Fridays For Future Aotearoa, Te Upoko Te Ika (Wellington, New Zealand)

As Ryan Ward wrote on E-Tangata, ‘This bill includes a frightening principle that sets the stage for corporate interests to trump all public and Indigenous rights‘

We have until 23 June 2023 to tell the Govt what we think about this evil twin of the Treaty Principles Bill.

Emily Writes has a bunch more links to why this Bill passing into law would be terrible for Maori, the environment, and regular New Zealanders (ie non-corporates).

You can read the wording of the Bill, and /or submit via the Parliament website.

But if you’re like me, some help with doing that wouldn’t go amiss. So here are some submission guides, from:

• the PSA
• Greenpeace
• the Green Party
• Kiwis for the Treaty
  

350 Aotearoa, Fridays for Future, Climate Liberation Aotearoa and others will be protesting outside ANZ bank in major centres around New Zealand this week (27-30 May).

ANZ funds Bathurst, the Australian mining giant intent on digging up the Denniston Plateau for coal.

So on Tuesday 27 May, we will be outside ANZ instead of on the Parliament Lawn.

The deets:

• start at ANZ 22 Willis Street at 12 noon
• finish at ANZ 86 Lambton Quay

All are welcome! Bring a sign and/or your voice!

Find out more and sign the petition, on the 350 Aotearoa website

This Tuesday 22 April, come and join us outside Parliament – let’s have an extra-large crowd on this special day!

This Tuesday we are having a special hui instead of our usual protest on Parliament Lawn.

But don’t worry – we’ll be back on the job Tuesday 22 April, which happens to be Earth Day!

Kit and Francesca continue to produce interesting interviews and discussions for their monthly radio show. Last month’s was on theme of ‘massive littles’ – how each step on the way to combatting the climate crisis can lead to positive change.

Find the recordings of the last few shows

11 April is Fridays for Futures’ global day of action.

Here in Wellington, School Strike 4 Climate Te Whanganui-a-Tara is planning a march starting at Frank Kitts Park at 12 noon.

Their theme is Fight the Fast Track and everyone is invited. See you there!

Stay up to date by checking their Facebook.

At our radio show on Sunday 23 February, Kit interviewed members of the then-called Restore Passenger Rail, who have been on trial on charges of endangering transport during their peaceful protests against climate change in October 2022.

They could potentially be sentenced to up to for 14 years in prison.

Listen to the recorded show while its still available!

The Climate Club is a small, dedicated group of young people based in Auckland who produce a regular e-newsletter full of info about up-coming climate-related events and actions.

If you want to do something about the climate crisis don’t know what, they can suggest a bunch of options, from petitions to submissions to getting out onto the streets.

Subscribe here

This is an Action Station campaign.

Rotokakahi is a privately owned lake, belonging to the Tūhourangi and Ngāti Tūmatāwera tribes. Within the lake lies Motutawa, the sacred resting place of many tūpuna, including Hinemoa. Although once open to the public, the increasing desecration of Motutawa led to the placing of a rāhui (restriction) in 1948, and the lake was later declared private. 

The land surrounding this lake encompasses various sites of significance to our iwi and hapū, including Pā Whero, a wāhi tapu (sacred site) that was buried under the ashes of the Tarawera Eruption of 1886 and urupā (cemeteries) which are integral to the our iwi’s ancestral heritage. 

The Rotorua Lakes Council (RLC) has proposed a sewerage pipeline scheme to connect the residents of Tarawera to the main wastewater treatment plant in Ngāpuna.

The proposed pipeline route would run along the Tarawera Road corridor passing over Te Wairoa awa, through wāhi tapu Pā Whero, and continuing past Rotokakahi. All of these areas hold significant cultural and historical importance for mana whenua. 

Members of the mana whenua have been occupying the area in protest.

Your support could help them to:

• Cover legal fees for whānau who will be going through court, for those facing charges and those who will be working through the environmental courts process
• Provide kai, resource and respite to those on the front line 
• Help them to bring others into the occupation so that if there is another escalation, there is more support on the ground 

Donate now: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/protect-rotokakahi-1