The cost of living, the escalating climate crisis, the loss of biodiversity—none of this is inevitable; it is the consequence of powerful vested interests and political choices made by successive Governments for decades. It has enabled a very small number of people to become exorbitantly wealthy, while exploiting people and our planet. We can change it. It's 2022. It's time to do things differently. The Green Party knows that we have the ability to come together and to build an equitable and sustainable future together, starting with honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi.