When a Doctor lies and a person is hurt it is a very serious thing, and that Doctor is held responsible.

When a chef lies about the freshness of the food they serve and they end up hurting people it is a very serious thing, and that chef is held responsible.

When a plumber lies about their workmanship and the pipes burst, scalding someone it is a very serious thing, and that plumber is held responsible.

When a politician lies and through this lie ends up hurting an entire generation, society, or area, they are given a slap on the wrist and allowed to get away with only the condemnation of a toothless media and a largely apathetic public.

This is not acceptable.

We the people petition the New Zealand Government to form a taxpayer funded, politically neutral organisation which is responsible for tracking the statements and policies laid down by those in office. This organisation necessitates the power to actively illuminate and punish those wilful liars and, after a certain threshold of wilful disinformation has been passed, remove them from their job for disrespect of their own power and the contempt of basic humanity. This organisation would then strip them of any future parliamentary retirement benefits and prevent them from even again taking office.

Leading a country is no joke. This path of post-truth-politics is not new, as history shows it infects governments from the entirety of human history. With human population above what it has ever been, with the potential of harm that the wilfully dishonest or honestly ignorant reaching unfathomable new heights, we have the need to finally, for once, create a political system that accepts only honesty.

With your support we can help create a world first, we can be the forefront of progress that we once were. We can create the New Zealand that New Zealanders deserve.

Imagine a New Zealand that didn’t understate or ignore inequality, housing issues, poverty and our beautiful and polluted waterways.

Imagine a New Zealand with honest politicians.