: He Ture Hou — A New Law
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Approach:   One to one
Focus:     Understanding the usual steps in implementing a new law.

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Resources:     None.
Questions / instructions:
A person has an idea for a new law. She wants to have a law that says all people must wear crash helmets when they are travelling in cars or other motor vehicles.
Explain how this idea could be made into a law that all New Zealand people must obey.
Prompt: What would have to happen for this idea to be made into a law?

  		He whakaaro tä tëtahi tangata mö tëtahi ture hou. Ko töna hiahia, me whai ture anö e kï ana me mau potae haumaru [crash helmet] ngä tängata katoa, i ngä wä e haerere ana rätou i runga motokä, ä, ëtahi waka atu ränei.
Whakamäramatia me pëhea te whakature i tënei whakaaro kia whakarongo [obey] ngä tängata katoa o Niu Tïreni.
He äwhina: Me aha, kia tau tënei whakaaro hei ture?

% responses
GEd
MI
seeking support from others not in parliament
(e.g. public meetings, letters to editor, petitions, action groups)
32
59
seeking support from local MP(s)
 1 2
seeking support from senior MP(s)
(e.g. Prime Minister, Cabinet members)
41 7
seeking support from other public officials
 10 9
preparation of draft legislation
(government or private member’s bill)
1 0
consultation by parliament
(e.g. public submissions, select committee hearings)
2 2
debate / voting in parliament
 11 2
mention stages in parliament
(introduction, clause by clause, final approval)
1 0
majority vote to approve in parliament
 5 0
assent by Governor General
 0 0
Commentary:
Mäori students in general education (GEd) settings scored statistically significantly higher than students in Mäori immersion (MI) settings.
 
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