Here are your answers compared to this voter’s answers.
Domestic Policy › Armed Teachers
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Social › Abortion
9>9 Personal answerPro-choice |
Healthcare › Mental Health
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Social › Gay Marriage
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Social › Euthanasia
9>9 Personal answerYes, but I take "examination" out of the yes statement, It is really important that the person understands the choice and that they are making a conscious choice, rather than acting out of despair or self-destructive anger. But a professional examination enables a clinician to arrive at a view but it is the patient who needs to be clear-headed and to make their choice. |
Healthcare › Drug Price Regulation
9>9 Personal answerYes, and the government should regulate the price of all prescription drugs |
Social › LGBT Adoption Rights
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Healthcare › Universal Dental Care
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Government Surveillance
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only by court order |
the Economy › Taxes
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Internet Regulation
9>9 Personal answerAgain, a yes or no response is inadequate. I don't want the current digital wild west but neither do I want a China approach in which regulation is strict censorship which allows the population only what its government wants it to have. This requires considerable thought before finding the sweet point on the continuum between a wild west and state control of information. |
Immigration › Deporting Criminal Immigrants
9>9 Personal answerThis is better decided case by case in the courts with guidelines determined by the judiciary. |
Science › Mandatory Vaccinations
9>9 Personal answerNo, fund public ad campaigns about the risks and benefits instead |
Healthcare › Marijuana
9>9 Personal answerYes, and immediately release anyone serving time solely for drug offenses |
Social › Death Penalty
9>9 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Minimum Wage
9>9 Personal answerYes, and adjust it every year according to inflation |
Social › Gender Transition
9>9 Personal answerWe should work towards an inclusive society which accommodates diversity so that children can grow up and into their selves quite naturally and without need to make decisions until (and whenever) those decisions are personally obvious, rather than publicly contentious.. In the curremt situation, I would barrack for children and their families to have access to skilled counselling to arrive at clarity about gender and then course of action. |
Foreign Policy › Foreign Elections
9>9 Personal answerNo |
the Environment › Environmental Regulation
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › Mandatory Military Service
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Housing › First Home Buyers
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › Terrorist Citizenship
9>9 Personal answerNo, they should be detained, investigated, and given a fair trial once they re-enter our country |
Domestic Policy › Drug Policy
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Welfare Drug Testing
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Social › Hate Speech
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Education › University Tuition
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Social › Gender Workplace Diversity
9>9 Personal answerYes, and the government should do more to require diversity in the workplace |
Housing › Foreign Land Ownership
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Capital Gains Tax
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Crime › Drug Trafficking Penalties
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Housing › Housing Infrastructure
9>9 Personal answerYes, housing development needs infrastructure and developers should contribute significantly to the costs. Developers should also be required to build communities with parks, shopping centres etc which would be more consistent with our obligation to reduce the threat to the planet and would be a more socially and mentally healthy place for humans to live. These humans should also have adequate public transport. |
the Environment › Plastic Product Ban
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Social › Transgender Athletes
9>9 Personal answerThis is a debate which won't be resolved by arguing opposing beliefs. Gender isn't reliably decided with a glance at genitalia at birth and athletes who fall between genders poles should have their human rights, including the right to work to achieve excellence and and compete honoured. The disability sector has addressed the issue of comparative advantage and disadvantage in competition and we would be better taking some lead from there, rather than taking predjuiced stances for or against before we know what we're talking about. |
Transportation › Public Transportation
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Maori Parliament Seats
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Education › National Standards
9>9 Personal answerIf we teach every student to their potential standards will rise without endless asessment to the detriment of teaching in pursuit of standards. |
the Economy › Universal Basic Income
9>9 Personal answerYes, everyone should receive an income to cover basic necessities including food and housing |
the Environment › Animal Testing
9>9 Personal answeryes, but not for cosmetics and within an ethical and regulatory framework which minimises suffering to lab animals. |
Education › Te Reo Māori
9>9 Personal answercompulsion tends to engender resistance but Maori language and culture will need to be a significant presence in our schools (and society at large) if we are to honour the Treaty of Waitangi. |
Education › Student Allowance
9>9 Personal answerYes, but I would prefer a free education system |
Healthcare › Healthcare Privatisation
9>9 Personal answerLess |
Science › Nuclear Energy
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Domestic Policy › Social Media Regulation
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Immigration › Muslim Immigrant Ban
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Social › Teacher and Faculty Diversity Training
9>9 Personal answerYes, and all schools should require mandatory diversity training |
Domestic Policy › GP Visits
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Healthcare › COVID Employment Health Pass
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Domestic Policy › Woman Quotas
9>9 Personal answerI understand the necessity of affirmative action in many arenas, but I think women are rising like cream in politics in recent years and that the parties which lag in this respect give voters valuable information to inform their vote. |
Foreign Policy › United Nations
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Environment › Fracking
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Elections › Minimum Voting Age
9>9 Personal answerYes, provided we are teaching civics in schools |
Elections › Mental competency testing
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Social › Niqāb
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Environment › 1080 Ban
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Healthcare › Medical Consensus
9>9 Personal answerDisciplinary processes should remain in the hands of professional bodies - and yes, of course patients should know that the advice is inconsistent with current science. |
the Environment › Genetically Modified Foods
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Domestic Policy › Whistleblower Protection
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Immigration › Skilled Immigrants
9>9 Personal answerIncrease but also put regulations and monitoring in place to ensure these workers have the same renumeration and conditions that citizens doing the same work would have. |
Social › Employee Diversity Training
9>9 Personal answerYes, and all companies should require mandatory diversity training |
Crime › Criminal Voting Rights
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Crime › Private Prisons
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Healthcare › Safe Haven
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Crime › Demilitarize the Police
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Crime › Defunding the Police
9>9 Personal answerNo |
the Environment › Water Tax
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Immigration › Immigrant Assimilation
9>9 Personal answerNo and the government should resource free ESOL courses. |
Elections › Campaign Finance
9>9 Personal answerYes, but limit the amount they can donate |
Elections › Criminal Politicians
9>9 Personal answerIt depends on the crime. Unpaid traffic fines say something bout the integrity of the politician which voters should note. Crimes on the level of dishonesty, violence, drug dealing,graft etc should bar them from standing. |
Housing › Land Supply
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only if it is unproductive land |
the Environment › Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Immigration › Dual Citizenship
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Crime › Prison Overcrowding
9>9 Personal answerWe have a very high rate of custodial sentencing despite the lack of research supporting the efficacy of this - rather the reverse. We need to be building fewer prisons and resourcing more programmes that keep convicted persons in the community and undergoing rehabilitation. We should be thinking less about punishment and more about bringing about change. |
Elections › Right of Foreigners to Vote
9>9 Personal answerCitizens and permanent residents should be able to vote |
Education › Charter Schools
9>9 Personal answerGenerally, no but I can see that, if NZ does not reflect the Treaty of Waitangi adequately in education, charter schools could provide a healthier option. |
Foreign Policy › Ukraine and Nato
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › Ukrainian Defense Funding
9>9 Personal answerHard question for a pacifist. My sympathies are with the Ukraine and I recognise that they need international support both military and humanitarian if they are not to lose a conflict which has ramifications for the rest of the world. |
Housing › Homeless Encampments
9>9 Personal answerNothing is to be gained by punishing those whom life and society have already punished. We (and my "we" includes the state) need to better accommodate the needs of the homeless, not only for them but also for our communities. |
the Environment › EV Subsidies
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › TikTok Ban
9>9 Personal answerNo, but there should be more age restrictions on social media apps |
Elections › Candidate Transparency
9>9 Personal answerNo, I would respect them more if they did but they shouldn’t be required to |
Immigration › Citizenship Test
9>9 Personal answerNo, most citizens couldn’t even pass a citizenship test |
Domestic Policy › Term Limits
9>9 Personal answerNo, we already have term limits that are called “elections” |
Healthcare › World Health Organization
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › Foreign Aid
9>9 Personal answerIncrease |
Domestic Policy › Political Advertising on Social Media
9>9 Personal answerSocial media companies should be required to fact check political advertising and only display factually correct ads. |
Foreign Policy › Military Spending
9>9 Personal answerNeither, I am satisfied with the current amount of spending |
Education › University Debt Accountability
9>9 Personal answerNo, we should instead focus on decreasing the cost of education |
Elections › Elected Representatives
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Domestic Policy › Flag Burning
9>9 Personal answerNo |
the Environment › Corporate Subsidies
9>9 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Decentralised Finance
9>9 Personal answerYes, but I would prefer if the protocol was created and secured by a government agency instead of a decentralised protocol |
Foreign Policy › Saudi Arabia and Iran
9>9 Personal answerYes |
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