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It is very clear that this government is wedded to the hard right-wing neoliberal policies of the Atlas Networks and...

There is no reason to assume that the levels of investment provided by a market economy are the optimal ones,...

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Since the 1970s the NGO sector has grown at just about the same rate as the union movement has...

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I would like to Aotearoa to rebuilt using primarily brutalist architecture. But I think we'll need to bowl everything over...

Replace the provision of infrastructure and public services through public-private partnerships with public-commons partnerships. More information here: https://www.common-wealth.org/interactive/a-new-model and https://www.rosalux.de/en/publication/id/51944/commoning-the-public

Ensure that people with health conditions, particularly mental health conditions, have treatment plans in place that progress them towards regaining...

Appoint an independant commisioner to measure all new legislation against long term goals to counteract the short term election cycle....

Extend ACC to cover R.S.I to create more protection for workers (and to incentivise better enforcement of health and safety...

Government investment in smaller food suppliers to provide meaningful competition to the supermarket duopoly

Enforcing anti-price gauging laws such as making...

Do more to teach children skills at school that wealthy children tend to be taught at home, such as budgeting,...

Public transport

- removes a significant cost barrier - car ownership and licensing -that is pricing low income families out of...

Hold employers accountable for seasonal work. Too many seasonal industries in New Zealand are propped up with the benefit system,...

Implement real capital gains tax for homes

Place caps on legal rents - make the cap relative to the median kiwi...

Individualise benefits so that lower income earners have the same rights to privacy and financial freedom in their relationships.

End secondary tax

-Unfairly impacts those who have to work two or more part time roles.

-Benefit payments are always taxed...

The Green New Deal, ministry of green works is a good idea. Fundamentally though we need power - either industrial...

Better indicators of 'economic' success. Instead of just GDP, measure of average income in lower quartile, incorporation of health and...

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Bigger picture thinking.

As new generations of workers leave Secondary school and either enter the workforce, or tertiary education, a lot...

Reslience - the ability to respond to "unexpected" events (many of which are not really unexpected, but their timing is)...

People are working from home where able to avoid commutes because of how bad traffic is, leading them to be...

We need more hui like these to share ideas, and where organisers (both union and community) can teach people how...

Invest in new industries in Aotearoa so we can be more productive as a country; current economic model of exporting...

Don't leave our regions behind

Everyone has to work under capitalism, why isn't there more free public transport for us to use?

Bring back the Ministry of Works and have publicly owned energy providers

Services need to be automatically expanded in line with population growth

Young people aren't joining the public service because they don't see a future here and they aren't being paid well...

Establish minimum patient/staff ratios through addressing root issues e.g., approx. 3 hospitals short in Tāmaki Makaurau; lack of industry planning

Stop privatizing education and having charter schools - cheap labour for lesser quality education, driven by profit

Stop private healthcare- private healthcare is encroaching on public healthcare services - people are paying for health insurance they can...

We need to imvest significsntly in public transport. Getting to work is such a huge issue for so many workers...

Long term constitutional transformation based on matiki mai

Safer cycleways and higher standards for driving and obtaining drivers licenses

Buildings owned or leased by public service organisations are falling apart - these should be comfortable, safe and presentable spaces...

Access to education is being slowly eroded: children in some areas cannot attend school as there is no space, students...

Significant reviews of existing infrastructure and identifying gaps particularly with infrastructure where there are known issues: water, hospitals and Healthcare,...

Higher standards for imported vehicles so that there are safer vehicles on the roads, including things like school busses which...

Build stronger public services across wider industries (e.g. public constructon industry) so we can stop contracting private corporations and the...

We need better ethical procurement policies both as a state and in individual workplaces; where are reviews and checks? How...

We are building the wrong types of infrastructure (roading instead of public transport, private housing instead of state housing) leading...

Combat the race to the bottom and the idea of awarding contracts to the people who are able to quote...

People centric infrastructure design - why are houses being built so far from places of work? Why do we spend...

Public servants have strong legal and structural understanding - we should enable them to use this to educate and empower...

National conversations needed around gun control, access to illegal firearms etc. - where are they coming from and what is...

The system we have around law and order does not work and will not be made better by building more...

Real rent controls

Real subsidies on essential services

Real budgets for public works that benefit everyone.

And to pay for it? TAX THE...