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Any war is tragedy wrapped in disaster, but the current Middle East war –  between a repressive theocratic regime that murders protestors in the streets, and a wannabe repressive oligarchic regime that murders protestors in the streets – may yet have a positive outcome for Aotearoa NZ, if it leads to the demise of the current coalition government this November.

Whilst a new Labour-led government might still be beholden to NZ First, and its virulently anti-conservation deputy leader Shane Jones, the Fast Track Act and other environmental disasters-in-waiting are likely to be undone or ameliorated, and real action to mitigate climate change will be back on the table.

Just how opposed the coalition government is to the health, livelihood and future of ordinary Kiwis, has been well reported here, here and here.

To add insult to injury, they now want to bury the Ministry for the Environment in a pro-development “super ministry”

Clearly, we have a lot to do between now and November!