Climate change is an outcome of colonisation, which has removed indigenous communities' ability to defend the land and the water. And here in the Pacific, our island homes are on the front lines of climate change. The struggle to protect the environment is also the struggle for self-determination. That struggle here is the struggle for tino rangatiratanga. For me, tino rangatiratanga could be a radically democratic alternative to capitalism in which the flax-roots local communities would be constantly and actively involved in making the decisions about the allocation of society's resources in a collective way. It should embrace a system in which our entire economy is geared up to satisfy the needs of whānau—our tikanga, cultural values, and aspirations—not the profit margins of a tiny elite. It would encapsulate our role as kaitiaki, guardians of the earth and ecosystems. It would be based on a vision of society that affirms mana wahine; that is free of racism, class exploitation; and embraces our rainbow whānau.