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Defending Equal Rights & Democracy

The logic of equal rights is irresistible. If it is not a reality today, it will be eventually. In the meantime, we are doubling down on our efforts to remove divisive race-based policies from health services, education, resource management, and more.

  • Promoted the Treaty Principles Bill when all other parties lacked the courage to stand up for equal rights for all New Zealanders.

  • Abolished the divisive Māori Health Authority

  • Ended race-based waitlists

  • Secured a Government directive to deliver public services based on need, not race.

  • Restored local referendums on the introduction of Māori wards, and are campaigning locally to end race-based representation.

  • Repealed section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act to ensure child safety, not race, is at the centre of state care decisions.

  • Scrapped diversity quotas for government procurement and fighting for councils to do the same.

  • Fighting compulsory tikanga and race-based policies at universities, and reviewing special entrance pathways for medical degrees.

  • Put patient need, not Treaty status, at the centre of Pharmac.

  • Delivering bowel cancer screening based on need, not race.

  • Successfully campaigned to overturn race-based prosecution guidelines.

  • Refocusing the Marsden Fund on core science rather than race, identity politics, spirituality and activism.

We’ve also stood up for other aspects of our democracy.

  • Increased investment in defence to protect New Zealand’s sovereignty and national security.

  • Scrapped Labour's law to give 16-year-olds votes in local elections.

  • Broadened the scope of the Covid inquiry with a second phase including public hearings.

  • Defunded the Christchurch Call.

  • Halted work on hate speech laws.

  • Advancing legislation to protect free speech in universities.

  • Restoring balance to the Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories curriculum.

  • Stood alone in opposition to the ‘Fair’ Digital News Bargaining Bill which would have bailed out failing legacy media.

  • Initiated a social media inquiry to gather all the evidence on its benefits, harms, and possible solutions that respect parental responsibility rather than a kneejerk ban without proper consideration.

  • Standing up for clubs and small societies against an avalanche of costly and unworkable new regulations.

  • Allowing charities to run online lotteries such as those run by the Heart Foundation, Coastguard NZ, and local hospices to ensure they have the funding they need to operate.

  • Advancing legislation to enable a four-year Parliamentary term, subject to the consent of New Zealanders via a referendum and stronger checks and balances.

  • Defunding Radio New Zealand

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