🇳🇿 WeThe75 — A Call for Long-Term Thinking
There was a time when New Zealand / Aotearoa ranked among the world’s wealthiest nations, but since the early 1960s, we’ve been slipping — decade by decade — because of short-term politics rather than consistent decisions based on agreed long-term vision.
National and Labour together consistently hold about 75 % of public support.
So let’s be honest — the idea that “the tail wags the dog” is a myth. The two major parties can and should work together. They just don’t.
All MPs should serve us, not their party lines. Frankly, if any MP truly believes their side has all the answers, they’re in the wrong job. Try running a marriage, a boardroom, or a community group like that — “We’re always right and you are always wrong!” Really? That’s just silly.
And it’s costing us billions — our future!
KiwiBuild, NCEA reforms, Health NZ – Te Whatu Ora, Three Waters, Te PĹ«kenga, Cook Strait Ferries, Auckland Light Rail … each one a policy flip-flop that’s wasted time, money, and focus.
The pattern is clear — short-term politics over long-term progress.
At WeThe75, we don’t claim to know the answers — and certainly do not support any party. However we believe in democracy – “for the people but the people” – and we demand that those elected by us work together to find them. Therefore have just one policy: All major national decisions should be required by law to be agreed upon by at least 75 % of Parliament, and as part of this process how NZ looks in 75 years should be a core consideration.
Anything less is just wasting our money — and our future.
We trust our politicians to act in our best interests, and yes it takes time to discuss and agree, but the last decades have shown the adversarial flip flop government has not and will not deliver.
Einstein is often quoted as saying: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”