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It is reversing a ban on oil and gas drilling, and is proposing a “fast-track” for big projects, including mines, that bypasses environmental checks. It has cut climate programs and jobs, scrapped electric vehicle subsidies, abandoned plans for one of the world’s largest marine sanctuaries and set aside a world-leading cow “burp” tax as it questions the science on methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
The unfortunate thing is the country is running out of money, and unlike much of the world we haven’t had massive natural resources we exploited in the industrial revolution to build our country wealth.
Do we like it- no. But were also a country of 5 million that sells low value goods and are a tiny % of global co2. Our country is less than 200 years old, at the end of global logistics chains, with an area that (from the top of my head) would reach from Denmark to Spain.
We are not running out of money and our debt level is near the lowest in the OECD.
The significant austerity measures around the country strongly disagree with you.
Auckland just canceled a significant number of its infrastructure projects, and the regional fuel tax along with significant cuts in maintenance - 30% reduction last I heard
Hamilton is nearly being mothballed to save money.
No idea about other major centers.
So noe ypu ask yourself: why?
Where is that money going?
Why are we having tax cuts of various types… only to borrow more money?
Our country is less than 200 years old
Presence of Europeans in your country is less than 200 years old.