Kaitaia College Climate Action Group members Katie Bell (left), Campbell Tatham, Stacey Langreid, Halayna Warnock, Kelly Garvin, Ruby Finlayson, Kiel Minervino (in front), Charlie Timperley, Jos Spaan
The newly-formed Kaitaia College Climate Action Group is hoping at least 100 students will take part in their contribution to tomorrow's Global School Strike 4 Climate New Zealand.
Like their counterparts around the country, and the world, they will be calling for their local authority — the Far North District
Council — to declare a state of climate emergency, as has already been done in Christchurch, Nelson and Wellington, and in some UK cities.
Specifically they will call on the council to resolve actions it is taking that contribute to climate change, to support moves designed to address climate change, and to commit to carbon-neutrality.
The plan was to march from the college to the northern end of Commerce Street, near the old Hunting & Fishing store, then to Te Ahu, and finally set up an information stand in the old Pak'nSave car park. They would also be picking up rubbish as they went.
The students had hoped to speak with Mayor John Carter, who is currently overseas, and were working to arrange a meeting with him in the near future.
