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Hello Politician


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Waldo

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Team Name


Hello Politician


Team Members


Minh , Walter Lim and 6 other members with unpublished profiles.

Project Description


About us
Why was Hello Politician created?

A report from stats.govt.nz measured voter turnout in the 2014 New Zealand General Election and political participation using data from the 2016 General Society Survey. It shows that:

  • 85% of the eligible voting population voted in the 2014 General election
  • 70% of people aged 18-24 voted, compared with 94% of those aged 65 and over
  • 54% of non-voters said the reason for not voting was that they were disengaged. This includes people who ‘couldn’t be bothered’ and ‘didn’t get around to it’
  • Of those aged 65 years and over, 15% rated their interest in politics as very high, compared with 7% of those aged 15 to 24.
  • About 29% of the New Zealand population rated their trust in parliament as low.

  • Our team was astonished by this report and with the 2020 election fast approaching, we set out to try to change these statistics.

  • Our mission is to increase the percentage of the population who participate in voting, with a focus on those aged 18-24 and increase the level of engagement and trust in our MP’s.

  • Our aim was to create a tool that would allow users to easily find members of parliament, and to increase transparency surrounding their political behaviours.

With this in mind, Hello Politician was born. It was developed during the 2019 GovHack Hackathon, with a team of 8 awesome people, and lives on today at http://www.hellopolitician.com . All data was taken from publicly available resources listed below, and was not cherry picked to present a particular stance or position. Our goal is transparency for the public, not to push a political agenda.


Data Story


Waldo tells you about your politicians using data extracted from PDFs from the government.


Evidence of Work

Video

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Challenge Entries

Most Artistic use of data (outside the box)

Most Artistic use of data (outside the box)

Eligibility: Must use NZ data

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Innovate New Zealand

Best innovative hack using Stats NZ data

Eligibility: Must use data from Stats NZ

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Best Creative Use Of Technology

Best Creative Use Of Technology

Eligibility: Must use NZ data.

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