Submissions

  • Wellington City Council Long Term Plan 2018-2028

    OraTaiao submission on Wellington City Council Long Term Plan (WCC LTP) 2018-2028. 15 May 2018.

    Romelli Rodriguez-Jolly

    Written by
    May 15, 2018

  • Greater Wellington Regional Council Long Term Plan 2018-2028

    OraTaiao submission on Greater Wellington Regional Council Long Term Plan (GWRC LTP) 2018-2028. 30 April 2018.

    Romelli Rodriguez-Jolly

    Written by
    April 30, 2018

  • International treaty examination of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

    OraTaiao submission, 18 April 2018

    'Climate change is a major threat to human health and ultimately to human survival. It worsens health inequities. It requires urgent action globally and in New Zealand to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions – particularly from fossil fuels.

    'The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will create a more challenging legal environment for New Zealand (and other signatory nations) to pass the policy and regulatory changes necessary to achieve this.'

    Read the submission here (PDF).

    Romelli Rodriguez-Jolly

    Written by
    April 18, 2018

  • Let's Get Welly Moving

    OraTaiao submission, 19 January 2018

    'OraTaiao supports LGWM’s guiding principles developed from 2017 public consultation. But these principles do not appear to be sufficiently defined, nor prioritised, to actually guide scenario development and evaluation. We hope our submission encourages LGWM’s ‘process principles’ to:

    • be informed and guided by evidence
    • be bold, aspirational and innovative
    • adopt best practice urban design and transport standards
    • seek win-wins where possible.'

    Read full submission here.

    Romelli Rodriguez-Jolly

    Written by
    January 19, 2018

  • Government Policy Statement on Land Transport 2018/19-2027/28

    OraTaiao submission, 31 March 2017

    'Climate changes fundamentally threaten human health and wellbeing; yet well-designed climate action can mean greater health and fairness in both the short and longer term. Transport is integral to this. There are close links between transport, climate and health, where eg.

    • active and sustainable modes of transport (such as walking and cycling) positively affect health; 
    • the current reliance on private motor vehicle transport has negative impacts on health through greenhouse gas emissions, road traffic crashes, air and noise pollution and increased sedentary time. 

    'This submission relates to the GPS2018 and: acting on climate change, prioritising active transport, prioritising public transport, the opportunity costs of poorly cost-effective roading choices including lost health gains, and the importance of making transport user hierarchies and the NZ Health Strategy integral to GPS2018's Strategic direction and Objectives.'

    Read the submission here (PDF).

    Romelli Rodriguez-Jolly

    Written by
    May 15, 2017

  • Greater Wellington Regional Council Annual Plan 2017/18

    OraTaiao submission on Greater Wellington Regional Council Annual Plan 2017/18. 12 April 2017.

    Romelli Rodriguez-Jolly

    Written by
    April 12, 2017

  • UN Committee on the Rights of the Child 2016 Day of Discussion “Children’s Rights and the Environment"

    OraTaiao submission, July 2016

    'Our submission considers the serious and potentially catastrophic impact of climate change on the rights of children; how climate change disproportionately affects children; States’ legal obligations; the role of States in relation to the business sector including investment treaties; children as agents of change; and putting children’s rights at the heart of climate policy offers major opportunities to increase children’s enjoyment of their rights.

    'Our submission is informed by work we have done, including for the Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa alternative report on New Zealand to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.'

    Read full submission here.

    Romelli Rodriguez-Jolly

    Written by
    September 23, 2016

  • Child rights and climate change in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Submission, August 2016

    Supplementary information for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child provided by OraTaiao on behalf of Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa

    'This background paper outlines how, as well as the unjust impacts on all children, there are some groups of Aotearoa NZ children disproportionately affected by climate change. We focus mainly on those groups. We also outline the absence of consideration of the best interests or views of children in the Aotearoa NZ Government’s climate policies, and the Government’s slow and ambivalent progress in taking the climate-related actions necessary to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of children. We recommend actions that the Aotearoa NZ Government should take as part of its obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).'

    Read full submission here.

    Romelli Rodriguez-Jolly

    Written by
    August 28, 2016

  • Wellington City Council’s Annual Plan 2016/17 and Carbon Plan Consultation

    OraTaiao submission on Wellington City Council’s Annual Plan 2016/17 and Carbon Plan Consultation. 3 May 2016.

    Romelli Rodriguez-Jolly

    Written by
    May 03, 2016

  • Greater Wellington Regional Council’s draft Annual Plan 2016/2017

    OraTaiao submission on Greater Wellington Regional Council’s draft Annual Plan 2016/2017. 18 April 2016.

    Romelli Rodriguez-Jolly

    Written by
    April 18, 2016