Five years of Advocacy - the video

We’ve made a short video on the amazing work done by Anglican’s throughout the Diocese, on climate justice, housing and more.

These successes were celebrated earlier this year when Advocacy Enabler, Kate Day, ended her role.

Here is a timeline with some of the great things that have happened over the past five years that we have been a part of.

In 2017, prayer and action on the housing crisis was the focus. With 64 hectares of vacant Housing New Zealand property, services of lament were held around the diocese on the vacant lots calling for action. The lament services made the news, and our voices were heard. Now, you can see housing on these lots.

2017-2019 we called for a zero-carbon act. 563 of us had our say and in November 2019 the Zero Carbon Act was passed.

2018 we provided a prayerful Christian presence at the Petroleum Conference and we saw a bill that banned offshore oil and gas exploration.

2018 Wellington City Council became a Living Wage Employer (The Diocese is also one).

2018 the government lifted it refugee quota after campaigning on 2017 for quota to be doubled.

2019 we held a rubbish revolution which saw people from around the diocese engage in waste reduction.

2019 we campaigned for a bottle deposit scheme and in 2022 the government promises it will become reality.

2020-2021 Our Big Hearts campaign asked government for more funding to help with climate change in the pacific, and the government committed to climate finance of $1.3billion over four years.

2021-2022 we advocated for free fares asking for public transport equity. Metlink announced a trial of reduced and free fares for 2022 and nationwide we are currently able to use public transport for half price.