The School Strike 4 Climate New Zealand (SS4CNZ) movement have organised and led four strikes between 2019 and 2021. With each successive strike, adult support for students’ demands increased. Their most notable achievement was garnering sufficient support to pass Aotearoa New Zealand’s Zero Carbon Bill into legislation. However, tensions with SS4CNZ led to the Auckland Chapter announcing its disbandment in 2021. There were mixed responses to their decision. In this reflective essay I argue that this disbandment was a positive move forward because these youth were showing their willingness to re-build relationships with their Māori and Pacific Island activist peers. By disbanding, not only were these young leaders enabling their Māori and Pacific Island peers to lead future actions, they were acknowledging the connections between racism, colonialism and climate justice; responding to our relational crisis by demonstrating the importance of re-building robust and reciprocal relationships between humans and more-than-humans when advocating for ways to navigate towards a climate-just society.

新西兰第四次气候学校罢工 (SS4CNZ) 运动在 2019 年至 2021 年间组织并领导了四次罢工。随着每一次连续罢工，成人对学生要求的支持不断增加。他们最显着的成就是获得足够的支持，将新西兰的零碳法案纳入立法。然而，与 SS4CNZ 的紧张关系导致奥克兰分会于 2021 年宣布解散。人们对他们的决定反应不一。在这篇反思性文章中，我认为这次解散是一个积极的进步，因为这些年轻人表现出了与毛利人和太平洋岛屿活动人士同龄人重建关系的意愿。通过解散，这些年轻领导人不仅使他们的毛利人和太平洋岛国同侪能够领导未来的行动，而且承认种族主义、殖民主义和气候正义；在倡导走向气候公正社会的方法时，通过展示在人类和超人类之间重建牢固和互惠关系的重要性来应对我们的关系危机。