Either the Government doesn't actually believe repealing the oil and gas ban will lead to new drilling for fossil fuels, or it has no intention of fulfilling its climate commitments – or it simply doesn't believe in climate science. newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/11/i...
It's gotta be the former. The horse has gone. No sensible explorer will ever open new offshore claims here again, given a change of government will undoubtedly see the restrictions back - exploration is not a short term game.
When you start from the position of profound contempt for the trash you have chosen to rule over, it makes a lot more sense
When you add in the assumption that the rabble are no smarter than you, it becomes crystal clear.
Yesterday Shane Jones said, "We [the Government] may have bought into the global warming narrative, but..." and last week Simeon Brown called the NDC "a bumper sticker and an announcement in Paris".