Marc Daalder's expert analysis on last night's oil and gas move

Marc Daalder, writing for Newsroom:

It is clinging to the past – like trying to renew confidence in DVDs in the age of digital streaming, or insisting in the 1930s we all go back to the horse-and-buggy.
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The best-case scenario for the oil and gas legislation passed on Thursday is that, as energy experts and officials expect, it fails to spark any new oil and gas exploration and merely ends up breaching New Zealand’s trade deals with the EU and UK and sullying our reputation with the Pacific.

Marc is scathing here with an edge that only comes from deep knowledge on this topic. Oh how I wish our dear leaders had the same level of understanding in how backwards this decision is.

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