Video: Fijian-Kiwi Kya Lal speaking to the UN

This one chokes me up almost as much as Anj’s speech from 2011. Too often, Pacific voices and faces fade into invisibility at the UN climate talks. Here, Kya – the only Pasifika youth at the Lima climate talks – speaks on behalf of the world’s youth.

Our lands may be small, but our oceans are great. So is our ability to persevere, to fight and to survive. Yet with each passing day surviving becomes harder.

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Let’s not repeal reference to the rule of law

Supreme Court judges aren’t known for their political activism. Nor are former Solicitors General. So when a man like retired Justice McGrath uses his final sitting to challenge a Bill before Parliament, you can know it’s worth a listen. So what is my concern? It is that this statutory provision affirming our nation’s commitment to […]

2015 Matters. The Greens should chase big policy wins not chase their own tail.

2015 is a crucial year for determining the course of the 21st century. It is not – as we said around 2009’s Copenhagen summit – our last chance to save the planet from runaway climate change. That language just isn’t helpful. But it is our chance to define or redefine our global and national response […]

The Green Party belongs out front, not dead centre

Yesterday, a third candidate entered the race to become the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand’s male co-convenor: Vernon Tava. He is running as an out of Parliament candidate on a platform that the Greens should be a party of sustainability, not a party of the left. We should, he suggests, strive to hold the balance of […]

Alan Burns, a veteran of the Climate Walk, at Light for Lima.

Oxfam Trailwalker #8

In three weeks, I’m walking 100km to help raise money for one of New Zealand’s best development charities, Oxfam. Would you be able to help us out, please? You can donate on our team page here: Team bio: We’ve all done the Trailwalker before. We’re doing it again. Please donate all the moneys. John Loftus is […]