other criminal acts |
the Economy › Taxes
9>9 Personal answerRaise taxes on the rich and reduce taxes on the poor |
Immigration › Deporting Criminal Immigrants
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Science › Mandatory Vaccinations
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only for deadly contagious diseases |
Healthcare › Marijuana
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Social › Death Penalty
9>9 Personal answerNo, spending life in prison is a harsher sentence |
the Economy › Minimum Wage
9>9 Personal answerYes, and make it a living wage |
the Environment › Environmental Regulation
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Welfare
9>9 Personal answerFewer, current benefits do not provide enough support |
Foreign Policy › Terrorist Citizenship
9>9 Personal answerYes, however, who gets charged with defining what is a terrorist organisation. Remember One person's terrorist is another's freedom fighter (Nelson Mandela comes to mind) |
Domestic Policy › Drug Policy
9>9 Personal answerYes, for most but not all drugs |
the Economy › Welfare Drug Testing
9>9 Personal answerNo, only if they have a criminal history related to drug abuse |
Education › University Tuition
9>9 Personal answerNo, but tuition costs are currently too expensive |
Crime › Drug Trafficking Penalties
9>9 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Capital Gains Tax
9>9 Personal answerI don’t have enough knowledge of this topic |
Housing › Housing Infrastructure
9>9 Personal answerYes, except road spending should go to public transport instead |
the Environment › Plastic Product Ban
9>9 Personal answerYes, and ban all disposable products that are not made of at least 75% of biodegradable material |
Transportation › Public Transportation
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only if the spending goes towards environmentally friendly solutions |
Domestic Policy › Maori Parliament Seats
9>9 Personal answerNo, and there should be more Maori representation built into political structures |
Healthcare › Single-Payer Healthcare
9>9 Personal answerPeople should not be using emergency depts as a doctors first port of call. They are for emergencies only. But free decent healthcare should be available to anyone, the system just needs improvement. |
the Economy › Universal Basic Income
9>9 Personal answerEmployers should have to pay all workers Living wage, and Welfare and benefit money should be increased as for a lot of people it is not enough money to live or progress on. |
the Environment › Animal Testing
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Education › Student Allowance
9>9 Personal answerYes, it should be based off secondary/tertiary results and not the parents income |
Education › Te Reo Māori
9>9 Personal answerNo, it should be optional in every school but not compulsory |
Healthcare › Healthcare Privatisation
9>9 Personal answerHealthcare services should be free and accessible to anyone, however the New Zealand healthcare system needs a lot of improvement. |
Science › Nuclear Energy
9>9 Personal answerNo, we should invest in cleaner alternatives such as wind, hydroelectric, thorium, and geothermal |
Domestic Policy › Social Media Regulation
9>9 Personal answerNo; that's a slippery slope that leads to a Surveillance State. Instead, the government should be more proactive in making the public more aware of fake news, misinformation, and propaganda. |
Immigration › Muslim Immigrant Ban
9>9 Personal answerNo, banning immigrants based on their religion is unconstitutional |
Healthcare › COVID Employment Health Pass
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Woman Quotas
9>9 Personal answerYes, as long as the percentage of women candidates is significantly higher than the percentage of male candidates. |
Foreign Policy › United Nations
9>9 Personal answerYes, but scale back our current involvement |
the Environment › Fracking
9>9 Personal answerNo, we should pursue more sustainable energy resources instead |
Elections › Minimum Voting Age
9>9 Personal answerYes, to 16 - anyone who can legally have children should be able to vote their future and their child's |
the Environment › 1080 Ban
9>9 Personal answerNo but put more energy into environmentally friendly methods e.g. trapping cages so that 1080 can be eliminated as it’s a toxic material affecting other wildlife. |
Healthcare › Medical Consensus
9>9 Personal answerDoctors should be required to state the scientific consensus but also allow patients to try unconventional or naturopathic methods and ideas as long as they will not cause the patient harm. |
the Environment › Genetically Modified Foods
9>9 Personal answerDepends on what chemicals are involved and the impact it has on the enviroment. |
Immigration › Skilled Immigrants
9>9 Personal answerIncrease |
Crime › Criminal Voting Rights
9>9 Personal answerYes for people convicted of minor crimes after parole/probation but no for felons convicted of murder, violent crimes. |
Crime › Private Prisons
9>9 Personal answerNo, private prisons will sacrifice quality of care and rehabilitation services for profit |
Healthcare › Safe Haven
9>9 Personal answerYes, drug abuse should be treated as a health issue, not a criminal issue |
Crime › Demilitarize the Police
9>9 Personal answerNo, extreme situations should be handled by higher agencies with specialized training and equipment |
Crime › Defunding the Police
9>9 Personal answerYes, replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls |
the Environment › Water Tax
9>9 Personal answerYes, Depends on the business size and how much water they are using. |
Immigration › Immigrant Assimilation
9>9 Personal answerYes, but the government should provide free language learning courses |
Housing › Land Supply
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only if it is unproductive land |
the Environment › Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only if they use renewable energy sources |
Immigration › Dual Citizenship
9>9 Personal answerYes, but they should not be able to claim citizenship status of more than two nations |
Crime › Prison Overcrowding
9>9 Personal answerIt depends what their crime and history is |
Elections › Right of Foreigners to Vote
9>9 Personal answerIf they have a residents permit |
Housing › Homeless Encampments
9>9 Personal answerYes, and create more social programs to provide free food, clothing, and medicine |
Elections › Candidate Transparency
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Immigration › Citizenship Test
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Healthcare › World Health Organization
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only relative to the amount that other countries contribute |
Foreign Policy › Foreign Aid
9>9 Personal answerWe should continue to help where and as we can. We need to be good global citizens, but we should not involve ourselves in areas which are completely beyond ourselves simply for political gain (oh look, its the South China Sea). We should concentrate our help to our pacific neighbours but with emphasis on improving the lives of people in those countries without just handing out money to corrupt leaderships (hello Fiji). If we can we should continue to assist with UN missions and be the peace keepers of the world. |
Domestic Policy › Flag Burning
9>9 Personal answerNo, it’s just a piece of cloth that doesn’t represent what it should |
the Environment › Corporate Subsidies
9>9 Personal answerYes, as long as the local environment is not compromised |
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