ANALYSIS: At the start of the week, NZ First leader Winston Peters described his party as the “greenest in Parliament” during his campaign launch. It appears NZ First isn’t phased by the 15 million tonnes of carbon dioxide spewed out by cars and trucks each year. However, the Government was then approached by NZ Infra, representing the NZ Super Fund and a Canadian pension fund. At his recent campaign launch, Peters confirmed the party had halted the project “because sunlight and fiscal sense demanded it”. AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONSRight from the beginning of the coalition, NZ First signalled it would oppose any carbon price that would meaningfully hit the wallets of farmers.

Source: Stuff July 24, 2020 02:03 UTC