Waiting for the tide

Waiting for the tide

26 OCTOBER 2015

The international community expects New Zealand to be a key player in the resettlement of up to 1.7 million Pacific Islanders forced from their homes by climate change in coming decades. As a nation we have barely begun thinking about it, writes Bruce Munro. 

The ocean is swallowing their homeland. Gnawing at it wave by wave, contaminating ground water, killing crops, drowning hope.

Even so, they want to return.

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Source:  Otago Daily Times

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