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What happens when public warnings disappear into the system?We are seeing a pattern through the Lobby for Good portal.Pe...
28/05/2026

What happens when public warnings disappear into the system?

We are seeing a pattern through the Lobby for Good portal.

People raise serious concerns with public agencies. They provide documents, dates, and evidence. They follow the official process. Then, when they ask what happened, they are left with unclear answers, missing records, or no visible sign their concerns were properly assessed.

This does not prove wrongdoing.

But it does raise an important public accountability question:
Are agencies properly recording, assessing, and escalating serious warnings from the public?

We are looking for more examples so we can build a clearer picture.

Have you raised a serious concern with a public agency and later struggled to find out whether it was reviewed, recorded, or acted on?

Read the article: https://open.substack.com/pub/lobbyforgood/p/when-public-warnings-disappear-into

Submit your experience here:
https://lfgportal.lobbyforgood.nz/submit-issue

25/05/2026

Today I shared a story that should never have had to be told.

This is not about naming someone publicly without evidence. It’s about listening when a woman says something happened to her while she was vulnerable, under anaesthesia or sedation, and then told it was “just a dream.”

If this sounds familiar / if something happened to you in a medical setting and you were dismissed, confused, or scared to speak - please know you’re not alone. Message me privately. I will treat anything shared with care and confidentiality.

Patterns matter. Survivors matter. And silence protects the wrong people.

This happened in Auckland.
Thank you. 🙏

The clock is ticking. You have a choice before the shape of your digital identity is decided - and right now, you’re not...
15/05/2026

The clock is ticking. You have a choice before the shape of your digital identity is decided - and right now, you’re not even invited to the table.

In a move that has sent real concern across the country, the Government has just passed the final parliamentary hurdle for digital driver licences. This isn’t merely a bureaucratic reshuffle; it’s a fundamental re-engineering of how state agencies communicate, verify, and enforce digitally that carries profound implications for every community in New Zealand.

Find out more: https://open.substack.com/pub/lobbyforgood/p/digital-id-is-arriving-in-new-zealand

Your driver licence is going digital.That sounds convenient. It also raises a much bigger question:How ready is New Zeal...
14/05/2026

Your driver licence is going digital.

That sounds convenient. It also raises a much bigger question:
How ready is New Zealand for digital ID?

This week’s civic intelligence update covers the digital driver licence bill, the Budget squeeze, gang profit laws, Treaty settlements, conservation reform, and more.

The licence story is the doorway. The bigger issue is who’s building the systems we’ll all be asked to trust.

Read it. Share it with someone who likes knowing what’s coming before it lands in their wallet, phone, or inbox.
https://open.substack.com/pub/lobbyforgood/p/the-week-in-power-the-no-lolly-scramble

11/05/2026

The Government plans to impose the test from late next year.

11/05/2026

This aired in 1980.
Forty-six years later, it still explains modern politics a little too well.
Funny? Yes. Comforting? Not really. 😬

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