My challenge to the country, the Greens, and the wider progressive movement is that if we aren't focusing on transformational change, we are simply arranging deckchairs on the Titanic. Our wealth, health, and survival are imperilled if we continue with a system that encourages greed, corporate power, and excessive consumption. Fortunately for us in Aotearoa, we have an alternative value system focused on collective wellbeing, long-term thinking, and a strong connection to nature in mātauranga Māori. I believe if we truly became a Te Tiriti o Waitangi - respecting nation, we could escape the fatal embrace of short-term, individualistic, environmentally damaging thinking that has dominated our politics.