How this works?

It's simple, you will be given the choice between two 'Headlines'. You choose which 'Headline' you prefer. Don't over think or over analyse - this is just looking at your first impressions, gut feeling.

It is a chance for you to help us understand our preferences as a country. The only rule is you can't sit on the fence! If you don't like either option you have to pick the 'least bad' choice.

There are a huge number of things we could do in New Zealand to manage and mitigate the effects of a changing climate. We have only included a few of them here - if you think we are missing some important ones let us know and we may add them! We are working on being able to give you your personalised results but can't do that just yet.

Note: There are more than 45 different actions we are testing at the moment - that is more than 1000 combinations! You don't have to keep going until you have done them all. Just do as many as you want. You can check the results at any time and come back later to contribute some more. There is no secret prize at the end we will just keep giving you choices as long as you stick around.

Why are we doing this?

Why did this start?

The climate is changing and we are contributing to that change as a result of how we live and the resources we use to produce the goods and services we consume. New Zealand needs to play our part in reducing activities that are causing greenhouse gasses to be emitted and we need to adapt to a future state in which parts of New Zealand are warmer, wetter, windier and in some places colder and drier.

The New Zealand government will spend money and make rules to reduce emissions, increase carbon captured and protect and relocate at risk communities and assets. There are many things the government can do and it is interesting to know what New Zealanders prefer.

One way to reveal preferences is to ask people which one of two things they would prefer. Over fifty climate actions have been identified and the following technique offers each action paired with each of the other actions. With over 1,200 pairs asking each participant to choose among all pairs would be a big ask so the technique presents participants with pairs of actions so that all possible pairs are canvassed if enough participants express a preference for enough pairs of actions.

Who is participating?

There is no limit on the number of participants and more is better so share with friends. There is no minimum or maximum number of responses each participant can contribute, but more is better so linger longer, respond to as many prompted pairs and come back again.

What about the results?

The results are also revealed and public. The interpretation is relatively simple. A score of 100 mean people choose this option no matter what the alternative choice of action is. An action scoring 0 has never been chosen by any participant as their preferred option.

This is not a rigorous, scientific piece of research. It is difficult to attribute statistical significance to results and no demographic information has been gathered about respondents.

Individual responses are anonymous however the results and data from the responses will be shared.

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