'Aotearoa New Zealand Assembly (ANZA) Foundation' - Assembly Codesign & Convention Working Group

A Working Group committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership in the co-design and convention of participatory deliberative democracy in a national assembly on social, climate, and ecological justice for the people, environment, and ecology of Aotearoa New Zealand.

• Professional Expertise & Mentoring

  • Brett Hennig - Sortition Foundation

  • Keith Garrett - Sortition Foundation, Extinction Rebellion

  • Extinction Rebellion International

  • Diarmuid Torney - ACE Conference Presenter re Irish Citizens' Assembly

  • Others

• Budget

  • Codesign & Consultation Process

  • Convention of an 'Assembly'

• Select trilingual working title terms for an 'Assembly'.

• Select a participatory codesign process for an 'Assembly'.

• Consult communities using a participatory codesign process for an 'Assembly':

  • Duration of consultation

• Explain why we need an 'Assembly' when we already have a parliament.

• Explain how an 'Assembly' works.

• In the codesign and convention of an assembly, consider which models best exemplify:

  • Participatory deliberative democracy

  • Māori tikaka/lore

  • Mana motuhake/sovereignty

  • Tino rakatirataka/self-determination

  • The role and responsibility of Māori as kaitiaki/ecological guardians

  • He Whakaputanga/The Declaration of Independence 1835

  • Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi 1840

  • The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

  • Other international rights instruments in Aotearoa New Zealand

  • Other aspects

• Select a model for an 'Assembly'.

• Consider selecting trilingual working title names for an 'Assembly' in:

  • Te Reo Turi/the New Zealand Sign Language

  • Te Reo Māori

  • The English Language

• Select trilingual names for an 'Assembly', after consultation, in:

  • Te Reo Turi/the New Zealand Sign Language

  • Te Reo Māori

  • The English Language

• Elements of an 'Assembly'

  • 'Citizen' Demographics for Sortition

    • Ability Diversity

    • Age - consider age of franchise

      • 16 year olds

      • 18 year olds

      • Other age

    • Education Level

    • Ethno-cultural Heritage

    • Geography

      • Tokelau (dependent territory)

      • Cook Islands (associated state)

      • Niue (associated state)

      • Ross Dependency (technically)

      • Other

    • Gender - Non Binary

    • Rural

    • Sexual Orientation

    • Socio-economic

    • Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi Partnership - Takata

      • Modified Sortition manifests Tiriti/Treaty Partnership and Demographic Representation Anticipated Post Community Consultation

    • Urban

    • Other

  • Oversight Panel

  • Coordinating Group

  • Advisory Board

  • Expert/Stakeholder/Rightsholder (ESR) Panel

  • Facilitation Team

• Key Steps in Designing an 'Assembly'

  • Oversight Panel Appointment

  • Task Question Selection

  • Coordinating Group Appointment

  • Advisory Board & Coordinating Group Structure the Evidence Base

  • ESR Panel creates briefing materials with the guidance from Advisory Board

  • Coordinating Group Invites the ESR Panel to Present to the 'Assembly' in accordance with Advisory Board key criteria

• Assembly Phases

  • Assembly Participant Selection by Adapted Sortition

  • Convene Assembly

    • Time Frame for Convention

      • NZ general election to be held no later than 21st November 2020.

      • The tension between:

        • The urgency of our social, climate, and ecological emergency

        • Time required for genuine consultation in the codesign of an 'Assembly'

      • Calendaring and Duration of an 'Assembly'

      • Sortition Process - approximately 6 weeks

      • Duration of an 'Assembly'

        • Weekdays

        • Weekends

      • How often the 'Assembly Convenes

        • Weekly

        • Fortnightly

        • Monthly

    • Location

    • Transport

    • Accommodation

    • Catering

    • Carer/work considerations for participants

    • Honorarium

  • Processes for Decision Making

    • Consensus

    • Voting

  • Assembly Recommendations Binding/Non-binding

    • Binding Recommendations

      • Threshold agreed for recommendations to be binding

    • Non-binding Recommendations

  • Transparency of presentations in the Learning & Consultation Phases

    • Live streaming

    • Online material

    • Hard copy material by request

  • Learning Phase

    • Critical Thinking

    • Bias Detection

    • Information from the ESR Panel relating to the Task

    • Key Terms and Background Information

  • Consultation Phase

    • Personal or Written Submissions

    • Participants Request Presentations

    • Perspectives Sought that are Wide Ranging & Contrary

  • Deliberation Phase

    • Participants Critically Assess the Evidence in:

      • Small Facilitated Groups

      • Plenary Sessions

  • Decision Phase - Step by Step Process

    • Assembly Key Recommendations Reported

      • Degree of Support

      • Points Raised