Historical Motions

Motions from before 2018

Junior Open

This House believes that monetary rewards should be offered for information that leads to the solving of crimes
This House believes that New Zealand should be a state of Australia
This House would close all Zoos
This House believes that medical professionals should not be able to strike
This House would ban gambling
This House would ban advertising during children’s television programmes
This House believes there should be compulsory Te Reo in schools
This House would raise taxes on unhealthy foods
This House believes that New Zealand should use nuclear power for energy
This House would make community service part of the school curriculum
This House would make school uniforms compulsory
This House believes that New Zealand should become a republic
This House would ban factory farming
This House would raise the drinking age
This House would broadcast all major sporting events on free to air TV
This House would make school buses free
This House would ban cosmetic surgery
This House supports minimum weights for models
This House would punish school sports teams for the behaviour of their parent spectators
This House would force parents to vaccinate their children
This house would make swimming a compulsory part of the school curriculum
This house believes reality TV has done more harm than good
This house would allow schools to monitor their students’ social networking site
This house would ban beauty pageants
This house believes that school tuck-shops should only stock healthy food
This house believes that co-ed schools are better than single sex schools
THB New Zealand should become a republic
THW ban mobile phones in schools
THW Ban Rap Music (Advised Topic: Rap Music)
THW make participation in a team sport compulsory (Advised Topic: Participation in team sports)
THB co-ed schools are better than single sex schools
THW allow schools to randomly search students’ lockers
THW ban advertising during children’s programming
THW pay people to lose weight
THW mine our National Parks
THW ban parents from adopting children of a different ethnicity from their own
THW “monday-ise” public holidays which fall on a weekend
THW ban students from having a part-time job whilst at school (Advised topic: Students with part-time jobs)
THW make school uniforms compulsory
THW ban cats in New Zealand
THW abolish the New Zealand armed forces
THS streaming in high schools
THW require government schools to teach religious education (Advised Topic: Religious Education)
THW ban children from participating in reality TV shows
THW raise taxes on fast food
THW remove internal assessments in all high school courses and only use external examinations
THW ban bull rush
TH regrets the existence of Valentine’s day
THB the world should go vegetarian
THW change the NZ flag
THW make it compulsory for secondary students to have a computer/device/tablet
THB that students should not have Facebook
THW ban advertising during children’s television shows
THB that coed schools are better than single sex schools
THW increase the driving age to 18
THW require tourists to get an NZ driving licence before driving in NZ
THW allow shopkeepers to arm themselves with weapons in self defence
That the government should not fund Team NZ’s America’s Cup challenge
That talkback radio should be banned
That Auckland should be the capital of NZ
That all places in NZ should only be referred to by their Te Reo name
That recreational hunting should be banned

Senior Open

This House believes that New Zealand athletes competing at the Beijing Olympics should sign a gag order
This House supports military run boot camps for young offenders between ages of 14 and 17
This House supports cigarettes being displayed for sale
This House would ban gambling
This House believes that Governments should provide lunch for all public school students
This House would make Religious education compulsory in all schools
This House believes the police force should be armed
This House would make vaccinations compulsory for school age children
This House would have compulsory voting in national elections
This House would pull out of Iraq immediately (Motion set in 2008)
This house supports xenotransplantation
This house would remove Government funding of the arts
This house would pay people to donate blood
This house supports the crushing of boy racers’ cars
This house would make learning a foreign language compulsory at secondary school
This house believes that New Zealand should give more aid to the developing world
This house would criminalise politicians who lie
This house would ban social networking sites
This house would abolish all music copyright laws
This house would increase the legal driving age for learners’ licenses
This house would lift sanctions on Fiji
This house would not eat meat
This would would prevent paedophiles from living in certain communities
This house would make religious education compulsory in schools
This house would impose harsher penalties on schools who poach athletes
THS a teacher’s right to strike
THW ban Boxing in the Olympics (Advised Topic: Boxing in the Olympics)
THW legalise hand guns (Advised Topic: Gun Control)
THW repeal New Zealand’s nuclear free policy
THW raise the drinking age to 20
THW ban gambling
THB that the benefits of Facebook outweigh the harms
THW make Te Reo Maori compulsory in schools
THW prevent doctors from the third world from migrating to the first world
THW make sex education compulsory
THW suspend a household’s internet access where a member of that household has been caught illegally downloading
THW ban animal testing (Advised topic: Animal experimentation)
THW ban cheerleaders at professional sports events
THW ban violent video games
THB schools should be able to punish students for conduct outside school hours
THW ban car racing as a sport
THW set a minimum price at which people can buy alcohol
THW ban the sale of fast food to children under the age of 14 without parental supervision
THW end all government funding for diseases brought about by substance abuse
THS the use of torture to extract information
THW introduce plain packaging for cigarettes
THW introduce performance based pay for teachers
THW ban alternative medicines
THW punish parents of children who are morbidly obese
THW allocate higher sentences to politicians who break the law
THB it was wrong for John Key to sign the Sky City deal in which 230 new pokie machines were exchanged for Sky City building an international convention centre
THW make New Zealand a republic
THW make New Zealand a republic
This house believes that MTV should not have broadcast Miley Cyrus’ performance at the VMAs (Motion from 2013)
THW require minimum academic performance from high school athletes
THW make voting compulsory
THW require people rescued to pay for the costs of their search and rescue (Advised: Search and Rescue)
THW ban the use of photoshop in magazines and advertising
TH would impose harsher penalties on celebrities for criminal offences
TH regrets David Cunliffe’s apology for being a man
That sledging should be banned at international sporting events
That Mandarin should be a compulsory subject in school
That the US should stop the use of military drone strikes in all conflict zones
That Knighthoods in NZ should be abolished
That parents should encourage their children to be competitive

Advanced Open

This House believes the UN has failed East Timor
This House believes that prize money paid to the male and female winners at Wimbledon should be be equal
This House believes Wikipedia should be blocked at educational institutions
This House would create a compulsory DNA database for all New Zealanders
This House would vote Labour over National
This House would legalise marijuana
This House would abolish jury trials
This House would always hold the Olympics in developing nations
This House believes the media should out gay public figures
This House would abolish the Maori seats
This House would ban rap music
This House would impose criminal penalties against citizens who do not recycle
This House would allow the state to buy organs
This House would abandon New Zealand’s nuclear free policy
This House believes that New Zealand should abandon its armed forces
This House would establish a limit on foreign players in sporting competitions
This House would suspend the welfare payments of people who test positive for drugs
This House would ban mail order brides
This House would ban all union strike action
This house would raise GST
This house would mine New Zealand’s national parks
This house would force feed people suffering from anorexia
This house would abolish all government funding of elite sport
This house would outlaw arranged marriages
THS the removal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy from the US armed forces (Advised Topic: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell)
THW bring back Paul Henry
THW ban the wearing of gang patches in public
THB students should take a gap year before entering university
THW pay teachers based on their performance
THW arm NZ’s police
THB the government should pay stay at home mothers for their work
THW legalise Euthanasia
THW vote National
THW ban arranged marriages (Advised Topic: Arranged Marriages)
THB private schools should reserve and fund 10% of their places for students from low socio-economic areas
THW make organ donation compulsory
THW only give out jail sentences for violent crimes
THW ban the sale and advertising of alcohol at sporting events
THW make it compulsory for schools to hand out condoms to their students
THS sporting leagues punishing players for off-field behaviour
THW force all citizens to do two years compulsory military service
THW compel the Catholic Church to allow women to serve as priests
THW ban criminals from publishing accounts of their crimes
THW fund a commercial free public broadcasting channel
THW raise taxes on alcohol
THB when doctors discover a patient has a STD, they should reveal that information to the patient’s partner
THW allow prisoners to serve in the military for reduced sentences
THB we should rewrite fairy tales with the aim of correcting gender stereotypes
THW prevent parents raising their children in a singular faith
THW vote National over Labour in the 2014 election
THW prevent the media from reporting on mass shootings
THB it is legitimate for the military to overthrow elected leaders that have lost the support of their people
This house would select the leaders of political parties through a vote of party members
THS oil drilling in NZ waters
THW require doctors to report suspected domestic abuse
THW impose quotas for women in the Police
THW allow parents to vote on behalf of their children
THS the ban of legal highs
THW teach popular fiction rather than classical literature in schools
THW not allow convicted criminals to work with children
THW require Mattel to release an anatomically correct Barbie doll
THW prevent candidates from seeking political officer if they deny climate change
THW require radio stations to broadcast a minimum content of local music
TH believes the state has a right to eavesdrop on its citizens
That all charter schools should be closed
That the government should retain state housing in wealthy areas
That the state should fund cosmetic surgery
That celebrities should not act as spokespeople for humanitarian causes
That animal rights activists should use violence and property destruction as protest
tactics
That all non-contact sports should be mixed gender

Premier Junior

This House would pay teachers based on their performance
This House believes that celebrities are more effective than governments in saving the environment
This House supports a work for the dole scheme
This House would allow the use of torture
This House believes that employers should be allowed to randomly drug test employees
This House would make Auckland the capital city
This House would ban animal testing
This House believes that parents should be able to choose the sex of their baby
This House would abolish school zoning
This House Would abolish parole
This House would abolish the minimum wage
This House supports whaling
This House would legalize euthanasia
This House would enforce compulsory military service
This House supports the Auckland Supercity
This House would ban boxing
This House believes that National is doing a good job (Motion set 2009)
This House supports child labour
This House would treat children as if they were adults under the criminal law
This House would hold all Olympic Games in the developing world
This House would ban media organisations from broadcasting the recordings of terrorists
This house would reinstate the youth wage
This house believes that doctors should report evidence of domestic abuse to the police
This house would suspend the welfare payments of problem gamblers
This house would abolish salary caps in sport
This house would make blood donation compulsory
This house would punish parents for the crimes of their children
This house would enforce ethnic quotas in the police
THW raise the retirement age
THW ban all betting on sport
THW force solo parents on the dole with school aged children to seek paid work
THW impose a tax on fast food
THW impose harsher penalties on celebrity criminals
THW re-introduce the death penalty
THW make vaccination of children compulsory
THW ban religious schools
THB the Rugby World Cup is a waste of money
THW broadcast equal hours of mens and womens sport on television
THW give parents a vote on behalf of their children
THW restrict the number of liquor outlets able to open in low socio-economic areas
THW prioritise state health care for those with healthy lifestyles
THW punish parents for their child’s truancy
THW make fines proportionate to an offenders income
THW prevent athletes under the age of 18 from competing at the Olympic Games
THW suspend welfare payments for those who test positive for drugs
THW always hold the Olympic Games in developing nations
THW legalise euthanasia
THW require all parents to attend parenting classes
THS the use of local content quotas in broadcasting
THW ban cosmetic surgery
THW ban alcohol companies from sponsoring sports events
THW prohibit corporations from targeting specific genders in the marketing and promotion of childrens’ toys
THW require casinos to pay for the treatment of gambling addicts
THS parents spying on their kids’ internet use
THW arm teachers in the United States
THW criminally charge all people who leak classified information relating to national security or intelligence
THB the state should provide breakfast at school for every child
THW prevent parents raising their children in a singular faith
THW ban the advertising of dieting programmes and products
THW impose a gender quota in parliament
This house believes social media sites should not remove posts which may be deemed offensive to specific religions or genders
THW refuse to allow countries with poor human rights records to host international sporting competitions
TH believes that the media should never report on celebrity information and photos that have been obtained by illegal means
That NZ should send troops to assist in the fight against IS
That people should be required to pass a basic test of political knowledge before they can vote
That the government should intervene to prevent Campbell live being abolished
That benefits should be withdrawn from parents who refuse to vaccinate their children
That non-violent crimes should never result in prison sentences

Premier Advanced

This House supports Kosovar independence
This House believes that New Zealand political parties should be funded by the state
This House would deny entry to immigrants with serious health issues
This House would legalize euthanasia
This House would ban weapons sales to third world countries
This House supports open entry into University
This House would end Government funding of competitive sports
This House would punish schools who poach students from other schools
This House supports Guantanamo Bay
This House supports the right of the foetus
This House would offer criminals sentenced to life imprisonment without parole the option of the death penalty
This House believes that cultural treasures should be returned to their country of origin
This House believes that parents should have a vote on behalf of their children
This House supports the privatization of prisons
This House would grant the state the exclusive rights to make decisions on behalf of the mentally ill
This House believes that the Bain trial has been a waste of taxpayers’ money
This House supports the assassination of foreign leaders as a tool of foreign policy
This House supports surrogacy for profit
This House believes that sporting bodies should penalise teams when players commit criminal acts off the field
This House believes that the international community should provide material support to the Iranian opposition
This House would force New Zealand to accept climate change refugees
This house would establish a Kurdish state
This house would ban celebrities from participating in political campaigns
This house believes that governments should refuse to pay ransom to pirates
This house would prohibit doctors from emigrating from the developing world to the developed world
This house would require consumer products to display their carbon footprint
THS the sale of state assets
THB that Wiki Leaks has done more harm than good
THW make the Emergency Contraceptive Pill free
THS a language test for new migrants
THW ban wearing the Hijab in public
THW ban denial of the Holocaust
THW fire all political leaders involved in sex scandals
THB adulterers should lose their rights to marital property
THW ban abortion at all stages of pregnancy
THW allow prisoners to raise their children from behind bars
THB that mentally disabled children should be educated in separate schools
THW militarily intervene in Syria (Advised Topic: Syria)
THW legalise euthanasia
THW always hold the Olympic Games in developing nations
THS incentive payments to beneficiaries whose children perform well at school
THW ban all private political campaign donations
THB children should owe financial obligations to their parents when they retire
THW ban handguns in the United States
THW make all awards categories at the Oscars gender neutral
THW prohibit children under the age of 16 from having tattoos, cultural or ornamental piercings, regardless of parental consent
THW assassinate Kim Jung Un (Advised Topic: North Korea)
THW legalise all drugs
THW require all parents under the age of 16 to adopt out their children
THW ban the media from reporting on terrorist attacks in the immediate aftermath
THW require internet users to disclose their identity
THB the state should fund the identity change of prisoners upon their release
THW ban finance companies from giving high interest loans to individuals who have an income less than $40,000
THW establish a separate justice system for indigenous communities
THB the war on terror has failed
In areas with high teenage pregnancy rates, THW pay teenagers not to get pregnant
THW decriminalise and encourage graffiti art in public places
THB Disney should make its next princess a lesbian
THB Kim Dotcom has been good for New Zealand politics
That media should not publish cartoons that ridicule religion
That adverse poverty should be a defence for theft
That we should regret the portrayal of soldiers as war heroes
THBT women running for political positions should not emphasize their gender in their campaigns
That the police should have unlimited access to data collected by private companies
That companies should impose a cap on salaries for senior employees at 100k
That commercial surrogacy should be legalised

Seasonals

THS streaming in high schools
THW ban alternative medicines
THW abolish the Maori electorate seats
THW end government funding of elite sports
THW assassinate dictators who commit human rights abuses
THW subsidise plastic surgery for the abnormally ugly
THB people with higher education should have more votes in general elections
THB single sex schools are better than co-ed schools
THW prevent animals from being used in sport and entertainment
THW compel doctors to report evidence of domestic violence to the police
THW introduce a youth wage
THW deduct competition points from sporting teams when their players are found guilty of racism
THW prevent critical services from striking

Impromptu Cup

THW ban homeschooling
THS a quota for Maori and Pacific Island students for entry into Law and Medicine at Univeristy
THW ban gambling
THW legalise voluntary euthanasia
THW arm the police
THS the use of the death penalty
THS the use of child labour in developing countries
THW pay poor people not to have children
THW ban all faith based schools
Assuming gay marriage was legalised, THW force ministers to perform gay marriage ceremonies
THW not support the comeback of musicians who have committed domestic abuse
THW ban criminals from publishing accounts of their crimes
THW ban celebrities from participating in political campaigns
THW tie a politician’s salary to the average national income
THW make Maori a compulsory language class at high school
THW ban zoos
THW boycott the Winter Olympics in Russia to protest Russia’s gay rights abuses
THW ban schools from poaching students from other schools for sports teams
TH supports the indefinite detention of individuals in the interest of public safety
THW provide welfare payments as goods and services rather than money
THW require all propspective parents to obtain a licence before having children
THW make it compulsory to vaccinate your child
THW use financial incentives to encourage men to become teachers
TH applauds the rise of songs by female pop artists that glorify assertive female sexuality
THW impose a 100% tax on inheritances
THW impose a tax on physical attractiveness
THW abolish the Maori seats
THW invade Syria
That students should not use Facebook
That advertising during kids television shows should be banned
That a significant excise tax should be placed on all soft drinks
That parents whose children are grossly obese should be prosecuted for child abuse
That posing for Playboy is immoral
That the state should be liable for the injuries and death of homeless people
That Islamic countries that allow women to drive should openly condemn countries who don’t
That sober passengers should be made criminally responsible for drunk drivers
That we should pay additional benefits to families on welfare according to their child’s performance in school
That beneficiaries should be prohibited from entering casinos
That corporations should have a vote in general elections
That citizen initiated referenda should be binding
That tertiary education should be free
That separate schools for intellectually disabled students should be banned

Junior Champs

THB the America’s Cup has been a waste of time and money
THW impose a complete ban on alcohol
THW ban beauty pageants
THW restrict the number of fast food outlets able to open in lower socio-economic areas
THW not publish details of celebrity alcohol and drug abuse
THW ban home schooling