A petition for tax, which is how we fund our collective agent - government - to do our work! our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/fo...

Trust Democracy is deeply concerned by the NZ government's move away from a traditional census to an untested approach of relying on administrative data.

We've responded to the Stats NZ consultation, and you can too, before Friday 19 December. Read our response:

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As @trustdemocracy.nz members, Finn Shewell & I want to promote all the democratic innovation happening in Porirua, which is why we organised our 'A Place of Firsts' event. So we're very happy that Wellington.Scoop has published an account of what was talked about! wellington.scoop.co.nz?p=176321

How do we go about 'fixing democracy'? For some possible answers, check out David Runciman's Past, Present, Future podcast. How do we fix elections and parliaments? What can citizens assemblies do? Use the filter 'fixing democracy' to see all the episodes. www.ppfideas.com/episodes

Great to see the Porirua Assemby on Climate - Te Tititi based, community led, inclusive of young people - being discussed in Australia. www.ngatitoa.iwi.nz/poriruaassem...

We have submitted on the 4 year terms bill.

The stated purpose of the Bill is to help improve law making.

But no evidence has been presented that lengthening the parliamentary term and changing the balance of select
committees would have this effect.

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More Referenda, Better Democracy?

With New Zealanders likely to vote on extending the parliamentary term at the 2026 general election, join us at our AGM for a discussion about referenda and options for strengthening the public’s democratic voice.

Register now!
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Ready to seriously imagine what Govt 2.0 should include? John Gastil, the US democratic scholar and innovator, was in NZ recently and outlines some possibilities in this podcast open.spotify.com/episode/1kpk...

What's at stake in the upcoming US election? How can deliberative practices improve referenda? How might digital democracies be realised? Check out these Auckland and Wellington events on 5, 11, 12 June with deliberative democracy heavyweight, John Gastil. trustdemocracy.nz/2024/05/gast...

It's a pretty fundamental question if we want 'trust' and 'democracy': What does fairness mean to New Zealanders? Explore this question with others via Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures's online deliberation.
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Delighted to share this Policy Quarterly article on the history of deliberative democracy in NZ. With Tatjana Buklijaš and @maxrashbrooke.bsky.social, we have documented 3 NZ cases - one each from the 1990s, 2000s & 2010s. #DeliberativeDemocracy #PolicyQuarterly ojs.victoria.ac.nz/pq/article/v...

Eight CSOs have written to the Minister responsible for NZ's membership of the Open Government Partnership, asking her to ensure that adequate funding is provided so that ambitious new pieces of work are committed to & delivered in our next National Action Plan.

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Prof Anne Salmond will deliver a lecture on 30 April.

Dame Anne will discuss how NZ is a democracy, not a company, how the weakening or avoiding of parliamentary & external checks and balances on executive power risks NZ becoming more authoritarian.

Register here: vuw.eventsair.com/2024-sir-fra...