Most popular petitions in New Zealand in 2011
No Kitesurfing in more than 6-7bft is BULLSHIT
Media Release announced today that the Belgian government decided to RESTRICT rules for kitesurfing. Some of the rules are more stupid than others and an example of the mentioned points is that KITESURFING IS NOW FORBIDDEN OVER 7BFT.Many kitesurfing associations, internationally, proved already great results with good kiteboarding structures. THIS RULE, however, is NOT the way forward ! 1. Most accidents happen while kiting on the beach, in LESS than 6bft,2. More restrictions on -already overc
Created: 2011-02-02
| Time period | All countries |  New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 1129 | 9 |
| 2011 | 1109 | 9 |
NO MORE POISONING IN DAHAB!
Dir Sir / Madam, 02.April 2011 kindly consider our complaint here under: There is a very serious issue occurring in Dahab with the poisoning of animals in the last weeks, especially the last few days. The poison used is Strychnine. It is a highly poisonous alkaloid causing paralysis and contraction of muscles until it reaches the heart muscle leading to death. This poison is banned in most countries of the world. The following examples are just a few out of many cases: 23.03. Dead poisoned
Created: 2011-03-31
| Time period | All countries | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 1594 | 8 |
| 2011 | 1345 | 8 |
Save the Hartbeesport Vervets
The Vervets at Hartbeesport have possibly been condemned to death by some of the residence of Club Nautique. A permit has been granted by North West Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment with the help of the Bushveld Conservation Bureau to shoot these primates. These animals have been living in these areas for hundreds of years their only crime was forced upon them by the residence feeding them causing them to come back and look for food. No alternatives have been investigate
Created: 2011-03-16
| Time period | All countries | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 498 | 8 |
| 2011 | 498 | 8 |
Call for a fair unbiased visa treaty between Australia and PNG
We are calling on the governments of Australia and Papua New Guinea to implement a fair unbiased Visa treaty between our countries. We call on Australia to respect our long history and relax the almost immposible restrictions imposed on us to get a visa to travel to Australia. We Call on Australia to overhaul the entire Migration Office at the Australian High Commission and adopt a policy focussed on customer service that one would expect to recieve if he or she was in Australia. We Call on the
Created: 2011-08-09
| Time period | All countries | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 621 | 18 |
| 2011 | 238 | 7 |
Allowing again kitesurfing in Greek waters (by KiteMag.gr)
Hellenic Coast Guard recently made a decision establishing some rules in Greece for the recreation activity of kitesurf in Greek waters along with procedures and restrictions that have to be followed by the clubs renting kitesurf equipment for safety purposes. According to the above decision, kitesurf as a recreation activity is only allowed in beaches that have been rented by private persons or companies (clubs) for kitesurf purposes only. As a result, kitesurf has been declared as an illegal r
Created: 2011-06-02
| Time period | All countries | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 1642 | 6 |
| 2011 | 1642 | 6 |
FACEBOOK – NO PLACE FOR GYPSY/ROMA/TRAVELLER HATE PAGES
FACEBOOK – NO PLACE FOR GYPSY/ROMA/TRAVELLER HATE PAGES The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - which arose directly from the experience of the Second World War and represents the first global expression of rights to which all human beings are entitled – states that: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in the Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, rel
Created: 2011-03-01
| Time period | All countries | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 1042 | 6 |
| 2011 | 1042 | 6 |
Lironi ariun! Release the bear!
(English version below the Albanian text) Shiko videon! Watch the video! Pronarit të Restorantit Vjosa: Kam parë këto imazhe të tmerrshme të një ariu që mbahet në kafaz në restorantin tuaj. Ai mbahet në kushte të mjerueshme dhe degraduese për arsye të pakuptueshme. Në fakt, vuajtjet e tij mund të shihen qartë përmes fotografive dhe videos së postuar në internet. Njeriu nuk mund të kënaqet në restorantin tuaj duke parë në të njëjtën kohë këtë kafshë të pafajshme që vuan në kushte kaq mizore
Created: 2010-11-25
| Time period | All countries | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 1606 | 6 |
| 2011 | 947 | 6 |
HELP SAVE BUTTERFLY-BOTANIA (Joensuu, Finland)!
Botania, the Botanic Garden of the University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Campus, is the only botanic garden in the interior of Finland and the northernmost tropical butterfly garden in the world, and home for the world famous talking Triton Cockatoo Juuso and her four parrot friends. Thus, Botania is an incomparable unit among Finnish botanical gardens. It is not only an important university level experiment station and an educational target for any school level but also a fascinating
Created: 2011-11-21
| Time period | All countries | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 879 | 5 |
| 2011 | 622 | 5 |
Help stop the plight of welsh ponies
PETITION FOR ACTION TO STOP THE PLIGHT OF WELSH PONIESEvery year in the United Kingdom vast numbers of native ponies suffer and die from starvation and neglect resulting from uncontrolled, unregulated over-breeding. Fillies that are under-age and under-weight die giving birth to foals that they should not be carrying. Mares repeatedly give birth in squalid conditions until they die from infection or exhaustion. Colt foals find themselves unwanted and neglected and are either left to
Created: 2011-05-22
| Time period | All countries | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 2568 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2051 | 5 |
Petition from Gaza: Break the Siege; Support Freedom Flotilla II
Besieged Gaza, Occupied Palestine 28.6.2011 We Palestinians of Gaza want to live at liberty to meet Palestinian friends or family from Tulkarm, Jerusalem or Nazareth; we want to have the right to travel and move freely. We want to live without fear of another bombing campaign that leaves hundreds of our children dead and many more injured or with cancers from the contamination of Israel’s white phosphorous and chemical warfare. We want to live without the humiliations at Israeli checkpoints
Created: 2011-06-29
| Time period | All countries | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 634 | 5 |
| 2011 | 559 | 3 |