Good luck with that, NACT. Sheesh.
Last night the current NZ government passed legislation repealing the previous government’s ban on offshore oil and gas exploration. This morning’s headline news on #RNZ has the government publicly pleading with opposition parties not to reverse this when they’re back in power.
NZ’s opposition parties understand that climate change is real, it’s going to be catastrophic, and burning fossil fuels is to blame.
This bit also seems relevant: “Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade assessed that reversing the 2018 ban would likely be inconsistent with the obligations in several of New Zealand's free-trade agreements.”