Election 2017 - Party Policies - Government - Constitutional Reform
27th May 17, 9:43am
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Constitutional Reform
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- Help facilitate a nationwide dialogue to formulate a statement of national aspirations as a standard against which our national laws and regulations can be measured, and which can be used as a basis for forming a formal, written national constitution for Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Support the establishment of an independent constitutional commission to assist in such a dialogue, and in formulating specific proposals.
- Ensure that Māori have adequate resources to enable them to engage in their own tikanga process for determining constitutional issues.
- Help facilitate nationwide dialogue over whether New Zealand’s status as a constitutional monarchy fits with our evolving national identity, what could replace it and how that would give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
- Establish a set ratio of electorate to list MPs (e.g. 60:40, 50:50) to ensure proportional representation in Parliament is maintained.
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- Entrench the right to privacy into our Bill of Rights.
- Ensure that young New Zealanders understand their civic rights and responsibilities by introducing compulsory and comprehensive civics education from years 1-13, including information about elections, our electoral system, our Parliament, central and local government, courts, the Head of State and other institutions.
- Create a fund – available to lower decile schools and schools with disadvantaged students – to bring their students to Wellington to visit institutions such as Parliament, the Treaty of Waitangi, National Library, Te Papa, and to meet MPs, Ministers, the Governor-General, and Judges.
- Require immigrants to take a civics course as part of becoming a New Zealand citizen, to promote civic understanding and the norms and expectations of New Zealand society.
- Investigate the introduction of a graded system towards citizenship, to develop the idea that citizenship is a privilege and not a right, as well as investigating the introduction of a citizenship test.
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