OGP NAP4 Ideas Participation

Unique ID

Sub-theme

Source of idea

Idea

Why

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OGP

Net Hui 2019

Co-create the next action plan with civil society.

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Youth/Civics

Wellington Youth Council

Adding civics to the curriculum in secondary school and making it relevant to them.

How can young people use the system for change?

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Civics

Wellington Youth Council

Explain how New Zealand is governed.

Who decides what, who signs what, what are the hoops?

3CB82BFC

Youth/Civics

Wellington Youth Council

Harold (as in Harold the Giraffe, the Life Education Trust mascot that travels to schools in a mobile classroom) but to teach young people about government - independent from schools.

F4B70514

Consultation

Wellington Youth Council

Consultation outside of the usual process e.g.: bus consultation

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Youth/Engagement

Wellington Youth Council

Use a platform like the Hive to engage young people.

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Civics

Wellington Youth Council

Not knowing who is accountable for a given issue

98D4250C

Youth/Civics

Wellington Youth Council

Give young people practical experience e.g. writing submissions workshops

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Tools/Process

Wellington Youth Council

More accessible, online tools

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Tools/Process

Wellington Youth Council

Use Instagram story polls

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Civics

Wellington Youth Council

Give a basic understanding

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Youth/Civics

Wellington Youth Council

Encourage High Schoolers to attend Parliament

E2482135

Youth/Civics

Wellington Youth Council

Get MPs in schools

Get in early, normalise it

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Youth/Civics

Wellington Youth Council

Mock voting, mock elections and mock Parliaments

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Youth/Civics

Wellington Youth Council

Have civics as an examinable subject or more specific subjects

Incentivise

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Civics

Wellington Youth Council

More legislation education

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Civics

Wellington Youth Council

MPs should outline and explain parties and seats

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Targeted Info (Regional)

Wellington Youth Council

Booklet for different regions, people in Northland may care about different issues than

those in Wellington.

Make it real world

9CDD72D9

Youth/Civics

Wellington Youth Council

Project-based education, use debating, SCs and look at local projects like an NZTA proposed plan. What would happen to our school route for example.

BCA43A3F

Youth/Civics

Wellington Youth Council

Education needs to include grassroots level, come in before NCEA.

23718E48

Tools/Process

Wellington Youth Council

Submission process is very complicated

8EC0C626

Civics

Wellington Youth Council

Don't know who to tell

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Youth/Tools/Process

Wellington Youth Council

Need a kids version of the submission process, biodiversity website was a good example.

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Tools/Process

Wellington Youth Council

Questions are better at guiding the submissions, ask for specific feedback on things.

Graphics help too, Wellington Council's map of streets was good when looking at speed limits.

7C522D49

Tools/Process

Wellington Youth Council

Send in voice messages or call up

819CB63C

Tools/Process

Wellington Youth Council

Make a website showing the different headline topics like climate change and it directs you to which agencies are responsible and who you can talk to.

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Tools/Process

Wellington Youth Council

Use actually engaging technology, name, email comment instead of submissions.

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Tools/Process

Wellington Youth Council

Use interactive resources

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Civics

Wellington Youth Council

Knowing the right people to talk to matters

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Civics

Wellington Youth Council

Not having education about how the system works is a barrier. Submissions etc aren't easy to find.

FB3ACBCD

Tools/Process

Wellington Youth Council

Engagement framework of the consultation happening.

Requires ongoing consultation to keep up, how do you keep on top of things.

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Community parliament at local level

Expand involvement of community groups

FF9A392B

Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Improve outreach resources to communities

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Government demonstrating that listening leads to action

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Resources on how to communicate with and navigate government (local and central)

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

All consultations across government to be published in one place

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Participatory citizen assemblies, participatory budgeting etc

What do we mean by participation?

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Regional, in-person, long term approach to community participation

"don't give up"!

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Fit for purpose modalities -online, in-person etc. As agreed with communities and feedback loops.

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Go to where the community is.

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Use local people to help connect into local groups

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PS Educ

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Programme of work to train agencies to consider/explain how public interest test is applied.

A8E4A953

Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

DIA consultation website, single place for information on government consultations and how to engage.

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Minimum standards issued on how to run consultations

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Working jointly with people (civil society/public) early in process.

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Getting input from civil society/public on what the questions are, not going out with pre-formed questions.

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Tools/Process

Max Rashbrooke

Create a crowdsourced legislation site where citizens can propose and discuss draft bills which, if they receive enough public signatures, go before Parliament to be debated and voted on. This would profoundly open up the law-making process to citizens.

C0043F07

Tools/Process

Max Rashbrooke

Commit to hold at least one citizen’s assembly in the next term of government (without necessarily having to specify a particular subject), as proof of an intention to involve citizens more deeply in the business of government, generate greater legitimacy and buy- in for decisions, and create a more responsive politics.

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Tools/Process

Max Rashbrooke

Encourage local councils to trial participatory budgeting by providing training and information about how it works and extra funding for them to allocate.

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Need to have a regional focus

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Civics

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Government agencies/system - knowing what to do to find information or when you have a problem

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Use of citizen assemblies

Change comes from people having greater opportunity to influence. Need to move further along participation spectrum.

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Other

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Better reporting needs to happen at the local government level

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PS Educ

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Public servants need to understand the Copyright Act - knowledge of Creative Commons.

Govt needs to implements aims of the Act and NZGOAL.

03D9D610

Other

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Corruption at local government level is coming through research - pilot. Need participation at local government level to counter this.

4E70ED9D

Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Locals having an ability to share what they know, locals are also experts, it is not just data.

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Improve awareness of initiatives for public feedback on draft legislation.

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Trans-government website used by all government agencies. Same website to report onward progress.

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Simplified language and groups to involve.

Cross cultural, cross agency, regional, youth, immigrants

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Languages, community groups, cross government and the public (arrows connecting each of these in a circle)

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Working with communities to meet shared expectations and who have expertise that can be tapped into as well as an individual perspective.

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Parliament

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Parliamentary process results in policy being determined without public involvement and scrutiny.

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Parliament

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Ability of Parliament to scrutinise the Executive is weak

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Parliament

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

All participants in the Select Committee process should, be equal - all submission open and available.

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Parliament

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Parliamentary alerts are good but come too late.

24D190EC

Electoral

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Transparency around political donations.

97C3C394

Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

More involvement in policy development before the policy gets to Parliament.

03C985EC

Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

The Public Service responds to the issues the Government is concerned about as opposed to those important to the people.

1D0842E0

Parliament

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Not right that videos of Select Committee proceedings are posted on Facebook rather than Parliamentary TV - need a formal space owned by Parliament as well as sharing on social media.

0324E0D9

Electoral

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Reality of our political process is that bargains are made - meaning of a Vote has changed - not a referendum on a manifesto

765AE25E

Electoral

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

How can you make a representative democracy more participatory given the impacts of MMP (coalition agreements)

EC328B6E

Local Govt Reform

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Reform Local Government Act - get rid of secret public excluded workshops

DC31D357

Other

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

How do we develop the idea of community being the "I"

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Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Work with communities

0B3A2F1A

Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Digital Object Identifier's on the back of all govt documents, especially for research. Very inconsistent currently

1CC674AC

Other

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Government has the opportunity to allow the public to reuse valuable info, CC attribution lines should be used otherwise public is in violation.

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PS Educ

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Training is needed on NZGOAL from SSC.

1E47F689

Tools/Process

Wellington NAP4 Workshop 2020

Consultation is not consistent and it rushes NGOs.

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Other

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

“Where are my taxes are spent”

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Other

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Easily accessible information – easy to understand

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Youth/Engagement

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Focus on issues that are of concern to young people

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Tools/Process

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Use platforms young people can easily access. Provide information that is easy to

understand

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Tools/Process

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Interactive engagement experience with government – livestreams, Q/As with government officials

54D82F5E

Tools/Process

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Government needs to engage on social media more. Try to actively engage young people versus waiting for young people to come to them.

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Tools/Process

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Put resources (money, time, staff) behind engaging young people

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Tools/Process

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Build relationships with a wide range of people including youth

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Navigator

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Service like the CAB but narrowly focused on the government. Can be a central point for all questions from young people for all thing’s government.

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Youth/Civics

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

School-based service that introduces government at a younger age (intermediate age)

CF29AD8C

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Direct voting practicing – get people engaged with the ideas of voting (e.g. high school elections, teaching people about major parties).

4EA4CBEB

Youth/Civics

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Young people as election day officials – help facilitate them to understand the process of

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Electoral

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Voting age moved to 16

4070C662

Youth/Civics

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Civics class (increasing interesting content taught)

7830905D

Tools/Process

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Being able to influence how decisions are made – we like having a voice through the process. Government makes a lot of decisions and being involved is the only way we can influence what decisions are made.

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Tools/Process

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Templates for submissions

Mock Elections in schools Make Voting age 16

On the fence app, an app that consolidates policies from different parties into a quiz to

help you understand which party’s views you align with

Knowledge that you can engage in making submissions at any age

What your vote translates to in parliament

What are MPs, what do they do, how to engage with them

Making government/politics/MPs relatable so they are approachable/not intimidating

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Tools/Process

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Online forums for young people to use for consultation

C2D8C781

Tools/Process

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Podcasts and other third party organisations

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Civics

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Showing step by step how something influenced law or policy

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Other

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

People can become overwhelmed with information so take what people are already interested in and expand it slightly further. Give a taste and they can pursue further. Prioritise information - it's an onion. Some people may only want foundations, others want the expert stuff!

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Civics

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Government websites are all very unique and different and it is really difficult to find the information you want. A standardised approach.

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Youth/Civics

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Tertiary pack/life after school starter pack. This includes who your MP will be, what electorate you are in.

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Youth/Engagement

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Radio or TV channel run by young people for young people

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Civics

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Cater education to what people's interests are

601C8AA9

Youth/Engagement

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Don't dumb something down. Simple doesn’t have to be patronising.

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Youth/Civics

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Importance of physical presence of young people out in the regions, so that people who might not receive civics type material on social media can hear about government.

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Youth/Civics

Commonwealth Youth Workshop

Local government is really useful. Messaging and education can be done through councils.

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Civics

Dunedin Youth Council

Consistent education high school not just year 10 social studies, maybe a political/government studies subject.

12BA2332

Civics

Dunedin Youth Council

Having talks at schools by public servants to talk about government and what different public servants actually do.

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Civics

Dunedin Youth Council

What are the roles of people in govt

1FA561F0

Youth/Engagement

Dunedin Youth Council

How can youth make direct changes

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Youth/Engagement

Dunedin Youth Council

We need a place for open discussion, for example our peers can come up to us and ask about the Dunedin City Council, where can we have open discussions about central govt

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Civics

Dunedin Youth Council

If people understood govt more they would want to take subjects in it, we take legal studies which is really helpful but others don’t know how valuable it is that it teaches you about govt too

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Youth/Civics

Dunedin Youth Council

Need to learn about govt in senior school and junior school, consistently. How can we keep these learnings going through high school

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Civics

Dunedin Youth Council

How electorates are drawn, is it by population??

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Civics

Dunedin Youth Council

Accessible education – perhaps being taught in schools, on social media and being able to understand. Government is not well explained at school. What is like your electorate vote/party vote.

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Youth/Engagement

Dunedin Youth Council

We want to talk about everything and what we can do to help but we want to know more and learn more. Our generation is more susceptible to change and we are wanting make change.

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Youth/Civics

Dunedin Youth Council

Teach MMP later on in school.

It's important to know why your vote counts.

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Youth/Engagement

Dunedin Youth Council

If you don't understand govt you're not going to be as motivated to vote

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Youth/Engagement

Dunedin Youth Council

Youth have to go out and find ways to have their voice heard which is fine but for unengaged people, whose perspectives we need, its very hard for them unless we flag it for them.

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Youth/Civics

Dunedin Youth Council

Open discussion with government and MPS.

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Tools/Process

Te Kawa Mataaho Staff Talk Feb 2021

Participatory budgeting.

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Tools/Process

Te Kawa Mataaho Staff Talk Feb 2021

Offering options for consultation, e.g. You can either fill out a lengthy form or could email through your thoughts.

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Talk/Engagement

Te Kawa Mataaho Staff Talk Feb 2021

Have ambassadors for certain things, especially in isolated communities.

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Talk/Engagement

Te Kawa Mataaho Staff Talk Feb 2021

Create a hub for people to submit proposals like petitions

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Tools/Process

Te Kawa Mataaho Staff Talk Feb 2021

Devolving some control to communities

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Talk/Engagement

Tupu Tai Workshop

Targeted Programmes for people who do not generally engage

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Youth/Engagement

Tupu Tai Workshop

More demographic input - e.g. a 30 year old creating advertising which is targeting 18-24 year olds, does not work.

2E841BA9

Talk/Engagement

Tupu Tai Workshop

Need greater representation, across all diversity dimensions

This fosters more trust and allows people to have those important conversations.

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Youth/Engagement

Tupu Tai Workshop

I agree with the concept of active citizenship but there's lots of onus on the citizen, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but if you're not taught how to engage, then how could you?