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James Shaw

From giving women the vote, to helping to establish the United Nations, to banning nuclear arms from our shores, New Zealand has led by example – and countries around the world have learned from us and have followed us. We are now almost uniquely placed to prototype a sustainable economy rooted in a thriving community. We can do better than merely catch up with Australia – we can again provide an example for countries around the world to follow. So let’s – all of us – give this everything we’ve got.

Connected Communities
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What is the third sector? It is just another name for our community, operating as a social economy. Out of the third sector comes organisations like charities, play centres, community gardens, ...

Thriving Economy
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New Zealand's economy cannot forever rely on flinging carcasses around the globe, and importing cheap plastic items that make a brief stopover in our lives before arriving in the nearest ...

Low Carbon Strategy
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We need to quickly adopt new sources of energy. Even a vision that has 50% of our cars in 2020 being powered by renewable energy makes us face the question ...