I always used to stay away from politics. It never interested me and I always disliked all the negative campaigning that seemed to go on.. plus it was always confusing as to what was being promised. As such I never really paid much attention to the whole process and I’m ashamed to admit I only started voting in the last election.
These past couple of years have really highlighted to me the importance of having a good government and the need to make an informed choice as to who we want to take NZ into the future.. because if we don’t then we have no right to complain if it things don’t go the way we want them to.
We have the freedom to shape our futures and as such we have the responsibility that comes with that. In Tanzania, the government has all the power and elections are rife with corruption. This is not just in Africa, how many protests and uprisings and upheavals have there been in governments all around the world just within the past year?
So I’ve been giving quite a lot of thought as to which party I want to support and which voting system is the best. It’s still rather difficult to comprehend and there’s no clear choice and it’s hard to really know who’s promising what. Still it has to be done so if you haven’t given it much thought, maybe you should? if nothing else you’ll have a valid excuse to complain when things go wrong 
