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Our mission is to tautoko (support) and whakamana (uplift) everyday New Zealanders to act together in powerful and coordinated ways to create what we cannot achieve on our own: a society, economy and democracy that serves all of us - everyday people and Papatūānuku, the planet we love.
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Crowdfunded newspaper ad urges NZ First to side with Labour
Thursday, 5 October 2017, 5:23 pm | ActionStation
Voters have helped crowdfund a full page ad in Winston Peter’s local paper, with an open letter urging NZ First to form a government with Labour and the Greens. More >>
18,534 ask for protection of rare kiwi
Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 3:03 pm | ActionStation
A mother and child pair of costumed kiwis sought sanctuary on Parliament steps today to highlight the plight of the endangered Haast Tokoeka Kiwi, threatened by a West Coast company’s plan to build a pipeline through their habitat in order to transport ... More >>
Mental health billboards appear in Minister’s electorate
Sunday, 30 July 2017, 2:20 pm | ActionStation
Billboards highlighting the fact that most New Zealanders want an inquiry into the public mental health system have sprung up overnight in the Health Minister’s Northcote electorate. More >>
ActionStation & Renters United Launch Campaign for Renters
Thursday, 20 July 2017, 12:20 pm | ActionStation
Hundreds of renting stories gathered as ActionStation and Renters United launch The People’s Review of Renting More >>
39,000 Demand Rejection of NZ Pure Blue's Extraction Bid
Wednesday, 5 July 2017, 9:30 am | ActionStation
After Successfully Pushing Ashburton District Council to Call off Secret Backroom Water Deal with NZ Pure Blue, Consumer Watchdog Group SumOfUs Pressures Waikato to Follow Suit More >>
Five Hundred make Joint Submission on NZ Suicide Plan
Monday, 26 June 2017, 12:56 pm | ActionStation
The deadline for public submissions on the Ministry of Health’s Suicide Prevention Strategy closed today, and the People’s Mental Health Review has been gathering submissions for a joint submission. More >>
Youth campaign for better mental health education
Thursday, 8 June 2017, 4:27 pm | ActionStation
Over 9,000 people have signed 21-year-old Lucy McSweeney's petition . Lucy McSweeney was inspired to begin the campaign by her own challenges with mental health in high school. More >>
Auditor General Echoes People’s Mental Health Report
Thursday, 1 June 2017, 4:41 pm | ActionStation
Yesterday the Office of the Auditor General released a comprehensive report: “ Mental health: Effectiveness of the planning to discharge people from hospital” More >>
Healthcare funding merely cosmetic
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 5:31 pm | ActionStation
Today's Budget needed to do much more to save our public health care says ActionStation Co-Director Laura O’Connell-Rapira. More >>
Budget shows Mental Health not a Priority
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 4:04 pm | ActionStation
Budget shows Mental Health not a Priority Press Release 25 May, 2017 Despite the concerns of many New Zealanders, the National Government's budget announced today only includes an incremental increase in funding for mental health services. “The ... More >>
A win for RNZ, but funding boost doesn't go far enough
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 3:36 pm | ActionStation
Today’s budget announcement of an extra $2.85m per year in funding for Radio New Zealand has been welcomed by public media campaigners ActionStation who delivered a petition alongside the Coalition for Better Broadcasting and citizen campaigner ... More >>
Petition delivery at MP Grant Robertson’s office
Thursday, 11 May 2017, 1:46 pm | ActionStation
A combined petition of over 6300 signatures, signed by 1399 Wellingtonians, urges dramatically increased funding for healthcare services and will be delivered tomorrow carried on a hospital stretcher in time for this month's budget. More >>
10,725 demand specific policies to end homelessness crisis
Wednesday, 3 May 2017, 5:03 pm | ActionStation
The stress of homelessness led one young man to depression to the extent that he contemplated suicide as that was an easier way out, campaigners at Parliament today told Labour deputy leader Jacinda Adern. More >>
People’s Mental Health Report Gathers Support
Saturday, 29 April 2017, 12:45 pm | ActionStation
People’s Mental Health Report Gathers Support Press Release 27 April, 2017 The People’s Mental Health Report was launched last Wednesday (19 April) and since then support for the recommendations in the report has been gathering momentum. New ... More >>
Dunne accepts hundreds of postcards on refugee labels
Wednesday, 26 April 2017, 1:28 pm | ActionStation
Minister Peter Dunne today accepted over 800 postcards calling for convention refugees to have the same entitlements as quota refugees at a LUSH store in Wellington. More >>
Huge turnout for final public investigation
Monday, 27 March 2017, 3:53 pm | ActionStation
Over 140 people packed a school hall in Mt Eden, Auckland yesterday to take part in the final event of the People’s Commission on Public Broadcasting and Media - a crowdfunded public inquiry into the state of public broadcasting and media in ... More >>
People’s Commission on Public Broadcasting & Media launches
Wednesday, 15 February 2017, 9:19 am | ActionStation
A crowdfunded investigation to make media and public broadcasting work better for New Zealand WHAT: Public inquiry into state of public broadcasting and media WHEN: February - March 2017 (workshops around the country) WHO: ActionStation and Coalition ... More >>
Over 5,500 ActionStation members sign petition
Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 10:32 am | ActionStation
In the two weeks leading up to Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne’s announcement loosening the rules around medicinal cannabis, over 5,500 signed an ActionStation petition calling for GPs to be able to prescribe the treatment. More >>
Govt passes TPPA Bill under the shadow of the quakes
Tuesday, 15 November 2016, 5:11 pm | ActionStation
The TPPA Amendment Bill has passed its Third and final reading today despite the majority of New Zealanders not wanting it. More >>
ActionStation: TPPA Bill must be taken off the agenda
Thursday, 10 November 2016, 12:44 pm | ActionStation
Despite the admission from the Prime Minister that the TPPA now has a ‘zero to none’ chance of being ratified, the Government is still trying to drive the TPPA Amendment Bill through it’s final reading tonight. More >>
