Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised intervention, but is delivering uncertaintyTe Karere The PM personally received the Greenpeace petition on Parliament's lawn today. In what may be a first, the prime minister personally went to greet representatives of Greenpeace and receive a petition calling for the end of oil exploration. ROSA WOODS/STUFF Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has put herself an a difficult position on whether to end oil exploration, whether the economy is yet ready to transition away from fossil fuels or not. HAMISH RUTHERFORD/STUFF Flanked by Energy Minister Megan Woods and Climate Change Minister James Shaw, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern took the unusual step of personally receiving a petition calling for an end of oil exploration in New Zealand. The prime minister, who labelled climate change as her generation's nuclear free moment, is now in an almost impossible position, for little political gain.

Source: Stuff March 21, 2018 15:56 UTC