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James Shaw Trading Māori Futures For A Few Green Votes
Friday, 16 June 2023, 12:42 pm | Maori Climate Commissioner
The Greens are trading the futures of Māori and their potential economic freedom in a calculated ploy to capture a few more votes, says Māori Climate Commissioner Donna Awatere Huata. Greens leader James Shaw is planning the release of the Government’s ... More >>
Shaw Plotting Nationalisation Of Whenua Māori
Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 3:21 pm | Maori Climate Commissioner
Climate Change Minister James Shaw’s admission that the Government is considering becoming the exclusive purchasers of carbon units from forest owners highlights a clear plan to nationalise the earnings from the Māori green economy and force owners ... More >>
NDCs Show Government’s Lack Of Vision And Ambition
Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 9:25 am | Maori Climate Commissioner
The Government’s announcement that it will export taxpayer’s funds to pay for the majority of this country's pollution shows a breathtaking lack of vision, and they should hand the reins to Māori to create a climate solution that truly benefits ... More >>
Time’s Up On Climate Response
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 3:50 pm | Maori Climate Commissioner
The time for rhetoric is over and meaningful action must begin immediately after a damning report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), says Māori Climate Commissioner Donna Awatere Huata. The newly-released IPCC report highlighted ... More >>
Call For Climate Commission To Show More Vision, Working With Māori
Wednesday, 3 February 2021, 2:27 pm | Maori Climate Commissioner
The Climate Change Commission needs to be bolder in its approach and work more closely with Māori to achieve meaningful, inclusive and more ambitious domestic change says Māori Climate Commissioner Donna Awatere Huata. The Climate Change Commission released ... More >>
Government Must Partner With Māori On Climate Response
Thursday, 3 December 2020, 1:36 pm | Maori Climate Commissioner
The Government deserves praise for making the declaration of a climate emergency one of the first actions of the new Parliament, but acting in partnership with Māori will be key to delivering meaningful action, says Māori Climate Commissioner Donna ... More >>
Federated Farmers: Stop Using COVID-19 As Cover For Lobbying As Usual
Wednesday, 29 April 2020, 10:23 am | Maori Climate Commissioner
The news that the Government is being asked to backtrack on its environmental commitments highlights that the social and economic reset many had hoped would come out of the COVID-19 crisis has little hope if big business interests continue to hold sway in ... More >>
Maori World View Best Path Forward on Climate Change
Friday, 20 December 2019, 12:17 pm | Maori Climate Commissioner
New Zealand should be lauded for its climate leadership, but needs closer alignment with the Māori world view to build a sustainable path forward says Māori Climate Commissioner Donna Awatere Huata. More >>
Govt paying lip service to Maori in Climate Commission
Thursday, 19 December 2019, 8:46 am | Maori Climate Commissioner
The appointment of the new Climate Commission fails to represent Māori or take the importance of their views and perspective on climate change into account says Māori Climate Commissioner Donna Awatere Huata. More >>
Wrong-headed strategy on trees evident in Govt decision
Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 9:18 am | Maori Climate Commissioner
The Government’s decision to give a foreign-owned forestry company unfettered access to New Zealand land highlights the hypocrisy of their approach to forest management says Māori Climate Commissioner Donna Awatere Huata. More >>
Gov abandoning most vulnerable to cater to farming lobby
Thursday, 24 October 2019, 5:19 pm | Maori Climate Commissioner
With the Government’s announcement today that the primary sector will remain outside the ETS, the rest of New Zealand – including the groups that are most vulnerable to climate change – will continue to subsidise the largest emitters who own a disproportionate ... More >>
Māori Climate Commissioner: 'Everyone should march'
Wednesday, 13 March 2019, 10:08 am | Maori Climate Commissioner
Māori Climate Commissioner: 'Everyone who love their children should march with students this Friday against climate change'. More >>
Māori Climate Commissioner on Student Protests
Thursday, 7 March 2019, 10:02 am | Maori Climate Commissioner
Māori Climate Commissioner: Overseas Holidays, Rugby World Cup, America's Cup vs Catastrophic Climate Change More >>
National's Environment Discussion Document
Monday, 25 February 2019, 12:22 pm | Maori Climate Commissioner
Māori Climate Commissioner, Donna Awatere Huata, says the latest Environment Discussion Document by National misses the enormity and threat of climate change. More >>
It's time NZ children went on strike
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 1:02 pm | Maori Climate Commissioner
Māori Climate Commissioner, Donna Awatere Huata, says now is the time for Children to shame adults into climate change action. More >>
National Party MP promotes woeful fake news on methane
Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 8:45 am | Maori Climate Commissioner
Māori Climate Commissioner, Donna Awatere Huata, has criticised National Party MP Stuart Smith for last week promoting fake news on methane. More >>
Greta Thunberg : A Wahine Toa of our Times
Monday, 11 February 2019, 9:33 am | Maori Climate Commissioner
Māori Climate Commissioner, Donna Awatere Huata, applauds the courage by 16 year old climate activist, Greta Thunberg, who has gone on Friday strikes from school to protest the lack of action on global warming. More >>
Māori Climate Commissioner: PEPANZ are not the future
Monday, 4 February 2019, 4:35 pm | Maori Climate Commissioner
Māori Climate Commissioner, Donna Awatere Huata, says the new advertising campaign starting tonight (Monday) by the Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand (PEPANZ) to convince New Zealander's to begin future oil exploration ... More >>
Current heatwave grim view of climate change future
Tuesday, 29 January 2019, 2:38 pm | Maori Climate Commissioner
Māori Climate Commissioner, Donna Awatere Huata, says the current heatwave that burnt Australia and is currently suffocating New Zealand is a grim view of our climate change future. More >>
Greenland melting is a grim new climate change warning
Thursday, 24 January 2019, 10:21 am | Maori Climate Commissioner
Māori Climate Commissioner, Donna Awatere Huata, says the latest research from Greenland is a grim new climate change warning. More >>
