https://www.conversation.org.nz/the-facts daily 0.75 2017-08-22 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/599ca939b8a79b85361b2ce5/1503439166296/moneyicon-03.png The Facts https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/599ca947e9bfdf9a83d8a0be/1503439181948/moneyicon-02.png The Facts https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/599ca95446c3c4f26a1995c9/1503439194244/moneyicon-01.png The Facts https://www.conversation.org.nz/people daily 0.75 2017-08-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596ed347a5790af30d0bde1a/1500435271741/Wilkins-Chris-2016-copy.jpg What People Are Saying "Cannabis should be legally sold to adults in private social clubs" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596ed3931e5b6c2c534573dc/1500435349992/ What People Are Saying "If we only decriminalise [instead of legalise], it's got to come from somewhere and the only place it can come from is criminal sources. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596eb30bc534a5c5442711c7/1500427037544/b948e0d423e45a2f94804492a3baa015336865f2.jpg What People Are Saying "The Westie in me says I have some sympathy as far as medicinal cannabis" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596ed24ab8a79b6b5840db3e/1500435020416/1476472649401.jpg What People Are Saying "Police don't want to target the users of cannabis" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596eb20b37c5819d31a3557f/1500426824509/1499054565558.jpg What People Are Saying "[Legalising cannabis] has happened in Colorado and several other states and we just haven't had the social problems." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596ecb31a803bbaa43707fae/1500433206684/ What People Are Saying "As a daughter who has watched her own father lose his painful battle with cancer, I am empathetic to families who try to access cannabis products illegally... I'm hoping change for affected families and patients is coming." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596ed18fb8a79b6b5840d303/1500434859144/1499033543102.jpg What People Are Saying "As a doctor I'm frustrated that there's nothing I can realistically prescribe, and I would love to have a whole range of cannabis products available." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596eb44ee4fcb54a2469525a/1500427349170/ What People Are Saying "Cannabis Prohibition goes against basic human rights" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596ed255f7e0ab69e1fc16a6/1500435038530/1461897939261.png What People Are Saying "We have a God-given right to use the plants that are available," https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596ecce486e6c001dbd127df/1500433642916/ What People Are Saying "Why would any politician say that cannabis law reform is not on the political agenda when survey after survey of Kiwis asked whether they support medicinal cannabis has found that 80-90 percent do?... the pace of change in New Zealand is way too slow.... The harm from criminal convictions has got to stop." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596ed3d5414fb54241c17729/1500435417503/ What People Are Saying "The police and the courts spend some $100 million of taxpayer money a year enforcing this prohibition of a drug believed by many people to be less dangerous than tobacco or alcohol. Is there really any point to this?" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596eaa68414fb54241bf8250/1500424821304/NIC_Helen+Clark.jpg What People Are Saying "Prohibition is not good public policy. It has not been able to reduce the demand for or the supply of marijuana." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596eb350cd0f68692f3df670/1500427093491/ What People Are Saying "Does Labour believe in cannabis reform more than for just medical purposes? Yes!" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596ed30c9f7456a1e0d15a8c/1500435219124/ What People Are Saying "The time for cannabis law reform is now" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596ecbb33e00be1e7ef7debe/1500433341659/Fullscreen-capture-18092015-90411-a.m..jpg What People Are Saying "Let's give those in pain all the tools possible to fight their illness – including marijuana." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596ece97cd0f68692f3f4dd1/1500434082733/PD+HS-1.jpg What People Are Saying "I did use cannabis when I was a University student, hardly a big deal." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596eca6cdb29d6a6e1d959ac/1500433024106/1486323237231.jpg What People Are Saying "It looks like The Government are going to eventually agree with what the rest of the world is saying. In the meantime people are suffering" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596eb3b8725e25fb89af627c/1500427206721/Marama-Fox.jpg What People Are Saying "We're ready to have the conversation about decriminalisation of cannabis" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596eaf4e1e5b6c2c5343bbc1/1500426085472/1469173740442.jpg What People Are Saying "I use cannabis daily so I can have a better quality of life... I'm taking cannabis unlawfully. I'm dying and that's not good enough to grant me an exemption, it's ludicrous." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596eaa17f7e0ab69e1fa2cf5/1500425133785/ What People Are Saying "[There] may be a case for taking more flexible approaches to offences involving possession of small quantities of cannabis for personal use" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596eae0ab3db2b660c9eeeb2/1500425742150/8279822.jpg What People Are Saying "Any society which tolerates alcoholic consumption at the level at which we do and the prosecutes and punishes against cannabis has an extraordinary amount of self deception about it." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596d7758cd39c35d82c533ee/1500423989613/115630-show-94388.jpg What People Are Saying - Neil Finn "If you want to eliminate dangerous synthetic cannabis, why not legalise the natural stuff" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596eae905016e13e3f30cd20/1500425902205/ What People Are Saying "Cannabis use should be teated as a health issue, not a criminal issue. ...but it's not just a heath issue, it's a human rights issue" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596ecdfebf629af7b505ae1e/1500433927861/scczen_a_240815nzhjogarner07_640x320jpg.jpg What People Are Saying "You're basically making cancer patients criminals when they're just trying to cope with awful pain. So is it time that we legalise cannabis?" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596eceefbf629af7b505b94e/1500434167676/1485488159678.jpg What People Are Saying "These patients have tried prescription medicines and haven't had success, and now use marijuana." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/596ecb78d2b857de69685927/1500433278497/ What People Are Saying "The world's approach to drugs simply isn't effective. The prosecute-and-punish model has had its chance and it doesn't work... it's time for significant change." https://www.conversation.org.nz/resources daily 0.75 2017-08-14 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/5991188acf81e026f63ac2dc/1502681252875/Screen+Shot+2017-08-14+at+3.26.50+PM.png Resources https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/59911989b8a79be1b6f0ce39/1502681519048/Screen+Shot+2017-08-14+at+3.31.13+PM.png Resources https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/59911ab0f5e2319341697ab3/1502681784022/ Resources https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/59911905e58c6284b2a92a3d/1502681402216/Screen+Shot+2017-08-14+at+3.28.54+PM.png Resources https://www.conversation.org.nz/take-action daily 0.75 2017-09-15 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/5987c76f914e6b456544912e/1502070642140/informed.jpg Take Action https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/5987c775cf81e0278ec45b17/1502070647891/.jpg Take Action https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/5987c77a3e00bec843d53cac/1502070653037/competition.jpg Take Action https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/59813cffff7c503b679f8e17/1501641986497/register.jpg Take Action https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/59813d02414fb5f08fbb27ab/1501641990306/story.jpg Take Action https://www.conversation.org.nz/home daily 1.0 2017-08-22 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/597ea49546c3c4d160f7058a/1501471898383/involved.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/599b5dc8f43b55ac087a5e2e/1503354703267/alexandre-chambon-157651.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/59879b049f74566cc781419e/1502059333557/1500425902205.jpeg Home "Cannabis use should be teated as a health issue, not a criminal issue. ...but it's not just a heath issue, it's a human rights issue" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/59879b0a03596ea150df1ef9/1502059343995/NIC_Helen%2BClark.jpg Home "Prohibition is not good public policy. It has not been able to reduce the demand for or the supply of marijuana." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/597e9d26db29d6c2e34c9859/1502060420143/learnmore.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/597e9ecc6b8f5bb6b4f3de9d/1502060405332/politics1.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/59879b07579fb35d42c6a40d/1502059337775/1500427093491.jpeg Home "Does Labour believe in cannabis reform more than for just medical purposes? Yes!" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/59879b0de58c62df09514f45/1502059350644/8279822.jpg Home "Any society which tolerates alcoholic consumption at the level at which we do and the prosecutes and punishes against cannabis has an extraordinary amount of self deception about it." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/5987bf95cd39c319ede4ec0f/1502068634535/headerpic-01.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/59879f0cbe6594b05b3e2475/1502060345386/StockSnap_GPENZWC6X4.jpg Home Share your opinion, using the #ConversationNZ hashtag on any social media platform. https://www.conversation.org.nz/policies daily 0.75 2017-08-22 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/5983d1d4c534a5814d94eaf1/1501811369740/Labour_Logo.jpg Political Policy Not formally stated on their website. Media reports indicate that they would be in favour of legalising medicinal marijuana. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/5983d1d7a5790ad8f347004e/1501811399759/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand_logo.svg.jpg Political Policy Clear policy: "New Zealanders deserve a positive and solutions-focused discussion on access to medicinal cannabis, which should be legal, and affordable." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/5983d1ddf7e0ab6f61d73810/1501811425481/Logo_New_Zealand_First-Plitical-Party.jpg Political Policy Clear policy: "Continue fighting to protect our social fabric and traditional family values which underpin our society. This includes opposing the liberalization of laws relating to issues such as prostitution, cannabis and other drug use." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/5983d1e3d482e94a17e1a6d7/1501811445794/TOP_logo_vert_rgb-LRG.jpg Political Policy Clear policy: "TOP’s approach to cannabis law reform is about reducing the total harm caused by cannabis." Legalising it fully, including recreational use. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/599caa06f9a61e160c4f9e09/1503439424508/Maori_Party_logo.jpg Political Policy Cautiously supportive, have said they're "ready to have the conversation". https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/5983d1d19f745676d8a9c3de/1501811349242/800px-New_Zealand_National_Party_logo.svg.jpg Political Policy Not formally stated on their website. Media reports indicate they are opposed to legalisation, and believe the current system to be adequate for medical access. https://www.conversation.org.nz/competition daily 0.75 2017-08-22 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59640c5be3df288521296386/t/599b64cbccc5c570cf874f60/1503356108289/parker-byrd-139348.jpg Competition