{"id":52604,"date":"2023-02-14T12:38:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T03:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/feb\/14\/new-zealand-minister-delivers-furious-speech-about-lost-decades-spent-bickering-over-climate-crisis"},"modified":"2023-02-14T12:38:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T03:38:18","slug":"new-zealand-minister-decries-climate-crisis-lost-decades-in-wake-of-cyclone-gabrielle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=52604","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand minister decries climate crisis \u2018lost decades\u2019 in wake of Cyclone Gabrielle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Shaw says country is entering \u2018period of consequences\u2019 for inaction over climate change as extreme weather wreaks havoc across the North Island<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/feb\/13\/cyclone-gabrielle-new-zealand-declares-national-state-of-emergency\">Full report: cyclone devastates North Island<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/gallery\/2023\/feb\/14\/cyclone-gabrielle-batters-new-zealand-in-pictures\">Cyclone Gabrielle batters New Zealand \u2013 in pictures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/feb\/14\/tell-us-have-you-been-affected-by-cyclone-gabrielle-in-new-zealand\">Tell us: have you been affected by Cyclone Gabrielle?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s climate change minister has made a furious speech excoriating parliament for lost decades of \u201cbickering\u201d over the climate crisis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/feb\/13\/cyclone-gabrielle-new-zealand-declares-national-state-of-emergency\">as Cyclone Gabrielle devastates the country<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I stand here today, I struggle to find words to express what I am thinking and feeling about this particular crisis,\u201d James Shaw told parliament on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/feb\/14\/new-zealand-minister-delivers-furious-speech-about-lost-decades-spent-bickering-over-climate-crisis\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Shaw says country is entering \u2018period of consequences\u2019 for inaction over climate change as extreme weather wreaks havoc across the North IslandFull report: cyclone devastates North IslandCyclone Gabrielle batters New Zealand \u2013 in picturesTell us:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3572,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,2331,2852,65,455,56,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-climate-crisis","category-cyclone-gabrielle","category-environment","category-extreme-weather","category-new-zealand","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52605,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52604\/revisions\/52605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}