Māori Climate Commissioner, Donna Awatere Huata, says NZ is
sending hypercritical messages by telling students not to
join the climate change strike March 15th.
"Why is it
that we as a culture don't mind students not going to school
when it's an overseas holiday or a victory sports parade,
but seem to have a problem when students go on strike to
protest catastrophic climate change?"
"I urge every
student to go on strike this March 15th to protest climate
change and I urge every parent to support their child in
this action."
"As adults we are failing them and their
future by not radically adapting to the realities of a
dangerously warming planet. Greta Thunberg sums it up
perfectly when she says, "What is the point of learning
facts when the most important facts given by the finest
scientists are ignored by our politicians?"
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