What: Toy Assembly to introduce the Term
One Energy curriculum to Ministers who are failing the
basics, let alone doing them
brilliantly.
When: Wednesday 4 March
11am – 2pm – Delivery of curriculum to MPs likely to
be after 1pm
Where:
Parliament Grounds
Who:
Parents for Climate Aotearoa
Hundreds of toys will be
descending on Parliament on Wednesday for this year’s toy
assembly, representing the children and young people of
Aotearoa.
Parents for Climate Aotearoa are holding the
Toy Assembly to welcome the Prime Minister and his team to
the Climate School for Ministers to highlight that they also
need to get the basics right and do them
brilliantly. The Ministers will be assigned a
different curriculum each term to support them to
get back to basics with an hour a day each of
reading, writing and maths.
“What I
would say to you is, we need the Government to respect and
look after the future hopes, dreams and lives of our
children. These toys are assembling on behalf of our young
kids, to remind the government that they need to model doing
the basics brilliantly and they are failing spectacularly in
achieving that” said Parents for Climate Aotearoa’s
Founder Alicia Hall.
“It’s hypocritical to expect
our tamariki to reach certain standards when Ministers seem
to lack the basic understanding of Climate Change 101. With
increasing weather events and states of emergencies
declared, that is simply unacceptable.
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“Just like
the government has set targets and outcomes in the education
of our tamariki, strong foundations must also be laid for
climate action that is critical for our kids’ future health
and wellbeing. We would say to them they can’t keep
blaming the ‘last lot’ forever.”
“We want to
see our Prime Minister and his leadership team taking their
time in climate school seriously. A minimum 90% attendance
rate is expected and time off spent on climate denying
projects like coal and oil exploration, building LNG
terminals etc will be marked as unjustified absences which
could lead to further interventions.”
“The term
one curriculum is on Energy and if they do not achieve the
standards expected on accelerating renewable and resilient
energy this term, they are in serious danger of failing
their final exam in Term 4 and returning to the Opposition
Benches.”
The curriculum will be delivered to
the ‘Ministers” by tamariki at approx
1pm.
