Communications
Vibrant communities are the meeting-point of many factors. One is a strong and advanced communications system that supports all the interactions New Zealanders make in their day-to-day lives.
United Future's position is to:
- lower the cost of cell phone calls by ensuring that New Zealand has an open competitive modern telecommunications infrastructure, backed by a sound regulatory framework to protect the public interest
- create a national "Do Not Call" register, allowing people to be legally protected from receiving calls from telemarketers
- ban telemarketers from calling anyone after 9pm, or on Sundays.
- take all necessary steps to safeguard children from harmful internet material, working with the Internet Safety Group and the industry to ensure that filtering software and other appropriate safety measures, including effective Codes of Practice, are adopted.