Climate Change Speeches

This is a list of speeches by the Green Party related to climate change.

Julie Anne Genter's maiden speech to the House

15 Feb 2012 | Speech | Julie Anne Genter MP

It is with the greatest respect that I address this House for the second time.

It is with gratitude and humility that I stand here. Gratitude to those who have gone before, gratitude to all those who have taught me on my journey so far. More

Holly Walker's maiden speech to the House

15 Feb 2012 | Speech | Holly Walker MP

Mr Speaker, I never met Rod Donald.

To many people, it will seem amazing that, just six short years since his tragic death, there is already a Green MP who never met Rod. To many, it will seem very sad - indeed it is. More

Kennedy Graham's Address in Reply speech, 7 February 2012

06 Feb 2012 | Speech | Kennedy Graham MP

In December last year in the Speech from the Throne delivered by the Governor General, the Prime Minister did two things: he identified what he called the "driving goal" of his Government, and he laid out what he called a "comprehensive agenda" and a substantive legislative programme to accomplish that goal. More

Global Challenges, the UN & NZ: A Green Perspective - Dr Kennedy Graham - NZIIA Major Economic & Foreign Policy Issues Seminar

20 Oct 2011 | Speech | Kennedy Graham MP

Today's discussion is about the major economic and foreign policy issues facing New Zealand over the next five years, from 2012 to 2017. The theme throughout today has been mainly on the global dimension of that - the global commons and the global economy, with specific focus on trade and security. This final session is on the multilateral setting. More

General Debate - The Future of Christchurch - Dr Kennedy Graham

14 Sep 2011 | Speech | Kennedy Graham MP

In May I addressed the crisis we are facing in Christchurch following the February earthquake. I said then that knowing the challenges ahead of us in what was the new normal, we needed to engender a sense of hope in the community. More

Budget Debate 2011: Dr Kennedy Graham: A Green Vision of an (Sustainable) Economy

07 Jun 2011 | Speech | Kennedy Graham MP

This year's Budget is essentially more of the same: a traditional neoclassical Budget in a time of national austerity. Let me critique it from a Green perspective, and offer an alternative, ecological Budget in a time of global crisis.

Lignite and James Hansen - Gareth Hughes' general debate speech

19 May 2011 | Speech | Gareth Hughes MP

Kia ora, Mr Assistant Speaker Robertson. Two nights ago, along with maybe 500 other concerned Wellingtonians, I attended atmospheric physicist and National Aeronautics and Space Administration director Dr James Hansen's lecture on climate change. More

Climate Change, Lignite & 'Growth' - Debate on the PM's Statement - Dr Kennedy Graham

09 Feb 2011 | Speech | Kennedy Graham MP

But we should never mind! Who is looking? We can make some money by extracting this atrocious material that will choke the life forms on this planet, and we can export some of it so that it will not appear on our national carbon account. More

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