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The NZ government decided that 5 years old was the best age to start school but students have until the age of 6 to be enrolled in a school legally.
I dont agree that 5 years old is the best age to start school, I think it is too young. Some research shows, and other countries agree and don't start school until age 7.

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The government has made this decision. I agree that 16 is a reasonable age to be able to leave secondary school.  For some students, mainstream education is not the right pathway for them and if they have an plan of where they would like to head to continue their own education, trainning or employment, 16 is a reasonable age to do so.

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The government has also made this decision. I think this decision would have been made based on the cognitive decision making skills and reactionary skills of young people at this age.

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I think that 18 for the voting age is a good age. The government has made this law but it has been publically debated about lowering the age to 16 numerous times, however it appears that majority of the public believe 18 is the correct age. There is a lot of responsibilities that young people do not have to deal with, 18 is also an age where young people are classed as an adult and have more decision making power over their own lives and communities.

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In my personal opinion, I believe that 18 is too young to be married without any parental consent. I think that decades ago when this law was established, 18 was a common age to be married, however nowdays with the changing family dynamics 18 is very young to make a legal commitment to someone else.

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The government has made this law but again this issue has been publicly debated many times. It has been proposed to be lowered to 16 and raised to 20 again but appears that the majority has voted to leave the age at 18. I agree with this age.

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I think 65 is a reasonable age to retire. The government has made this decision based on finances and also the medical health and technical advances. The age for retirement was previously 55, then 60 and now 65. I think it will continue to go up as the life expectancy increases. This is unfair to Maori and Pacific people as our life expectancy is lower than European.

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i think that we should stay at age 5 for starting school. some parents may want a break from their kids every now and then. Horace mann was the guy who made us start school when we were five. When we go to school we lear more life lessons

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i agree with this even though kids under 16 still leave school its good to leave at the age 16 because that when your able to get a part time job you will be stable and you are also able to do course.

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i agree with this even though kids under 16 still leave school its good to leave at the age 16 because that when your able to get a part time job you will be stable and you are also able to do course.

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i think age 5 is a great age to start school because some parents may have trouble looking after their children and working at the same time. i think the goverment made the deicision

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i think its good cause then u can meet kids

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i think its good cause then u can meet kids

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I think that kids should start school at 5 because it would help them learn what is right and wrong and to work together with others

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I think 5 is a good age, because you dont want to leave it untill its too late, but also its the average age where children have already developed the skills to speak and learn.