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MARCH 1, <strong>2018</strong><br />
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Fascinating World War One Stories uncovered<br />
replica artefacts from the First<br />
World War have been distributed<br />
to 1000 classrooms across New<br />
at supporting students and teachers<br />
to unearth the stories of local<br />
First World War soldiers using<br />
nates with me. Aviolin was one<br />
of the very few possessions my<br />
great grandmother bought with<br />
Zealand, through an exciting new the vast array of online records her to New Zealand when she<br />
Jacinda Arden project from WW100 and School now available.<br />
emigrated from Scotland.<br />
Wellington, February 21, <strong>2018</strong><br />
Kit, in partnership with Auckland One of the stories children It has been a treasured part of<br />
War Memorial Museum and New will explore is that of Alexander our family ever since.<br />
More than 30,000 students<br />
across the coun-<br />
Students will use the artefacts ing gifted aviolin by afriend who a great way to engage students<br />
Zealand Post.<br />
Aitken and his violin. After be-<br />
She said that the project was<br />
try are set to uncover in their research as part of a won it in araffle, Aitken played with the Centenary of the First<br />
and explore the fascinating<br />
hands-on inquiry-based learning the violin almost every night in World War and ensure that the<br />
stories of New Zealand<br />
soldiers in anew initiative from<br />
the First World War Centenary<br />
Programme (WW100).<br />
Discovery boxes containing<br />
approach.<br />
Supporting the interested<br />
The boxes form part of the<br />
Walking with an Anzac education<br />
programme, a project aimed<br />
the trenches of Gallipoli, bringing<br />
the power of music to soldiers<br />
surrounded by the sadness<br />
of war.<br />
That story particularly reso-<br />
stories of New Zealanders during<br />
the War were never forgotten.<br />
“Through Walking with an<br />
Anzac, students have already discovered<br />
over 2300 forgotten stories<br />
of New Zealanders in the<br />
First World War; developing a<br />
more personal connection with<br />
events that impacted their communities<br />
acentury ago,” Kylie<br />
Power co-owner at School Kit<br />
said.<br />
Thirty-two of those stories are<br />
explored in the discovery boxes.<br />
Jacinda Ardern is<br />
Prime Minister and Arts,<br />
Culture and Heritage Minister<br />
of New Zealand.<br />
Proposed Legislation gets tough on drug peddlers<br />
Simeon Brown<br />
Simeon.brown@parliament.govt.nz<br />
Theodore Roosevelt<br />
once said, “Ours is a<br />
government of liberty, by,<br />
through and under the<br />
law. No man is above it and no<br />
man is below it.”<br />
New Zealand is also such<br />
a country, and this is its true<br />
strength.<br />
In a liberal democracy like New<br />
Zealand, the Rule of Law, not<br />
the will of government, must be<br />
the foundation of our peace and<br />
security.<br />
Key Priority<br />
As the newly-elected Member of<br />
Parliament for Pakuranga, Law &<br />
Order is one of my key priorities.<br />
In asurvey mailed out to my<br />
constituents at the end of last<br />
year, I asked them to specify their<br />
three most important issues.<br />
Consistently, Law & Order was<br />
one of the top concerns.<br />
Yet, the will of government is<br />
not sufficient to bring this about;<br />
throwing money at Law & Order<br />
will not be enough to make them<br />
go away. We must be acountry<br />
that is tough on those who break<br />
the law and one that protects<br />
those who respect it.<br />
My Bill in Parliament<br />
This is exactly why Ihave put<br />
forward aMember’s Bill, ‘the<br />
Psychoactive Substances (Increasing<br />
Penalty for Supply and<br />
Distribution) Amendment Bill.’<br />
This Bill, drawn from the ballot<br />
last month, takes aim at the real<br />
causes of crime and suffering in<br />
our communities. Resolving this<br />
issue is found by taking both a<br />
hard-line stance on the dealers<br />
and criminals who sell these<br />
harmful drugs, and by understanding<br />
the need for sympathy<br />
and care for those caught in<br />
harm’s way by these drugs.<br />
That is why, Ihave called for an<br />
increase in the penalty for those<br />
found guilty of dealing synthetic<br />
drugs but have also called for a<br />
Parliamentary Select Committee<br />
Inquiry into those who suffer<br />
with addiction and how we can<br />
support them.<br />
In the light of the harm caused<br />
by synthetic drugs, it is time that<br />
we increased the penalty that<br />
those found guilty of dealing<br />
these drugs deserve.<br />
Listening to People<br />
In preparing this Bill, I sat with<br />
or heard from several families<br />
who have had loved ones severely<br />
harmed or die from synthetic<br />
drugs. As Ihave spoken with<br />
those who have seen first-hand<br />
the extent of the damaged caused<br />
by these drugs, Ihave come to<br />
understand the need for this<br />
two-pronged approach.<br />
Our law is written to protect<br />
the vulnerable, help those in<br />
need, and foster strong communities.<br />
To do this, we must continue<br />
to support strong Law & Order<br />
policies, providing the Police with<br />
the means and authority to serve<br />
and protect our communities.<br />
If the police are afraid to act<br />
or are restrained by excessive<br />
limitations, a dangerous message<br />
is sent out to those who do not<br />
want to respect our laws.<br />
No place for the lawless<br />
We must have aconsistent<br />
message that says there is no<br />
room for those who don’t want<br />
to abide by the law. In order to<br />
achieve this, we must do more<br />
than put more cops on the beat,<br />
though that is astrong first step.<br />
We must also foster aculture of<br />
support and safety throughout<br />
our communities.<br />
Organisations such as<br />
Howick-Pakuranga Community<br />
Patrol, the Asian Council on<br />
Reducing Crime, and Community<br />
Law, are vital to such work.<br />
Communities can step up and<br />
be the solutions to the concerns<br />
they face.<br />
I am proud to be an MP that<br />
takes a strong stand against<br />
crime and that works with all<br />
those seeking to promote safe<br />
communities in our area.<br />
Not a slogan<br />
To me, a safe community is not<br />
just a slogan.<br />
As we continue to work<br />
together and stand with the<br />
backing of law against those who<br />
undermine the safety of our communities,<br />
it becomes a reality.<br />
I hope you will sign my petition<br />
on my website as a mark of your<br />
support and to set up an inquiry<br />
so that we can help better those<br />
who suffer from addiction.<br />
https://simeonbrown.national.<br />
org.nz/synthetic_drugs_petition<br />
Simeon Brown is elected<br />
Member of Parliament from<br />
Pakuranga in East Auckland.<br />
He is a Member of the Parliamentary<br />
Select Committee on<br />
‘Regulations Review’ and Social<br />
Services and Community.’<br />
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