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I stood up for the environment because the education I got as Minister for the Environment
made me interested in those issues forever.
We designed the whole Resource Management Act
and we thought it was really important
that New Zealand have a clean green image
and we have an Act of Parliament that ensured that it was kept that way.
Kia ora, I stood up for the environment
ten years ago around the GE debate in Aotearoa New Zealand
really important that whakapapa of Maori communities was held intact
and really important that we stood up for Papatuanuku.
I stood up to tell the New Zealand Government to take action on climate change
with the New Zealand Youth Delegation.
I stood up for the forests of the West Coast of the South Island
Beautiful forests - wonderful - we had to save them
A group of us got together, and we did.
I stood up against the Milford Dart Tunnel, because our National Parks are not for sale.
We stood up against risky deep sea oil drilling
and Petrobas abandoned their plans for drilling in New Zealand waters.
I stood up for Maui's and Hector's dolphins because more than 100 of them were being killed in fishing nets each year
and they're only found in New Zealand.
And I stood up for the Manapouri campaign in the early 70s
and we won the day.
Will you stand up for our environmental law; the RMA?