Make It 16 co-leader Gina Dao-McLay wants the voting age lowered to 16.
Photo: Supplied via LDR
The Make It 16 campaign failed in the High Court in Wellington last year to convince a judge to declare the current minimum voting age of 18 discriminatory on the basis of age.
Only Parliament can change the law but a ruling it was discriminatory could have helped the cause.
Make It 16 co-leader Gina Dao-McLay said the group would now take their fight to the Court of Appeal in August, with the help of lawyers who took on the case pro-bono.
They want 16- and 17-year-olds to be able to vote at the next local body elections on 8 October 2022. Voter turnout across New Zealand in 2019 was 42 percent.
The power of history
History is a powerful tool. On the one hand, it informs and educates us. Through it we can come to know the story of human civilisation, its heroes and villains, its triumphs and tragedies.
From its study we can more fully understand our present age and how we got to where we are. We can learn lessons from those who have gone before us, and gain wisdom to help us prepare for the future.
But more than just an educational tool, history has the power to connect us to those who have gone before us, and give us a window into the culture and people of civilisations separated from us by hundreds or thousands of years.
Canterbury architecture awards: Musterer s hut, micro-brewery amongst winners
19 May, 2021 07:39 PM
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Shark House by First Light Studio. Photo / Dennis Radermacher
NZ Herald
Thirty-one of Canterbury s buildings, new and old, have been celebrated in the Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Canterbury Awards.
The Musterers Hut by C Nott Architects took out an award for small project architecture at the ceremony on Wednesday.
Inspired by the historic workers shelters dotted across much of the country s landscape, the hut blends into its tussocked Mackenzie Basin site, overlooking Takapō/Lake Tekapo.
Musterers Hut by C Nott Architects. Photo / Marina Mathews Photography
Press Release – Socialist Equality Group On May 11, a group of international mining experts released a 23-page Conceptual Development Plan to expand the underground investigation of Pike River coal mine in New Zealand. The document is a major step forward in the fight to uncover the …
On May 11, a group of international mining experts released a 23-page Conceptual Development Plan to expand the underground investigation of Pike River coal mine in New Zealand.
The document is a major step forward in the fight to uncover the truth about the mine disaster in November 2010 that killed 29 men. It was prepared by the Pike River Independent Technical Advisory Group, which consists of highly-qualified mining experts, including former chief mines inspector Tony Forster. They wrote the plan for free on behalf of 23 of the families of 29 men.