Featuring the podcast of our weekly Hoon live webinar, plus five things that mattered this week, including the latest big climate, transport, housing and political news in Aotearoa, and in geopolitics
Let’s be realistic. There is so much vested interests in fossil fuel production & use, only when the planet is burning, floods washing houses & factories away, and sea rise is swamping islands and coastal cities will people become active against governments. In NZ people will take some notice when they can no longer insure their houses and have to move to expensive rentals because their homes are unliveable. With policy statements from COP that are so weak, what possible solutions are there now?
You mention how waiata are often sung in Parliament from the public gallery to mark significant events. See this clip from re: (news) showing the beautiful response to Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's maiden speech
Let’s be realistic. There is so much vested interests in fossil fuel production & use, only when the planet is burning, floods washing houses & factories away, and sea rise is swamping islands and coastal cities will people become active against governments. In NZ people will take some notice when they can no longer insure their houses and have to move to expensive rentals because their homes are unliveable. With policy statements from COP that are so weak, what possible solutions are there now?
You mention how waiata are often sung in Parliament from the public gallery to mark significant events. See this clip from re: (news) showing the beautiful response to Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's maiden speech
https://www.renews.co.nz/at-21-years-old-this-was-not-the-plan-nzs-youngest-mp/
Robert, thank you for insisting that Palestinians have the right to not be killed and that America needs to stop providing weapons to Israel.
I appreciate you all - Bernard, Peter, Robert, and Josie - for sharing your insights and laughs. I hope you all enjoy a wonderful summer.