Ināia tonu nei: a low emissions future for Aotearoa

In preparing Ināia tonu nei, we consulted with, listened to, and learnt from thousands of people.

On 1 February 2021 we began consultation on our draft advice to Government. We asked Aotearoa to share their views with us on climate action and the recommendations we were proposing. Consultation closed on 28 March 2021.

We received more than 15,000 submissions from around the country, including Iwi/ Māori, stakeholders, and organisations. 

We met kanohi kitea with Iwi/Māori where possible and engaged online where not. We ran a targeted consultation survey for Iwi/Māori – the 100 Coastie Voices campaign – to identify broad issues that Iwi/Māori would consider to be most significant.  

We heard from rangatahi/young people through our collaboration with The Hive, a programme that uses social media to encourage young people to have their say on public policy. 

Evidence we received through submissions and engagements was used to test and refine our modelling assumptions and inputs. Our judgements, conclusions and recommendations were also assessed and modified where appropriate in light of the material we received. Submission themes, including how they changed and shaped our advice, were discussed with the Commission board and considered as part of making final judgements on our advice and recommendations.

You can find out more about what we changed after consultation in Chapter 2 of Ināia tonu nei: a low emissions future for Aotearoa.

What's available on this page

This page provides information about:

• Where submissions came from, and how we received and analysed them
• Submissions from organisations
• Submissions we received online
• Submissions we received via mail
• 100 Coastie Voices – input from Iwi/Māori
• Engaging with rangatahi through The Hive initiative

Where submitters gave us consent, we have published the submissions we received. Some information has been withheld under the Official Information Act 1982 in order to protect the privacy of submitters, information which is commercially sensitive, and/or information which is subject to an obligation of confidence.

Where possible, without identifying an individual or a business who wishes to remain anonymous, organisation names are available to search by.

Submissions received online are also published on our engagement website and can be filtered by type of submitter, location, age and topic, or searched by keyword(s).

A three-week social media campaign designed by Hivers aimed to unpack the dense, scientific insights of the report into snackable, easy-to-understand infographics for young people, and use the interactive tools of social media.

To ensure young people were able to contribute meaningfully to this consultation, we worked with The Hive – a joint project between creative agency Curative and the Ministry of Youth Development – to encourage young people to have their say in public policy.  

The Hive worked through the consultation period to gather insights from a wide range of rangatahi. They did this by working with a team of youth or “hivers” to translate the report into easy-to-understand infographics they published on social media. The Hive project reached 192,276 people, the vast majority of them aged 13–24 years old. 

Read a summary of what we heard: The Hive post campaign analysis [PDF - 4.9 MB]