should the voting age be lowered to 16?

In my opinion I strongly believe that the voting age should be lowered to 16. From being a teenager I think that we don't get enough of a say in what happens in our future. The government don't do much for teenagers, especially when every decision they make decides our future. Having the voting age lowered would be a pro for our country. I understand that many older people believe that we would just be foolish and abuse the privilege of being able to vote at such a young age, but I believe that our generation is extremely capable of voting responsibly. 

I think if the government were to lower the voting age adults or people over the age of 18 shouldn't get to decide this referendum. I believe that the targeted age group should get to make this decision. It would be a great way to really test them to see if they are really up for voting at such a young age. If New Zealand were to lower then voting age this could potentially attract more people to vote and the percentages could be higher than they've ever been. 

Like I mentioned before, adults have that fixed mindset and they believe that we will not have the maturity to vote for the right party. But adults don't really know what is right for us because we are all different and we all have different views of our country and whats best for it. So I think if we were to lower the voting age we wouldn't vote for the RIGHT PARTY because frankly there isn't a right party. All of the parties have something to offer, except national but I'll just leave that there. but we would vote for what we want in our future. Cause we have all these adults who are voting for things they want for them, completely forgetting about the actual future of our country and just letting us be collateral damage to their stupid decisions.

Keep NZ Beautiful 2020

 

In my opinion the most pressing environmental issue is Pollution, more specifically the pollution we make. On Friday 11th of September we walked the streets of Kawakawa picking up rubbish. This was our way of contributing to the restoration of our once pristine landscape. Picking up rubbish applies a positive impact on our environment, even if it’s only picking up a small bit it’s still something. 

Walking the streets of Kawakawa we found heaps and heaps of rubbish. Most of which were alcohol bottles, and plastic bags. I think as kaitiakitanga of Papatuanuku it is our responsibility to stop the contamination of our country. Filling around 6 rubbish bags of litter I think we did an alright job for our annual clean up. Although picking up rubbish may seem boring we seem to enjoy it, it’s a good chance for us to bond as a class and just have an overall good time.

Together as a class I think we made a positive impact on our earth. Even though it wasn’t much we still did a lot to help. I think as a school/community to help the environment we can be more sustainable with our use of plastics etc. We can watch how much we waste and make sure we put our rubbish in the bin and not on the ground. 

I think that doing the annual rubbish pickup is a good idea, not only because it’s helping restore the environment but also because it gives students a chance to be hands on and actually see how rubbish impacts our environment. This year was our second year of the Keep New Zealand beautiful scheme, and I think it was a success. I’m glad we had the opportunity to do the clean up, and i’d like to do it again.

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