Henry Whyte

Oct 15, 2024 | northandsouth.co.nz | Clare Thomson |Henry Whyte |John Sinclair |George Driver

Smoke & Mirrors: What’s gone wrong with the ETS? The emissions trading scheme is meant to be the country’s main tool for reducing our emissions, but critics say it’s doing little more than carpeting the country in permanent pine forest. Meanwhile, the price of carbon credits has gone from boom to bust. What’s gone wrong? By George Driver

Oct 15, 2024 | northandsouth.co.nz | Clare Thomson |Henry Whyte

To an American eye, Kiwi perceptions of our two main political parties must appear olde worlde. Despite some well-founded objections from academics and trade unionists, National are largely seen as abstemious economic managers, possessed of the Calvinist thrift necessary to get the country ‘back on track’ in times of strife, and keep their hands off the loot in times of asset inflation (housing bubbles).