But it isn't the artists who can change the world; only we the people can. Ru Mundy, one of Aotearoa's finest young protest writers, brings the voice of a future generation to us in a song full of sadness and regret. When thinking back on "Love in the Time of Coral Reefs", she asks, "Do you remember when we still had time, if not to reverse things … at least not to cause worse things, and we decided not to, it was easier not to." These confronting words that came from a future full of so much loss. Coral reefs, permafrost, polar bears, the land, our Island nations, equality, and affordable housing brought me to tears. And no, Ru, I haven't got the T-shirt yet. And she brought me some action. It is for our children and their future that I stand. 