14/12/2024
Kia ora koutou / Hello everyone
A few months ago I became so disillusioned by no one actually wanting to help, I basically 'stopped' all work, I stopped collecting signatures on paper for the CIR Ban Fireworks (I collected x4), I went off Facebook because 'what's the blewdy point' and I didn't think about the CIR. I also went into a deep depression as my life sucks and battle for my rights as my own legal advocate.
I enjoyed the process and learning about how to file and activate a Citizens Initiated Referendum, but it sucks not having anyone step up and say 'How can I help LET'S DO THIS'.
Today is first time in about two months, back on facebook. I quite enjoyed not being on facebook.
I am back working (on my other mahi) as of last week (coming out of deep depression) but I'm still not feeling good about the lack of support for this CIR. But I have received one message of 'How can I help' and so I'm going to do some mahi on the CIR, but if after a couple of months if STILL no one else is prepared to help me, I probably will just leave it.
Personally, I think people just want to keep whinging about 'ban fireworks' and not activate and help. A CIR is our best shot to force this government to TAKE IT TO A VOTE in a Referendum.
We need to gather at least 350,000 signatures/details ON PAPER by mid October 2025. Again, I'm not stressing because I can't do this alone.