Rātā Airey earlier told
Stuff they wanted free, green public transport in the city, increased funding for climate education in schools, and council-owned Christchurch City Holdings Limited (CCHL) to put an immediate halt on the Tarras Airport project.
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A student makes an impassioned plea to mayor Lianne Dalziel. Problems started when protesters arrived on the council’s doorstep, and the Dalziel was nowhere to be seen. Chants of “where’s our mayor?”, “show your face”, and “what do we want? Lianne Dalziel. When do we want her? Now” broke out. Other councillors who came outside to speak were heckled.
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Action stations . . . Cushla Bridges and Fergus McMullan (both 16) are encouraging people to join them when they strike to raise awareness for climate change issues on April 9. PHOTO: ASHLEY SMYTH
Waitaki secondary school pupils will strike for the first time next Friday to raise awareness of the environmental issues relevant to this area.
St Kevin’s College year 12 pupils Fergus McMullan and Chloe Bridges (both 16) will make up part of the Students Strike 4 Climate contingent, which will involve all three Oamaru secondary schools.
The national Students Strike 4 Climate group presented Climate Change Minister James Shaw with a list of six areas requiring immediate attention at Parliament in January.
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Finance Minister Grant Robertson asks Super Fund to ethically invest its $55 billion
14 Mar, 2021 11:28 PM
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Minister of Finance Hon Grant Robertson MP at Mood of the Boardroom. 28 September 2020 New Zealand Herald photograph by Michael Craig
Jason Walls is a political reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjason.walls@nzme.co.nz@Jasonwalls92
Minister of Finance Grant Robertson has written to chairs of the Super Fund and ACC, asking them to adopt ethical investment policies to help lift New Zealand s reputational standing .
He made the comments in letters addressed to the chairpersons of ACC, the Super Fund, the National Provident Fund and the Government s superannuation fund – known as the Crown Financial Institutions (CFIs).