Whether you voted for National, Labour, Act, Green, NZ First, Maori or any other party in the last election … I think you can probably agree:
New ZeAland AotearoA is SLowly Failing
Indeed a Reserve Bank of New Zealand report in January 2025 on the state of New Zealand paints a very bleak picture:
1950
2nd in the OECD Rankings
2022
20th in the OECD Rankings - out of 38
Our downward GDP trend reflects deeper structural weaknesses — in productivity, disposable income, and export performance
A simple fact is that for 75 years we have had all manner of governments: National, Labour, Coalitions, under First-past-the-post and MMP
The solution is clearly not any one party, or any one philosophy.
We need diverse opinions in parliament because we are diverse – 5 million people sharing a fanstastic corner of the planet
A vision of New Zealand Aotearoa
we can be the cleverest small country - at the edge of the world - leading the way in technology, wealth, politics, Social justice and ETHICS
Waste - 50 years of Flip Flops
The list below is incomplete, and it’s not about the merits of any policy.
It simply highlights how political football creates massive waste: decisions made and then reversed, costing us money, focus, and years of progress.
2023–2025 – Boot camps for youth offenders reintroduced, following earlier discontinuation.
2022–2025 – Health NZ (Whatu Ora) established, followed by structural review and proposed reorganisation.
2022–2025 – Te Pūkenga established, with later decision to disestablish network.
2021–2024 – Three Waters reform programme established and subsequently repealed.
2017–2023 – Auckland Light Rail project announced, re-scoped, and re-announced.
2014–2024 – Charter Schools introduced, disestablished, and reintroduced under different governments.
2010s–2020s – Cook Strait Ferry solution reviewed and revised multiple times.
2008–2009 – Emissions Trading Scheme introduced and subsequently amended under new government.
2004 – Foreshore and Seabed Act enacted; later replaced by Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011.
1991–2024 – Resource Management Act (RMA) enacted, amended, repealed, and replaced through successive reform cycles.
1989–2025 – Education reforms undertaken in multiple phases, including governance, curriculum, and qualification changes.
1976 -2007 – National Super Introduced, then canceled, the reintroduced as Kiwi Saver
The 1976 decision to scrap National Super was arguably the most consequential, leaving New Zealand poorer in the long term — sadly, we were ahead of most countries at the time.
31 years later in 2007 – KiwiSaver was introduced, establishing compulsory, work-based retirement savings with evolving contribution and withdrawal settings.
We lost 3 decades of wealth.
Our politicians are HONEST, well-meaning and YES, we need a variety of opinions, but they MUST work together by default - with a common vision - and make much better decisions for us!
WeThe75 — A Call for National Consensus
New Zealand’s poor economic performance affects everything we care about. It limits our ability to improve social services, education, law and order, health, environmental protection — every essential part of society.
This is far more than an economic issue. It is cultural, social, and ultimately about our national wellbeing and safety. If we don’t fix it, we will continue our long decline. We risk becoming a sad version of what we once were — like Elvis in his final year: a shadow of a great past.
For 75 years we have been slipping down the OECD.
We will not fix this by doing more of the same. As Einstein said, doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result is insanity.
New Zealand today is like the Titanic. Every three years, governments simply rearrange the deck chairs — bribing us with promises about which chairs they’ll move, without ever addressing the iceberg. The iceberg is our decision-making culture: we have no shared vision, no long-term principles, and political football has replaced thoughtful consensus.
Yet behind the noise, New Zealanders share more than we realise. We believe in care, kindness, opportunity, fairness, and supporting both people who need help and the businesses that drive our economy.
Labour and National, despite what Parliament suggests, agree on far more than they disagree. Parliament is a theatre built on conflict: “I’m right, you’re wrong.”
But real life isn’t like that.
At home — with families, spouses, schools, communities — we compromise. We listen. We work towards the long term. We don’t say, “I win because I have 51%.” We ask, “What is the right decision?”
This is the spirit behind WeThe75.
WeThe75 is not a political party. It has only one policy:
Require Parliament to achieve a 75% majority on all decisions.
Why 75%?
Because 75% is achievable. Labour and National together already represent that super-majority.
100% would be unworkable.
But 75% requires collaboration, vision, and shared responsibility — the culture New Zealand desperately needs.
MPs who cannot work to a 75% threshold will leave. Those who remain will rebuild a culture fit for the next 75 years.
For three generations we have been sliding.
It is time to build a super-smart, high-value economy — selling high-value products and services to the world, not sliding further into decline.
WeThe75: New Zealand deserves decisions made with wisdom, unity and long-term vision.