South Dunedin can be a place where people and nature thrive, even while we adapt to rising sea levels. The forthcoming South Dunedin Future Programme risk assessment will help inform community-led adaptation, and guide decision-making. I am very much looking forward to reading the report, which is due in September.
The South Dunedin Future Programme team and the South Dunedin Community Network are working not only with local communities, but also working on a model for community-led adaptation that will be useful to other communities around the motu. We took the opportunity on July 18, when our Green Party co-leader Chloe Swarbrick was in town, to meet both the Future Programme team and the community network, political leaders and stakeholders, along with other programme partners such as Aukaha and the Centre for Sustainability. It was so inspiring to learn more about the well-planned and thorough approach to engaging whānau and encouraging full participation in the future of South Dunedin.
The significance of this work, with widespread participation from community, iwi, local government, business, research and academia, needs to be recognised and supported. That’s what the Green Party is committed to, even while this government abandons South Dunedin, raiding the Climate Emergency Response Fund to pay for tax cuts. That’s $2.
9 billion for landlords, and "Trickle down tax cuts that will see 64% of the benefit will go to the top 40% of households". Chloe referred to that.