Communities around New Zealand are locked out of our democracy right now because of arbitrary rules that we can change. Sixteen- and 17-year-olds have a right in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act to vote. They can leave school, they can have sex, they can work full-time, they pay taxes, but they can't vote. We deny them that one vote—the say in our democracy that impacts their lives for the longest—even though they've proven to us again and again that they are engaged and passionate about the issues that affect their lives, about the climate crisis, about mental health, about public transport.