Fridays For Future Aotearoa, Te Upoko Te Ika (Wellington, New Zealand)
We protest at the Parliament Lawn on Tuesdays, from 12.30 to 1.30pm. Join us to talk about your concerns and try catching a Government MP on the hop!
Our last protest for the year is Tuesday 17 December. We’ll celebrate our efforts thus far with choccy cake and non-alcoholic (probably) beverages.
Come join us!
A recent highlight was Caz and Mary going viral on Tik Tok while interview-bombing Seymour Know Less on 1News. Below is an example of the feedback on them –
Earlier this month, the New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui ran aground, caught fire and sank off the south coast of Upolu in Sāmoa while conducting a reef survey. The ship is leaking oil from at least four locations, and authorities in Sāmoa say 200,000 litres of diesel has leaked from the HMNZS Manawanui since it sank on a reef last week.
First of all, they refused to accept the ship was not leaking oil, but now they admit the fuel is leaking, estimating that 900,000 litres of fuel is on board, but maintains that it is ‘probable that the amount of fuel leaked is less than 200,000 litres.’
For the past six years, New Zealand has run a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care, with the presentation of the Final Report, Whanaketia – Through pain and trauma, from darkness to light in the House of Representatives in July of this year.[1]
The report outlined 138 steps that the government can take to help survivors to heal, and to support them to live full, thriving lives.
Unfortunately, the Government hasn’t responded in full to the report yet. So far, all they have done is:
Sign the petition calling on the Government to accept all the recommendations.
The For Future’s Sake Choir is a community choir in Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington, that uses their voices and privilege to advocate for:
I met them at a protest recently, and they are a lovely group of peeps.
Interested in singing along? Check out the details on their website.
Three community groups are creating a Ngahere Korowai or ‘precious cloak forest’ on the whenua of the Wainuiomata Marae in Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai, Lower Hutt.
People from the Wainuiomata Marae, Transition Town Lower Hutt and Nature’s Vela are hard at work planning the transformation of bare lawn on this busy suburban marae to a thriving native ‘tiny forest’ with a wetland. And this project will provide a model for growing ‘tiny forests’ across Aotearoa New Zealand.
‘Tiny forests’ help cool cities, increase biodiversity, improve human health and teach tamariki the importance of nature.
They will create the Ngahere Korowai using the Miyawaki method pioneered by Japanese ecologist, Akira Miyawaki, who introduced the technique of creating tiny forests – often on degraded land – in cities around the world.
Thousands of people are expected to be at the steps of Parliament on 19 November in opposition to the Treaty Principles Bill. They’ll be coming to Wellington from both ends of the country; with city-bound events in Invercargill and Christchurch for those who cannot make to to Welly.
Here’s where you can order a placard.
Watch a explainer on Instagram on the three goals of the hikoi.
Visit the Toitū Tiriti website for the full itinerary and other details. The website’s also got merch to buy and wear, and contact details if you want to help out.
Fridays for Future Te Upoko o Te Ika will be there (in Welly). Look out for our flags!
The Treaty Principles Bill undermines the relationship that New Zealand was built upon. Te Tiriti is an agreement between two sovereign nations which affirms the sovereignty of tangata whenua, provides a framework for tangata Tiriti to govern their own people, and creates a basis for kotahitanga (unity) between both parties.
Email the Prime Minister and ask him to stop the Bill (from the Green Party website). (You can customise the email if you prefer.)
The Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill introduces 12 new High Protection Areas, alongside 5 seafloor protection zones and 2 marine reserve expansions.
The Government is trying to sneak through a last-minute change to allow commercial fishing in the Gulf’s new High Protection Areas.
Our email address is back, replacing the gmail one we’d been using since the beginning of 2024.
If you’d like to tell us about a climate justice event that’s coming up, please do. But try to let us know a couple of weeks in advance, as we only check our emails weekly.
Fonterra is stuck in the past, while many dairy farmers and businesses here in Aotearoa have already ended their use of rainforest-destroying palm kernel. There’s no excuse for Fonterra’s continued contribution to rainforest destruction.