Citizenship

UnitedFuture's Citizenship policy may be downloaded at the bottom of the page.

It is UnitedFuture policy to:

  • Ensure that school pupils understand their civic rights and responsibilities, the structure of the New Zealand Parliament and of Local Government and their means of access to them.
  • Nationally televise the Youth Parliament to give credence to the efforts of young people to lift the bar.
  • Require immigrants to take a civics course as part of becoming a New Zealand citizen, to promote civics understanding and teach immigrants what it is to be a “Kiwi” & what the norms & expectations of New Zealand society are.
  • Introduce a graded system towards citizenship to develop the idea that citizenship is a privilege and not a right.

Purposeful Democracy

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Hon Peter Dunne's Keynote Address to ALAC Working Together Conference 2010

Telstra Events Centre, Manukau
9.40am, Thursday, 6 May 2010

Key points:

  • “… while many people drink without harming themselves or others, the misuse of alcohol by some results in considerable health, social and economic costs”.
  • “…the Government’s focus...

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