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Scott Willis Green Candidate
Green Party Candidate. Authorised by: Miriam Ross, Level 1, 17 Garrett Street, Wellington.
The planet doesn't listen to empty rhetoric. As our world heats up, the climate becomes more dynamic and weather events more extreme and unpredictable. Floods and extreme winds around the motu, fire burning near Twizel, running through scrub and wilding pines, snow falling... This is the definition of extreme weather.![]()
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We will see this more often.![]()
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I'm pushing for the biggest Green vote ever because the climate crisis won't wait for us. We need to take bold and urgent climate action as if our lives depended on it, because our lives, and those of our tamariki and our mokopuna do depend on it. We will:![]()
+ Establish a Ministry for Climate Change![]()
+ Introduce our Climate-safe communities plan![]()
+ Introduce our Clean Power Plan![]()
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And so much more. With thanks to Sharon Murdoch in NZ Stuff.
I had the luxury of joining the audience for today's Otago University Debating Society Candidates Forum. It was great to hear the diversity of views. There was almost universal agreement on the Greens Dental Policy from other candidates however!![]()
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Francisco Hernandez for Dunedin was clearly the audience favourite, with enthusiastic and raucous responses to his articulation of Green values. We need to rebalance wealth to achieve #climatejustice and we have the plans to do just that.![]()
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But take a look at the student's faces when the New Conservative Candidate stood claimed that climate change is a fiction! Clearly he couldn't read the sign! A great event, thank you Otago University Debating Society!
My thoughts are with those in the very Deep South this afternoon. There's "heavy rain, wind and snow warnings in place for the majority of the South Island" MetService New Zealand says, so time to check your own preparations if you're not already in the thick of the State of Emergency in Gore.![]()
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Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency as global heating picks up. Even as we work to reduce emissions, we need to adapt. Meanwhile, a scrub fire, feeding off wilding pines near Pukaki Downs close to Aoraki/Mt Cook is yet another adverse event. The Time is Now for bold #ClimateAction
Wild weather: State of emergency declared in Gore with warnings in place for wider South Island
www.rnz.co.nz
A state of emergency has been declared for the Gore District with heavy rainfall causing significant surface flooding.
The Green Party of Aotearoa aims to ensure that everyone has access to cleaner, cheaper, smarter renewable energy from a democratised energy system that prioritises Māori, community and public ownership over private profit. The cost-of-living crisis can’t be addressed by continuing with Business as Usual. Successive governments have simply tweaked the system, rather than addressing the root cause of inequality. Only the Greens are willing to democratise and decarbonise New Zealand’s energy system so that we can build an energy-sovereign and climate-resilient nation with wellbeing for all. Your vote counts. The time is now! #PartyVoteGreen
I meet wonderful people and have great conversations out door-knocking. So I’m chuffed my friend James Shaw is going to join in this weekend! How about you? We want all folks out in force, to get out the vote. We need to make this election the #ClimateElection! The time is now! Let's make this massive! To rsvp, head to https:www.greens.org.nz/dun_dk_230942
