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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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Kiwis come out in support of more refugees
Friday, 13 March 2015, 10:07 am | ActionStation
80% of New Zealanders surveyed this week by campaigning organisation ActionStation supported an immediate emergency intake of refugees from Syria, and an increase in the ongoing refugee quota. More >>
Library books not just a political fight
Thursday, 5 February 2015, 4:45 pm | ActionStation
Thousands of New Zealanders have signed a petition to stop cuts to National Library lending services to schools, with New Zealand’s favorite celebrity Lorde and Man Booker prize winning author Eleanor Catton even weighing in on the debate. More >>
Kiwi activists crowdfund billboard for Simon Bridges
Thursday, 18 December 2014, 9:43 am | ActionStation
Almost seven thousand New Zealanders have taken part in a crowdfunding campaign, and have raised enough money to put a billboard up in Tauranga that is directed at Simon Bridges, the Minister of Energy and Resources. More >>
Activists celebrate success in ‘Roast Busters’ campaign
Tuesday, 25 November 2014, 12:57 pm | ActionStation
Activist community ActionStation is today celebrating the success of their campaign to force a review into the lack of charges in the ‘Roast Busters’ case, after the Minister of Justice announced the re-opening of work to improve the justice system ... More >>
The Dirtiest Deal You've Never Heard Of: #TPPANoWay
Monday, 10 November 2014, 11:53 am | ActionStation
The TPPA could cost us our privacy rights, access to affordable medicine and the safety of our food. Without mainstream media attention, clever international campaigning and a strong public outcry, politicians will only hear the concerns of multinational ... More >>
Kiwis rally to demand justice for ‘Roast Buster’ survivors
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 9:08 am | ActionStation
Over 1,500 kiwis have rallied to demand justice after the announcement of the NZ Police decision not to lay charges in the ‘Roast Busters’ saga. More >>
Parties sent home with report cards
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 11:13 am | ActionStation
More than 2000 New Zealanders came together to run a full page ad in the Herald today asking all Parties what they will commit to do to clean up politics. The answers are in, and ActionStation has graded Parties on their responses to those questions ... More >>
2,100 people send message about dirty politics
Tuesday, 16 September 2014, 12:23 pm | ActionStation
2,100 people have signed their name to a full-page open letter featuring in the New Zealand Herald this Wednesday. The letter is designed to send a message to politicians that dirty politics is an important election issue. More >>
Foodies come out for a CAN DO government
Monday, 25 August 2014, 2:46 pm | ActionStation
Wellington culinary celebrities will be joining the call for a “can-do government” and supporting “can-do people getting out to vote” as they help build the beehive out of cans tomorrow. More >>
Well-known kiwis sign on to stop ivory trade
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 11:25 am | ActionStation
Today the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee will consider a complete ban on the ivory trade in response to a petition by Auckland teacher Virginia Woolf and policy analyst Fiona Gordon. More >>
Kiwi values ignited through ‘burning questions’
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 8:43 am | ActionStation
What is Adam Page, a self professed ‘looper’ and music improviser going to do with the burning questions that come out of the auditorium at the City Gallery this evening? What indeed, are ‘Burning Questions’? More >>
