Poll: Should our voting age be lowered to 16?
On Monday, 21 November, the Supreme Court ruled that preventing 16 and 17-year-olds from voting is 'unjustified age discrimination'.
The current age of voting is 18 in New Zealand and lobby group Make It 16 have been running a youth-led campaign advocating for the vote to be extended to our 16 and 17-year-olds.
“This is history,” said Make It 16 co-director Caeden Tipler. “Today New Zealand’s highest court has confirmed that stopping young people from voting is a breach of our human rights...The government and Parliament cannot ignore such a clear legal and moral message. They must let us vote.”
Share your thoughts below - these may be published in the We Say You Say column of the local papers.
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13.9% Yes - they should be allowed to vote
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3.7% Maybe - I need more information
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3.2% It doesn't bother me either way
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79.2% No - I don't agree with this
Memorial Park
Have you seen this recent addition to the children's sensory garden at Memorial Park Terrace End? It was an exciting privilege to work with the PNCC to create this special glass mosaic river with pebbles hand-painted by local school kids.
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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63.3% Summer
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35.4% Winter
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1.3% Other - I'll share below
Our Next Open Weekend Horowhenua Art Society
Our next open weekend will be Sat.25th & Sun 26th Jan 2025 So come along and enjoy. Also enjoy the Thompson House Park maybe for a picnic!!! Homestead Creative Crafts & the Pottery Club will also be Open. So pay a visit to all talent in the Levin Artisan Hub Area and enjoy.
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