Thanks for encouraging people to submit on the gender affirming care bill. My 14 year old family member has just received their first dose of puberty blocker. It took almost a year to access, three endocrinology specialist appointments, a mental health assessment, and three GP consultations. We have a much happier and more relaxed teenager. (I cannot understand why public submissions are even being sought on an issue that affects around 100 young people! But we do need support, please!)
Exactly!!!!!!! Treatment has been a lifesaver for my girl. The fact that there’s so much misguided fear around this issue means it should between our kids, us, and their health support. Not the bloody public!
good on you......100%......sound the warning bell......ffs.......dodgy tactics.....get whole interest groups enmasse to write in the hundreds.....inundate......get on other media.....how many other watchdogs are baying....???? .....people are being divided in the dark....so who is uniting...???....I quadrupled my donation for this year.......keep up the great work
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!! I was so focused on crafting a cohesive submission to the Regulatory Standards Bill that I almost overlooked the Oranga Tamariki Amendment Bill! I realised I am very well-placed to comment on this as I have years of experience teaching the exact kids this bill is aimed at as well as doing volunteer work with adult prisoners, so I understand the issues and the environment well and what actually needs to be addressed. Your outline was great because that made it much easier and faster for me to lay out my case. Many thanks Emily!! 🙏
Thank you so much. I was feeling some angst about this, and didn't know where to start. So now I've done my submissions, and I'll share this as well! Thanks again.
Thank you! And not that I want to add to the consultation fatigue, but there is also consultation on charging access to public conservation land (due 28 Feb 2025)
Excellent timing - my plan for today was already for doing subs on treaty and regulatory bills so it's straight forward to add the other two now. You've made it all alot easier!
Wellington's shite weather is also playing ball keeping me snuggled inside.
Thank you so much for this! My job for today was already to make these submissions (I'd missed the bootcamps one), and this has made my thinking process so much easier.
Also - for people who are looking into the detail on the Treaty submission, the link to the Regulatory Impact Statement is broken. The direct link is here:
Thanks Emily, this email was my final push to get into action. Then I got my partner to do it. Then my friend turned up and I made her do it too. Suck on that one Seymour.
This is so very helpful. Thank you for all your work pulling this together and making it easy to submit (and learn about!) on all these consultations. I'm going to share this useful resource far and wide
Thanks Emily. I had already submitted on Treaty.
You made it easy for me to submit on the other three. Please keep helping us out with any bill we have to comment on/ object to.
Thanks for encouraging people to submit on the gender affirming care bill. My 14 year old family member has just received their first dose of puberty blocker. It took almost a year to access, three endocrinology specialist appointments, a mental health assessment, and three GP consultations. We have a much happier and more relaxed teenager. (I cannot understand why public submissions are even being sought on an issue that affects around 100 young people! But we do need support, please!)
Exactly!!!!!!! Treatment has been a lifesaver for my girl. The fact that there’s so much misguided fear around this issue means it should between our kids, us, and their health support. Not the bloody public!
good on you......100%......sound the warning bell......ffs.......dodgy tactics.....get whole interest groups enmasse to write in the hundreds.....inundate......get on other media.....how many other watchdogs are baying....???? .....people are being divided in the dark....so who is uniting...???....I quadrupled my donation for this year.......keep up the great work
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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!! I was so focused on crafting a cohesive submission to the Regulatory Standards Bill that I almost overlooked the Oranga Tamariki Amendment Bill! I realised I am very well-placed to comment on this as I have years of experience teaching the exact kids this bill is aimed at as well as doing volunteer work with adult prisoners, so I understand the issues and the environment well and what actually needs to be addressed. Your outline was great because that made it much easier and faster for me to lay out my case. Many thanks Emily!! 🙏
Thank you so much. I was feeling some angst about this, and didn't know where to start. So now I've done my submissions, and I'll share this as well! Thanks again.
Thank you! And not that I want to add to the consultation fatigue, but there is also consultation on charging access to public conservation land (due 28 Feb 2025)
https://www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/have-your-say/all-consultations/2024-consultations/exploring-charging-for-access-to-some-public-conservation-land/
oh thank you! I'll look into this!
Excellent timing - my plan for today was already for doing subs on treaty and regulatory bills so it's straight forward to add the other two now. You've made it all alot easier!
Wellington's shite weather is also playing ball keeping me snuggled inside.
Also the Social Security Amendment Bill due 10 January which forces all sorts of horrible compliances and sanctions on beneficiaries whose lives are already complicated and vulnerable enough. The really nasty face of this Government. https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-a-submission/document/54SCSSC_SCF_09FDCD32-87EF-4C46-E703-08DD18052784/social-security-amendment-bill
Thanks, also done.
Thank you so much for this! My job for today was already to make these submissions (I'd missed the bootcamps one), and this has made my thinking process so much easier.
Also - for people who are looking into the detail on the Treaty submission, the link to the Regulatory Impact Statement is broken. The direct link is here:
https://www.regulation.govt.nz/assets/RIS-Documents/Regulatory-Impact-Statement-Providing-certainty-on-the-Treaty-principles.pdf
(I have complained to the online team, but they aren't back in the office until tomorrow!)
Thanks Emily, this email was my final push to get into action. Then I got my partner to do it. Then my friend turned up and I made her do it too. Suck on that one Seymour.
Thank you so much for this!
Thank you for making this easy!
Just did mine, thanks for all of your mahi Emily
Thank you so much for putting this together Emily, it is so appreciated!!
Just did my submissions ❤️
Very helpful, thanks Emily. 🤗
This is so very helpful. Thank you for all your work pulling this together and making it easy to submit (and learn about!) on all these consultations. I'm going to share this useful resource far and wide