Councils declaring a climate emergency have collectively spent more than $1.26 million on international flights — racking up 777 trips, many to Europe and Asia.
Auckland Council leads the pack, spending $354,928.78 on 128 flights.
Trips included attending the C40 Waste Resources Network Meeting, the C40 World Mayors Summit, overseas “compliance audits,” and financing-related meetings. Officials also travelled to London, Singapore, and North America for debt issuance talks and climate engagement forums.
Queenstown Lakes District Council was the second-highest spender, shelling out $182,098 on international flights for staff and elected members between July 2019 and July 2024. …
Greater Wellington Regional Council made the most trips, clocking 208 journeys and spending $120,998.01 on flights, hotels, and car rentals between September 2019 and August 2024.
The hypocrisy of the Councillors. Every single Cr who piously voted that the Council declare a climate emergency should resign in disgrace.
Unless by their vote they meant that it was only an emergency for everyone but themselves, and in no way could they possibly have less international travel for their council.
777 international flights!
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
3 comments:
Everyone a hypocrite.
Bet they didn't take a geologist with them to tell them that for the last 4.5 billion years the climate has been changing so that humans could evolve to the point when they can fly about the earth bullshitting each other about climate change.
Listen to the geologists !
It’s tough, being Green.
Jetsetting around the world, handwringing , sneering at the hoi polloi whom have no idea about how the world functions.
Just leave it all to our Councils, like Wellington, who have all the answers. The place runs like a Swiss watch and it’s Green too !
When the climate scam was hatched in the late 70s by the Club of Rome, their expectations were that these elites would continue to live in the lap of luxury while the rest of us are expected to ride bikes. Nothing has changed.
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