2012

POLLING OF TEENS 15-21 y/o

BROADCASTING STANDARDS
Do you agree or disagree with this statement – that there is too much sex, bad language and violence on television
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DRINKING AGE
Do you think the age at which someone can purchase alcohol should remain at 18 or be raised to 20?
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SEX EDUCATION, ABORTION, AND PARENTAL NOTIFICATION
Do you think sex education in schools should teach values, abstinence and consequences such as pregnancy, or just teach safe sex?
Provided it won’t put the girl in physical danger, should parents be told if their school-age daughter is pregnant and considering getting an abortion?
Do you believe an unborn child or foetus has a right to be born?
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2011

CHILD ABUSE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
Do you think an independent Commission of Inquiry into the wider causes of child abuse and family violence in NZ should be established by the Government?
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ABORTION ADVICE
Would you support a law that would require a woman considering an abortion to first see a doctor, who is not an abortion provider, to be informed of the medical risks and alternatives to abortion?
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INDEPENDENT COMPLAINTS AUTHORITY FOR CYF
Do you think the Government should establish an independent Complaints Authority similar to the Independent Police Complaints Authority to hear complaints about Child Youth and Family (CYFs) from families who feel they have been unfairly treated by Child Youth and Family?
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RESIDENTIAL BROTHELS
Should the prostitution laws be amended to specifically ban brothels in residential areas?
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STREET PROSTITUTION
Should the prostitution laws be amended to specifically ban street prostitution?
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BINDING CIR
Do you think citizens’ initiated referenda should be binding on Parliament?
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DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE
The law currently defines marriage as being only allowable between a man and a woman? Do you support this?
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SAME SEX ADOPTION
Do you think same sex couples should be allowed to adopt children?
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2010

BROADCASTING STANDARDS
Television broadcasters are obliged to protect children from sexual content, violent material, and language that exceeds current norms of good taste and decency. Are you concerned about the type of language used, or the level of violence and sex shown on TV before 8.30 pm when children are likely to be watching?
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PARENTAL NOTIFICATION FOR ABORTIONS?
Should the law require parents to always be informed before-hand if their daughter who is under 16 is pregnant and wants to have an abortion?
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ABSTINENCE
Do you think schools, as part of their sex education programme, should be required to encourage pupils, to abstain from sex until they are old enough to handle the possible consequences of pregnancy?
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS
Do you think a school should be able to choose to use corporal punishment, if the Board, Parents and Principal wish to have this as an option for school discipline?
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CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES
The Government subsidises 20 hours of care per week for 3 and 4 year old pre-schoolers in child-care centres. Should the Government give a similar subsidy to a parent who chooses not to send their children to a child-care centre but foregoes income by staying at home to look after the children themselves?
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