Take action! Stop Labour’s sinister attempt to abolish local government petition rights.
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Dear NZCPR Reader, This week… In this week’s NZCPR newsletter, we expose the Government’s sinister attempts to mislead the public over their planned abolition of a crucial democratic local government safeguard and we explain why their actions should be of such concern to every New Zealander, our NZCPR Guest Commentator Dr Don Brash explains why there is no need for racially-based electoral systems in New Zealand, and our poll asks whether you believe that the Local Electoral (Maori Wards and Maori Constituencies) Amendment Bill should be withdrawn. PLEASE NOTE: Firstly, the Herald reports, that Labour will call Parliament into urgency on Tuesday for the first reading of the Bill to abolish local government petition rights. There will then be a one-week select committee process for public input before the Bill is passed into law. This compares with six months for most law changes. Since our next newsletter will not come out for another week, we would urge as many readers as possible to send in a submission opposing the Bill. It does not need to be long or complicated, but it is essential that as many people as possible oppose this appalling abuse of power by Labour that well and truly breaks their election promise: “Labour will ensure that major decisions about local democracy involve full participation of the local population from the outset.” The information about where to send submissions and the timing should be available HERE – which is the link to Parliament’s list of Bills that are open for submissions – once the Select Committee has met and set the timetable. And secondly, please feel free to email MPs to share your concerns about these developments – the PM and Labour MPs to urge them to withdraw their Bill, and National and ACT to urge them to campaign against this law change and pledge to either remove Maori ward provisions entirely, or at the very least, re-instate petition rights. All MP email addresses can be found HERE. Thank you so much for helping to fight for democracy! Last week’s newsletter… In case you missed it, in last week’s newsletter we looked into attempts by tribal groups to privatise New Zealand’s child protection services HERE and our NZCPR Guest Commentator Dr Michael Bassett identified the underlying causes of child abuse HERE. Will you help? To maintain our independence the NZCPR neither seeks nor receives any form of state assistance, nor runs ads. While that has given us the freedom to hold the Government to account, it nevertheless means that we are totally reliant on those who read our newsletters to fund our work. None of what we achieve would be possible without the backing of readers like yourself – it is only through your kind generosity that we are able to produce these newsletters. If you would like to support the NZCPR in 2021 so we can continue to fight for common sense, freedom and democracy, then please click HERE. Or, if you don’t like website forms, the direct donation details are: Internet banking – NZCPR ASB Bank account 12-3099-0833814-00; postal address – NZCPR, PO Box 984, Whangarei. Please share our articles… Please feel free to share our newsletters as widely as possible. This can be done by forwarding the newsletter itself, or, if there are problems with spam filters, by sharing the newsletter link: www.nzcpr.com/newsletter. Content from the newsletter can also be copied into your own email. Social media share buttons can be found on each website article. Register for the mailing list… Anyone who would like to receive our free NZCPR Weekly newsletter is more than welcome to register for the mailing list HERE. Ensuring your newsletter is delivered… To ensure you receive our newsletters, please whitelist our newsletter mailing address – or add it to your ‘safe senders’ list. The address to whitelist is: newsletter-bounces@nzcpr.com. If your newsletter fails to arrive, it can be viewed at the ‘Newsletter’ link on our NZCPR.com website. Share YOUR views… Speaking out in a democracy is crucial – please find all MP addresses, contact details for newspaper letters to the editor, social media links, and other useful contacts HERE. Thank you for your on-going interest and support. Warmest regards, NZCPR Founding Director |
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