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Natasha: Will printed books disappear? PrintisHeretoStay.blogspot.co.nz 

This is a good start, but I personally find all the stats a bit hard to read and maybe you could argue your point more by finding examples and reason of how holding a book is different and more enjoyable than e-readers. Maybe you could touch on what would happen if books did stop getting printed? What about all those books from 100s of years ago that have survived for future generations to look at and value as a part of our history.

Matthew: artistic works should not be subjected to censorship. http://msaminiwrite.blogspot.co.nz

This is a great topic and I think that it's something that should be addressed, as our world is becoming very PC which doesn't really lead to people being able to express what they need to. Throughout history art has influenced change and if it is censored then there is a risk of this happening. I agree maybe you need to pick one artistic form and if needed and possible make references to others where appropriate. I look forward to more posts.

Ronal: Should the voting age in NZ be lowered? http://nzeducationsystem.blogspot.co.nz/

This is a great topic. Instead of just saying that 16yr olds are too young to vote, i don't think you are addressing the issue fully as 16yrs could indeed vote and be interested in politics if they were educated more on the issue which would also in theory increase the voting by the 18-27 age group. I think with so much social media and the internet that young people are far more cued up on what is going on in the world and they should be given the option to vote. As it is the young who are inheriting the world, so having all the decisions made by those who are older is really not acceptable. Maybe if youth had the chance to vote and be more involved in politics then the issues that really effect them such as the environment would get more attention and long term solutions would come about.
In short to make your argument stronger I think you need to look at what would be the effect on the country if youth did vote and if you disagree then have supporting examples to support it.

Ana: Deaf people should have better (improved? full?) access to emergency information. http://thebananatalks.blogspot.co.nz/

Hi Ana
This is looking good. Are there examples from overseas which you could use as a case study that NZ should aim to match? Maybe having the news interpreted into NZSL could help start addressing Deaf access to information especially emergency info?

Jenette: "Success for All - Every School, Every Child".  The reality for Deaf children?  http://jwbrief2.blogspot.co.nz/

Looking good. Maybe if you find arguments saying that NZ is doing the best it can and that it has limited resources you could suggest online learning in the classroom with NZSL interpreters or teachers of the Deaf - I think there is a bit of it around, maybe in other countries. I think if your focus is that there should be more options then focus on that

Also from my understanding one of the things NZ thinks is acceptable is having teacher aids for Deaf students, however the teacher aid may have only been signing for 1-2 years and is at University - hardly qualified to be in the position of teaching a Deaf child. So like you said the options they have available to them are not acceptable.

There might be something written about that somewhere or at least info on teacher aids - maybe MOE?