Why NZ’s plan to revive offshore oil exploration doesn’t add up
The Spinoff Daily, Friday June 14
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Today on The Spinoff, “we’re in as much trouble today as we were in 1984”, Roger Douglas tells Toby Manhire. Plus: A powerful reminder of New Zealand’s dark era of forced adoption and the return of our most deadly TV drama.
But first: Jen Purdie on why New Zealand’s plan to revive offshore oil exploration doesn’t add up.
“This week’s announcement of the government’s plans to reopen New Zealand’s territorial waters to oil drilling comes as no surprise. All three coalition parties campaigned on reversing the 2018 ban on offshore oil exploration.
But it flies in the face of projections that demand for oil could peak as early as this decade.”
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