Connexions update
Marion Hines — March 16, 2025
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New leadership for Working Group
At our annual planning meeting last month we appointed Mark Gibson and Iriana Rountree as Co-Convenors of our group. Mark and Iriana will be our Co-Convenors for 2025/26. This will enable our bi- cultural journey to be celebrated with agenda setting being a consultative process between the two partners.
Climate-induced Displacement and Migration Policy
A major focus for our work this year will be to finalise a policy around climate-induced migrants. This work is being led by Dr Elisapesi Havea. The idea of developing the climate-induced migrant policy emerged from the 2021 Conference workshop facilitated by the Climate Justice Working Group (CJWG). In these group discussions, four main action plans were proposed by the CJWG based on feedback from Conference members, and developing a policy on climate-induced displacement and migration was one of them.
Feedback on the draft policy will be sought from all Synods and Rohe before a final draft is submitted for Conference approval in 2025.
CJWG membership for 2025:
Mark Gibson, Iriana Rountree, Gillian Laird. Joeli Ducivaki, Elisapesi Havea, George Zachariah, Peter Lane, Alilia Molitika, Siniva Isaia, Siutaisa Tukutau and Marion Hines.
Enquiries: marionhines@xtra.co.nz or Ph 021 053 2053.
