New NZ Government to Overturn Ban on Offshore Oil, Gas Exploration

Published on November 24, 2023

New Zealand’s new government will move to overturn a total ban on offshore oil and gas exploration following the formation of a new three-party coalition. On Nov. 24, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon unveiled the country’s government cabinet, composed of politicians from the centre-right Nationals Party, the nationalist NZ First Party, and the libertarian ACT New Zealand. The prime minister also revealed the agreements between the three parties, which outlined all the policies that the new government would work on during its term. One of the changes is the repeal of the ban on offshore oil and gas exploration introduced by the former Ardern Labour government in 2018....

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