Health

Hivemind: Medical Cannabis - Co-creating a Policy for Aotearoa

There are many valuable opinions as to whether and under what terms Kiwis should be allowed to use Cannabis for medical purposes. This is an opportunity to put our heads together and co-design a new policy that takes into account the various issues and a diverse range of views.

• HiveMind Report - Medical Cannabis In Aotearoa
• Shane Le Brun - Opinion, Let the people Grow (they do anyway)
• Julie Anne Genter - Access to Safe, Affordable and Legal Medicinal Cannabis
• Shane Le Brun - Do We Really Need “Pharma Grade” Medical Cannabis?

• Grey Power New Zealand - Medical cannabis
• Abe Gray - Cannabis Party President defects to TOP
• Science Media Centre - Change to cannabis approval
• New Zealand Government - Access to cannabis-based products improving
• Massey University - How Legalising Cannabis Can Help Society
• Green Party - Medicinal cannabis finally on Parliament’s agenda
• Cannabis Party - 'Medical cannabis products' are pharmaceutical cannabinoids
• NORML - Medicinal cannabis changes will make little difference

The Future of Work

Hivemind: Universal Basic Income - Are we up for it?

In collaboration with Basic Income New Zealand, Scoop invites you to participate in the third Opening the Election HiveMind exploration for 2017 on Universal Basic Income.

• HiveMind Report on UBI - A Universal Basic Income for Aotearoa NZ
• Joseph Cederwall - Universal Basic Income - The Future of Work in Aotearoa?
• Keith Rankin - UBI as a Reconceptualisation of Income Tax
• Basic Income New Zealand - What is owed to us? Introducing a UBI in New Zealand
• Hivemind - BINZ Proposal Sets Out 4 Steps To Progress a UBI in NZ
• Joseph Cederwall - UBI could increase human well-being and help save the planet
• Max Harris and Alexander E. Kentikelenis - Basic income could build community in age of individualism

Policy related pieces from Briefing Papers:

• Pii-Tuulia Nikula - Introducing a UBI in NZ – Insights from the Finnish Trial
• Michael Fletcher - Universal Basic Income may be a good idea - but we still need social security that works

• NZUSA - TOP's youth UBI policy a step in the right direction
• The Opportunities Party - Unconditional Basic Income for Youth Launched
• Basic Income New Zealand - A Basic Income for Children is Better than Tax Cuts
• New Zealand Fabian Society - Universal basic Income - is it enough?

Environment

Hivemind: On freshwater quality

This HiveMind is an opportunity to help us find mutually agreeable solutions to the critical task of collectively managing freshwater resources for health and sustainability.

• Hivemind - Report: Consensus Found On Key Water Quality Issues
• Scoop - HiveMind on Freshwater enters week two - new statements added
• Editorial - Freshwater as a common good - healthy and sustainable water

• Choose Clean Water - Public the winners in Labour’s water policy
• Science Media Centre - Science Deadline: Water royalties, seabed mining, Kauri
• Federated Farmers - Lining Up Labour’s Water Policy
• Hastings District Council - Whirinaki Boil Water Notice lifted
• Hastings District Council - “Safety First” as Napier Water Chlorination Continues
• Napier City Council - Video series to help farmers protect water quality
• Joint Press Release - Pressure on as Freshwater Rescue Plan gains support
• Ministry for the Environment - Funding for Award-Winning Whangawehi Stream Project
• Greater Wellington Regional Council - Have Your Say About Fresh Water Management in the Wairarapa
• Office Of Speaker Of Parliament - Australian MP's visit to discuss biosecurity and water use
• Environment Canterbury - Canterbury surface water flooding
• Dairy NZ - Carbon budgets would provide certainty for dairy sector

Housing

Hivemind: Making housing affordable - lets crack it

This HiveMind exploration is on the topic of housing affordability. A warm, dry, safe home is a fundamental human need. The trouble is a significant number of people in New Zealand are currently unable to access or afford these most basic needs...

• Jan Rivers - Housing as a Human Rights issue
• Gordon Campbell - The lessons of the London tower block fire

• The Nation - Housing Panel
• Science Media Centre - SMC ALERT: Future of Housing - Expert Q&A
• TVNZ - Future of Kiwi Lifestyle Discussed in ‘What Next?’
• NZ Govt - Over 1000 new transitional housing places - Three Kings housing development agreement welcomed - Nelson Housing Accord extended
• Labour - Nats’ HAM-fisted housing crisis denial - Labour will get tough on slum boarding houses - Horowhenua District Council being economic with the truth - Councils step up as Nats drop the ball on housing crisis
• ACT - Mayoral Housing Taskforce adopts three ACT policies
• Auckland Council - Taskforce Report recommends major changes to housing
• Marlborough District Council - Government purchase of motel for emergency accommodation
• Salvation Army - Winter is Coming: Salvation Army sees thousands in new need
• Child Poverty Action Group - CPAG asks, what’s changed since Park Up For Homes?
• REINZ - NZ house prices increasing, led by strong regional growth
• Trade Me Property - The brakes are being applied to the NZ property market
• Joint Church Leaders - Churches tell PM: Housing security essential for communities
• NZ Property Institute - Property Institute welcomes Mayoral Housing Report
• Chris Barfoot - How to Solve the Housing Crisis – A Less than Honest Process
• Ian Shirley - National’s ‘super city’ for Auckland is not working
• Green Building Council - Green homes rise 10-fold in New Zealand since 2015

Open Government

Info to help keep you informed on the movement for a more Open Government. This includes information on important issues such as increasing participation in democracy and efforts to increase voter turnout and engagement.

• Joseph Cederwall - Who To Vote For To Ensure A More Open Government
• New Zealand Government - Slightly softer growth expected in PREFU
• Transparency International - Weekly Update: Affordable Housing
• Transparency International - TINZ applauds the decline in foreign trusts
• New Zealand Taxpayers' Union - 2017 Election "Bribe-O-Meter" Launched

Outlinks

• Werewolf - Max Rashbrooke on how to make government more open
• Institute For Governance and Policy Studies - Bridges Both Ways: Transforming the openness of New Zealand government
• We Have Power - A campaign run through the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations, and powered by young people across the country.

Information on the 2017 General Election

Saturday 23 September 2017,

9am to 7pm.

Overseas voting
starts Wednesday, 6 Sept.
Advance voting
Monday 11 Sept - Friday 22 Sept.

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Who can vote - Enrolled citizens or permanent residents, 18 years or older, who have lived in NZ for more than one year continuously at sometime.

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