their ideas<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nJacinda Ardern is expected to outline a package of Government spending tomorrow designed to stimulate the economy to get New Zealand through the Covid-19 crisis.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cThis virus is a serious threat to vulnerable people and our health services, and they should be first priority. Covid-19 will also impact our economy, of that there is no doubt,\u201d says Greenpeace executive director Russel Norman. <\/p>\n\n
\u201cWe welcome this stimulus package, but we need to make sure it puts Aotearoa in a good place to deal with other existential problems like the climate and biodiversity crises.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cWe might not want to hear about it now, but climate change hasn\u2019t gone away. If we manage the stimulus package well, we have a unique opportunity to combat both threats with one stone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
Greenpeace has come up with a \u2018starter pack\u2019 of practical spending measures, which could help transform the New Zealand economy and get the country in better shape for future shocks.<\/p>\n\n
These include boosting funding for insulation and heating, solar and batteries, and electric transport; upgrading New Zealand\u2019s public sector and infrastructure; cash injections for sustainable agriculture production, and protecting the country\u2019s poorest.<\/p>\n\n
Norman says it\u2019s vital that we learn from the lessons of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cThe GFC saw public funds flow disproportionately to polluting industries, and a redistribution of wealth from society\u2019s poorest to its wealthiest,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cRight now, we have a chance to add value to the ecological and social support system that we rely on to be safe and to thrive, rather than undermine it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
Greenpeace wants to start a national conversation about how the money in the Covid stimulus package could be spent, and is inviting New Zealanders to put their thoughts into an idea generator.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cThe Covid crisis is a clear and present danger for New Zealanders and the entire world – but the longer term flow-on danger is that we may put money in the wrong places, like old fashioned polluting industries, which makes us vulnerable to future threats,\u201d says Norman.<\/p>\n\n
Ends
<\/p>\n
Block content is empty. Check the block’s settings or remove it.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Greenpeace is encouraging the Government to use tomorrow\u2019s Covid-19 budget as an opportunity to future proof New Zealand against climate change. And it\u2019s asking Kiwis to weigh in with their…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_planet4_optimize_post_is_variant":false,"_planet4_optimize_experiment_name":"","_planet4_optimize_variant_name":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"Govt urged to green the Covid stimulus package","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"Covid-19 Response","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"Climate & Energy","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[16,19,32,46],"p4-page-type":[7],"class_list":["post-8090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greenpeace","tag-climate","tag-food-and-farming","tag-peoplepower","tag-coronavirus","p4-page-type-press-release"],"yoast_head":"\n
Govt urged to green the Covid stimulus package<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt urged to green the Covid stimulus package\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Greenpeace is encouraging the Government to use tomorrow\u2019s Covid-19 budget as an opportunity to future proof New Zealand against climate change. And it\u2019s asking Kiwis to weigh in with their…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Greenpeace Aotearoa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.nz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-15T23:52:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-11T20:54:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/03\/f96fc1d0-gp03bmg_pressmedia-768x511-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"511\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nick Young\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@GreenpeaceNZ\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@GreenpeaceNZ\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nick Young\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nick Young\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#\/schema\/person\/cd74b3cb7be5f23213b8b83730534221\"},\"headline\":\"Govt urged to green the Covid stimulus package\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-15T23:52:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-11T20:54:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/\"},\"wordCount\":383,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/03\/f96fc1d0-gp03bmg_pressmedia-768x511-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Climate Change\",\"Food&Farming\",\"PeoplePower\",\"CoronaVirus\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Greenpeace\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/\",\"name\":\"Govt urged to green the Covid stimulus package\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/03\/f96fc1d0-gp03bmg_pressmedia-768x511-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-15T23:52:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-11T20:54:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#\/schema\/person\/cd74b3cb7be5f23213b8b83730534221\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/03\/f96fc1d0-gp03bmg_pressmedia-768x511-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/03\/f96fc1d0-gp03bmg_pressmedia-768x511-1.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":511},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Govt urged to green the Covid stimulus package\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/\",\"name\":\"Greenpeace Aotearoa\",\"description\":\"Our mission is to ensure Earth\u2019s ability to nurture life in all its diversity.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#\/schema\/person\/cd74b3cb7be5f23213b8b83730534221\",\"name\":\"Nick Young\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJXAN_-aMrfD7T6ibEnGzjWzprHxw_WFoPiQQUe__I7aSNfu5_q=s96-c\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJXAN_-aMrfD7T6ibEnGzjWzprHxw_WFoPiQQUe__I7aSNfu5_q=s96-c\",\"caption\":\"Nick Young\"},\"description\":\"I've been doing digital at Greenpeace since before Facebook. Now the head of communications at Greenpeace Aotearoa. Follow me on Bluesky or Threads\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.nz\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/author\/nyoung\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Govt urged to green the Covid stimulus package","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Govt urged to green the Covid stimulus package","og_description":"Greenpeace is encouraging the Government to use tomorrow\u2019s Covid-19 budget as an opportunity to future proof New Zealand against climate change. And it\u2019s asking Kiwis to weigh in with their…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/","og_site_name":"Greenpeace Aotearoa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.nz","article_published_time":"2020-03-15T23:52:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-07-11T20:54:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":511,"url":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/03\/f96fc1d0-gp03bmg_pressmedia-768x511-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Nick Young","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@GreenpeaceNZ","twitter_site":"@GreenpeaceNZ","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nick Young","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/"},"author":{"name":"Nick Young","@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#\/schema\/person\/cd74b3cb7be5f23213b8b83730534221"},"headline":"Govt urged to green the Covid stimulus package","datePublished":"2020-03-15T23:52:43+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-11T20:54:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/"},"wordCount":383,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/03\/f96fc1d0-gp03bmg_pressmedia-768x511-1.jpg","keywords":["Climate Change","Food&Farming","PeoplePower","CoronaVirus"],"articleSection":["Greenpeace"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/","url":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/","name":"Govt urged to green the Covid stimulus package","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/03\/f96fc1d0-gp03bmg_pressmedia-768x511-1.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-15T23:52:43+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-11T20:54:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#\/schema\/person\/cd74b3cb7be5f23213b8b83730534221"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/03\/f96fc1d0-gp03bmg_pressmedia-768x511-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/03\/f96fc1d0-gp03bmg_pressmedia-768x511-1.jpg","width":768,"height":511},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/govt-urged-to-green-the-covid-stimulus-package\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Govt urged to green the Covid stimulus package"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/","name":"Greenpeace Aotearoa","description":"Our mission is to ensure Earth\u2019s ability to nurture life in all its diversity.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#\/schema\/person\/cd74b3cb7be5f23213b8b83730534221","name":"Nick Young","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJXAN_-aMrfD7T6ibEnGzjWzprHxw_WFoPiQQUe__I7aSNfu5_q=s96-c","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJXAN_-aMrfD7T6ibEnGzjWzprHxw_WFoPiQQUe__I7aSNfu5_q=s96-c","caption":"Nick Young"},"description":"I've been doing digital at Greenpeace since before Facebook. Now the head of communications at Greenpeace Aotearoa. Follow me on Bluesky or Threads","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.nz"],"url":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/author\/nyoung\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8090"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50274,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8090\/revisions\/50274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8090"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=8090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}