Tag: climate change

Weakening Environmental Protection in the Middle of an Ecological Crisis – A Good Thing?

Posted on by Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn in Uncategorized

Last month, I submitted a formal objection to the Environment (Disestablishment of Ministry for the Environment) Amendment Bill (the Bill) to Parliament’s Environment Committee. What the Bill seeks to do is abolish the standalone Ministry for the Environment and absorb its functions into a consolidated mega-ministry dominated by housing, transport, infrastructure, and local government portfolios. … Continue reading Weakening Environmental Protection in the Middle of an Ecological Crisis – A Good Thing? →

A port for the past — a call to stop the LNG terminal

Posted on by Peter Bruce-iri in Policy, Carbon neutral, Politics, System Change, Community building

The New Zealand government’s decision to build a port for gas imports feels designed for a world with a 1999 use-by date. Only those financially invested in preserving the extractive economy of the twentieth century, or those who have swallowed its kool-aid, persist with the fantasy that that world can continue. It is clear that … Continue reading A port for the past — a call to stop the LNG terminal →

Kai sovereignty update, Summer 2026

Posted on by Peter Bruce-iri in Communication and engagement, Food systems, health, Local Government, regeneration, Regenerative Agriculture, System Change, Tai Tokerau, Uncategorized

The Kai Sovereignty project funded by the NRC's Climate Communities Resilience Fund continues into 2026. You can read our report Our Food Web here. We are refining our strategy through action to promote local, regenerative food systems. This way, the more we do, the more we learn, and more people's insights help us to ground … Continue reading Kai sovereignty update, Summer 2026 →

Climate policy and the rise of the middle powers

Posted on by Peter Bruce-iri in Politics, System Change

For much of the past three decades, climate change has been treated as a policy problem sitting alongside others: environment, energy, development. That framing is no longer adequate. Climate is now entangled with food systems, energy security, migration, public health, finance, polarisation and conflict – what many now describe as the meta-crisis: overlapping systemic stresses … Continue reading Climate policy and the rise of the middle powers →

Farm to table regenerative meat

Posted on by Peter Bruce-iri in Food systems, Plants cool, regeneration, Regenerative Agriculture, soil carbon, System Change, Tai Tokerau

Top image credit: Wild Meadows Farm Customers in Auckland and Northland can now buy regenerative meat via two websites. Out the farm gate was set up by farmers to "help farmers sell directly to consumer, ensuring transparency, fair pricing, and meat you can feel good about eating". There are currently five farms listed on the … Continue reading Farm to table regenerative meat →