CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordFebruary 20th 2023PACIFIC  PEACE  TALKS  DUNEDIN  NZ "NO ONE IS FREE 'TIL EVERYONE IS FREE " Father Walter Lini- First PM VanuatuINTERVIEWS AND SPEECHES FROM THE NUCLEAR  CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE AT OTAGO UNIVERSITY IN AOTEAROA NZ Speaker bios - Nuclear Connections (mailchimpsites.com) As Cyclone Gabrielle fuelled by  a marine heatwave,  brings more floods and damage to Auckland NZ, we watch anxiously in February 2023In November 2022, I was invited to a conference by climate activists in Otepoti Dunedin.Nuclear Connections Across Oceania (November 2022) | Te Ao O Rongomaraeroa (otago.ac.nz)  I wanted to hear about climate action from Pacific people. There are three interviews and a speech but honestly most of the people found it hard to focus on  climate action with the immediate problem of Fukushima waste water about to be discharged into their part of the world The Pacific. They are worried too about the militarisation of the Pacific through RIMPAC military exercises every two years which have a climate impact also. Behind this is a colonial mentality which is prepared to discount their lives and culture. The islands, which were coaling stations for  steam ships are now essential fuel  depots for a massive amount of trade. Some are still occupied like W.Papua or tied to the colonial powers like Tahiti. Supporting their struggles is something we can do to liberate them for climate action.Pacific Islands Forum and Japan deliver differing statements on plans to dump nuclear wastewater in ocean - ABC Pacific Report from Nic Mc Lellan February 9th 2023We Bleed Black & Red - YOUNGSOLWARA PACIFICTake Action (ourislandsourhome.com.au) Petition“My new home was a dream come true – then climate disaster struck” – Virginia, activist taking on Shell at sea - Greenpeace Aotearoa- DonateIn reality the climate action most needed is from countries like Australia, which are still profiting from the export of climate changing coal, oil and gas.N.Z Writer and Environmental Lawyer Teall Crossen had the  humility to say " New Zealand is stealing from the people of the Pacific. We are stealing their land, their homes, their water and possibly we may recolonise their future".GUESTS:Hinamoeura Cross from TahitiHinamoeura CROSS is a Polynesian woman.  Between 1966 and 1996, there were 193 nuclear tests in so-called French Polynesia. She refers to them as bombs as "test" hides the real meaning of what was unleashed.Since 1980, her family has been affected by thyroid cancer, first her great gradmother, grandmother, and in 1990 her aunty and her Mom. In 2000 her Aunty got a breast cancer also. In 2013, it was her turn: leukemia. In 2019, she spoke in front of the United Nations 4th Committee to denounce the nuclear legacy on her people. She shares the story of her family as an example of what thousands of Polynesian families face as a result of nuclear weapons. In June 2022, she was one of the two Polynesian invited to participate to the first Meeting of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna, Austria. In October 2022, she was in New York to to denounce France's nuclear legacy and its failure to address the disastrous health and environmental consequences. She realises that the nuclear fact in Polynesia is inseparable from colonial history. This is why she wishes to alert the international community to what is happening in her country. SHE SPOKE TO CLIMATE ACTION RADIO ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY OF DECOLONISING ONES MIND IN ORDER TO TAKE CLIAMET ACTION  Ronny Ato Buai Kareni from West PapuaRonny Kareni is a Canberra-based Free West Papua activist, musician, cultural diplomat and bilingual health educator. He graduated in diplomacy studies at the Australian National University, and a honorary fellow at the University of Wollongong West Papua Project. He is also the co-founder and collaborator of Rize of the Morning Star, a musical and cultural movement, and Pacific representative for the Uni