14 May 2019

UN Sec Gen Antonio Guterres on defeating climate change

From First Up, 5:45 am on 14 May 2019

The UN Secretary General has urged New Zealand youth to do their bit to defeat climate change which he described as the 'issue of our time" Antonio Guterres, gave a keynote speech to students at Manukau's AUT campus yesterday afternoon, during which he raised deep concerns about rising temperatures, heatwaves, storms and arctic melting. Indira Stewart hosted the event and afterwards got an exclusive opportunity to ask Mr Guterres about the role of social media and whether New Zealand should increase it's refugee quota.