Climate change is a serious issue and in a sign of just how important it is, the British High Commissioner will open a photographic exhibition on the subject in Kerikeri next month.
Iona Thomas, the British High Commissioner to NZ, will open Trouble in Paradise — Climate Change in the Pacific at the Turner Centre on November 2.
The exhibition is a partnership with the British High Commission and British Council New Zealand and the Pacific, and made possible by the Bay of Islands’ Whangaroa Community Board.
Trouble in Paradise — Climate Change in the Pacific features the winning entries from the UK’s Pacific Climate Photography Competition, which received more than 300 submissions documenting the effects of the climate crisis. The 60 winning photos on display were entered under the categories of Marine, Land, People, Youth and Junior. Photographers as young as 8 paint a stark picture of the rising sea levels, tropical cyclones and frequent floods experienced by those living in the Pacific. The imagery is arresting.
Images of bleached corals in Fiji and houses submerged in water in Samoa will be among those on display, giving visitors a first-hand look at the impacts climate change has on communities and livelihoods.