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Youth Violence
1 person is facing this, with 2 possible solutions
Our teenagers are being influenced more and more by the advent and appeal of being in a gang. On Tuesday 17th February youths entered Hutt Valley High School wearing gang colours and started a large brawl with students. The gang showed up because ... see details
Abuse of T2 lanes
1 person is facing this, with 1 possible solution
I drive into the city on a daily basis, and i use the T2 (Transit Two) lanes which are designed to allow people who are car pooling to work to get onto the motorway faster etc... On an almost daily basis i see people who are NOT car pooling use th... see details
New Zealand is potentially facing a dementia epidemic
4 people are facing this, with 0 possible solutions
A report estimates that in 2008 there were an estimated 40,746 New Zealanders with dementia. Of these 12,333 were newly diagnosed in 2008. “By 2026, the number of New Zealanders with dementia is projected to increase to 74,821. By 2050, there ... see details
Minimum Wage
0 people are facing this, with 2 possible solutions
Last week, John Key announced the increase of minimum wage from $12 to $12.50/hr This was the smallest rise in minimum wage since 2005. Is this really related to the economy/recession or does the government just want to stay in the good books w... see details
Cheques are 350 Years old as of today, gradually fading out.
1 person is facing this, with 1 possible solution
Cheques are gradually fading out of circulation after being in use for the first time 350 years ago on Feb 16th. This is because of society tends to use credit cards and eftpos facilities more and more. see details
University being dumbed down!
2 people are facing this, with 1 possible solution
Through my own personal experience through university, I can say that University is becoming more and more about getting enrolments and less about letting students come out with a quality education. Courses at university have become so much mor... see details
Recession adding fuel to the fire of P induced violence
0 people are facing this, with 1 possible solution
As the recession starts to effect us more and more, it will also include those already unstable and struggling to pay for their P habit addiction. We need to sort out our nations P problem before it spins out of control due to the recession. see details
Police Quota System
2 people are facing this, with 2 possible solutions
An age old topic in NZ but have not seen it mentioned on ThinkSmall yet, so i'll raise it. What bothers me about the police quota system is that firstly it is giving the police a bad name because they are pressured into meeting these quotas. Addit... see details
Decriminalisation of Marijuana
1 person is facing this, with 3 possible solutions
I don't smoke it myself, but there's no reason for it to be illegal, when you can buy alcohol and cigarettes at supermarkets and dairies. There's no scientific evidence to show any long term detrimental effects on users, it's healthier than cigare... see details
Recession
7 people are facing this, with 23 possible solutions
As everybody is quite aware, we are heading into an economic recession. What can we do, both as individuals and as businesses to work through this for the betterment of our country? see details
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Differentiate
1 person supports this, addressing Tourism Facing a 9% decline
New Zealand is home to many different things, yet quite often globally, when we are referred to, it is often as "that small island east of Australia" a global marketing campaign actually highlighting that we're NOT Australia and that we ... see details
government
1 person supports this, addressing Our Schools Are Broke, And Parents Are Paying
Unfortunately with issues like these, the only thing that is going to help out is more government funding, or even better placed government funding, i've noticed that schools in lower socioeconomic areas get better funding, as far as computer reso... see details
NZ Fuel
1 person supports this, addressing Fuel costs are way too high
Our problem is that we depend too much on the international markets, we do have our own oil reserves which we could tap into more, allowing NZers to receive lower prices at the pumps. Also providing these are sold through an entirely NZ petrol sta... see details
Education
1 person supports this, addressing Obesity rates in NZ continue to rise
Education of people from an early age as to what foods are and aren't healthy is one way to do it, 'get em while they're young' but parents also need to be educated, as well as everyone else. The average person doesn't eat a pie thinking "thi... see details
Obesity demographic
0 people support this, addressing Obesity rates in NZ continue to rise
Obesity seems to be a rampant problem among pacific islanders. This it not a race related problem, but a cultural one, with many pacific islanders coming directly from island style life and being placed among New Zealand culture and western influe... see details
The return of the Barter
1 person supports this, addressing Recession
with cashflows getting tighter and peoples pockets getting shallower. Now would be a good time to return to the concept of bartering. Obviously it needs to be balanced with a good cash income, but the reality is bartering works. I can say that... see details
nz's issue
1 person supports this, addressing Infrastructure "package"? only 500 mln and for what?
The problem we are stuck in is that the government is obsessed with upgrading and not starting new. The analogy that fits here is: The man who can only afford the $50 pair of second hand shoes that only last a year vs the man who can buy the $2... see details
Mentor Programmes
2 people support this, addressing Youth Violence
part of the problem is also part of the solution. We are in a generation of absentee fathers and a lack of positive role models in youths life is causing them to gravitate to anything resembling a father figure. Whether that is gangs, media icons ... see details
Police Quota system
0 people support this,
The way that would manage the "quota" system that appears to be ineffect would be to have the reimplementation of the dedicated traffic police, with slightly extended powers to be more useful in stopping other crime than driving offences... see details
There is only one solution
0 people support this, addressing New Zealand's copyright law is an ass
and that is to repeal the act. it is plain and simply a breach of human rights and contradicts the concept of innocent until proven guilty. Okay, in reality the execution will probably be a lot less than we all expect, but the principle is stil... see details
Don't break the law
0 people support this, addressing Police Quota System
Simply put, don't speed, don't run red lights, don't be reckless. It sounds simple because it is. Everyone with a license has to sit the same test, follow the same rules. At the very least expect that if you break the law, then you can face the... see details
To help you through the recession
0 people support this, addressing Recession
Some of the most simple things you can do will have the best effect on your customers. First and foremost, you may be stressed about the economic conditions, but if you don’t spend the time to look after your customers who are equally as stressed,... see details
Possible coaching
0 people support this, addressing Recession
I've read quite a bit of media on the recession and have noted that a lot of the publications I have read advise against ceasing training. Companies often stop training their staff during recessions because they believe it's another cost that they... see details
To gain control
0 people support this, addressing Recession adding fuel to the fire of P induced violence
The police need to put more effort into going after the real criminals - the drug dealers - and less time trying to meet their quotas. The NZ Police have a very small drug prevention squad and this number usually grows only when they are doing an ... see details
Pressure
0 people support this, addressing Police Quota System
Can we not just force the government to step in by us demonstrating. Whenever the police go on television about the ticketing issue, they always flatly deny that there is any sort of quota, despite the leaked emails. The police are here for US... see details
Retail
1 person supports this, addressing Recession
I come from a retail background – we like to say ‘retail is detail’ and you can’t get much more accurate than this. It’s important to note that while a recession does make people spend less, people still buy, and quite often when a lack in sales i... see details
It's management and mindsets that are the problem
0 people support this, addressing University being dumbed down!
I do not believe that this is fully true, just because something isn't difficult does not mean that one isn't learning. However I see what you are getting at - that the universities, and indeed other academic institutions are increasingly seein... see details
Make healthier foods cheaper
4 people support this, addressing Obesity rates in NZ continue to rise
Helathy foods should be cheaper, the reason we have such a problem here is because you can buy a large pizza to feed a family cheaper than an average dinner that is good for you, in times like these it's too hard to eat healthy when that option is... see details
this issue raises issues of privacy
0 people support this, addressing No national identification number
What this would do is to assist in the growth of defining a list of every one in New Zealand as a number and not as a person, while in theory the idea of everyone having a unique code to distinguish themselves from everyone else in records, it tak... see details
MP backing
1 person supports this, addressing Mataura needs funding to buy back its main street
seriously you need to keep pressing and pressing the local MP to get their backing on this issue, invite them over for dinner and walk them down the street, show them the extent of the disrepair. Once you have them backing you, it will be a lot... see details
It is bogus.
0 people support this, addressing New Zealand's copyright law is an ass
The only thing that can be done here is to lift privacy laws so that ISP's can legally check exactly what you are looking at so that there is no ambiguity. But of cause this signs away our sovereign rights. Guilty upon accusation is not good f... see details
Media
1 person supports this, addressing Mataura needs funding to buy back its main street
The best thing to do now is to get media attention. Approach the human interest stories side of things like Close UP etc... write to news papers etc. The only way you can get sorted is with funding, and the only way you're going to get funding is ... see details
producing positive thought
0 people support this, addressing Recession
The idea of the recession is more or less created through a negative spin cycle created by the media. While certain events do occur and should be reported upon as is the media's right and obligation to do so. The negative spin that is placed upon ... see details
Office Workplace environment
1 person supports this, addressing Obesity rates in NZ continue to rise
Such a large portion of workers work in an office and have next to no physical exercise. An option here is for the government to target people in office working environments, by a type of public service announcement to help make office workers ... see details
implementation
1 person supports this, addressing No national identification number
The hardest thing here is that there are already numerous 'invisible' people in New Zealand, if you implement such a system - it will no doubt go in at first as a voluntary system (as is the case with the DNA database) and of cause if it's volunta... see details
Solution in itself
1 person supports this, addressing Minimum Wage
Unemployment is already at a 5 year high, rising from 4.2% to 4.6% of working age being unemployed (ages 15 - 65 ) This rise was found in the end of 2008, which reflects on it being related to the economy, it indicates that either companies are no... see details
Install cameras
1 person supports this, addressing Abuse of T2 lanes
Like they do with the new automated system for using the toll road over the shore, you could install cameras that take photos of every car using the lane and if there is only a driver and the rest of the car is empty, then a fine gets sent out to ... see details
Students fresh from tertiary study
6 people support this, addressing Recession
Some graduates may have found lately that in their respective field they cannot get a job. As the economy is as it is, companies are more reluctant to hire even experienced staff as they do not feel they can afford it, which unfortunately means it... see details
Fade them out completely
0 people support this, addressing Cheques are 350 Years old as of today, gradually fading out.
The reality is, they are a dying form of payment. other than using a form of cheque authorization (which costs), there is no way of guaranteeing or checking if the cheque will clear. It is far more open to abuse and fraud than plastic based... see details
Work Place Fitness Programs
2 people support this, addressing Obesity rates in NZ continue to rise
Companies could introduce a fitness program where employees are required to take 25 mins of their day to exercise, after all a healthy worker is a happy worker and thus more productive. see details
Dogma
1 person supports this, addressing Minimum Wage
I think when people consider minimum wage they instantly recognise it as being the wage that teenagers with after school jobs are on. But this is the type of dogma that is holding us back. Many families have to get by with one of the parents be... see details