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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:<\/i><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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New ZeAland AotearoA is SLowly Failing<\/b><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Indeed a Reserve Bank of New Zealand report in January 2025<\/a>\u00a0on the state of New Zealand paints a very bleak picture:<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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2nd<\/b> in the OECD Rankings <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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20th<\/b> in the OECD Rankings - out of 38<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Our downward GDP trend reflects deeper structural weaknesses \u2014 in productivity, disposable income, and export performance<\/b><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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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 <\/b><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The solution is clearly not any one party, or any one philosophy.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>

We need diverse opinions in parliament because we are diverse – 5 million people sharing a fanstastic corner of the planet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A vision of New Zealand Aotearoa<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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we can be the cleverest small country - at the edge of the world - leading the way in technology, wealth, politics, Social justice and ETHICS<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Waste - 50 years of Flip Flops<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The list below is incomplete, and it\u2019s not about the merits of any policy.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>

It simply highlights how political football creates massive waste: decisions made and then reversed, costing us money, focus, and years of progress.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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2023\u20132025 \u2013 Boot camps for youth offenders reintroduced, following earlier discontinuation.<\/p>

2022\u20132025 \u2013 Health NZ (Whatu Ora) established, followed by structural review and proposed reorganisation.<\/p>

2022\u20132025 \u2013 Te P\u016bkenga established, with later decision to disestablish network.<\/p>

2021\u20132024 \u2013 Three Waters reform programme established and subsequently repealed.<\/p>

2017\u20132023 \u2013 Auckland Light Rail project announced, re-scoped, and re-announced.<\/p>

2014\u20132024 \u2013 Charter Schools introduced, disestablished, and reintroduced under different governments.<\/p>

2010s\u20132020s \u2013 Cook Strait Ferry solution reviewed and revised multiple times.<\/p>

2008\u20132009 \u2013 Emissions Trading Scheme introduced and subsequently amended under new government.<\/p>

2004 \u2013 Foreshore and Seabed Act enacted; later replaced by Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011.<\/p>

1991\u20132024 \u2013 Resource Management Act (RMA) enacted, amended, repealed, and replaced through successive reform cycles.<\/p>

1989\u20132025 \u2013 Education reforms undertaken in multiple phases, including governance, curriculum, and qualification changes.<\/p>

1976 -2007 \u2013 National Super Introduced, then canceled, the reintroduced as Kiwi Saver<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The 1976 decision to scrap National Super was arguably the most consequential, leaving New Zealand poorer in the long term \u2014 sadly, we were ahead of most countries at the time.<\/p>

31 years later<\/strong> in 2007 \u2013 KiwiSaver was introduced, establishing compulsory, work-based retirement savings with evolving contribution and withdrawal settings.

We lost 3 decades of wealth.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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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!<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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WeThe75 \u2014 A Call for National Consensus<\/strong><\/h2>

New Zealand\u2019s poor economic performance affects everything we care about. It limits our ability to improve social services, education, law and order, health, environmental protection \u2014 every essential part of society.<\/p>

This is far more than an economic issue. It is cultural, social, and ultimately about our national wellbeing and safety. If we don\u2019t fix it, we will continue our long decline. We risk becoming a sad version of what we once were \u2014 like Elvis in his final year: a shadow of a great past.<\/p>

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.<\/p>

New Zealand today is like the Titanic. Every three years, governments simply rearrange the deck chairs \u2014 bribing us with promises about which chairs they\u2019ll 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.<\/p>

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: \u201cI\u2019m right, you\u2019re wrong.\u201d<\/p>

But real life isn\u2019t like that.
At home \u2014 with families, spouses, schools, communities \u2014 we compromise. We listen. We work towards the long term. We don\u2019t say, \u201cI win because I have 51%.\u201d We ask, \u201cWhat is the right decision?\u201d<\/p>

This is the spirit behind\u00a0<\/span>WeThe75<\/strong>.<\/p>

WeThe75 is not a political party. It has only one policy:
Require Parliament to achieve a 75<\/u>% majority on all<\/u> decisions.<\/strong><\/p>

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 \u2014 the culture New Zealand desperately needs.<\/p>

MPs who cannot work to a 75% threshold will leave. Those who remain will rebuild a culture fit for the next 75 years.<\/p>

For three generations we have been sliding.
It is time to build a super-smart, high-value economy \u2014 selling high-value products and services to the world, not sliding further into decline.<\/p>

WeThe75: New Zealand deserves decisions made with wisdom, unity and long-term vision.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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