17 Oct 2023

Pre-election climate promises about to be tested

From Morning Report, 8:46 am on 17 October 2023

Christopher Luxon's pre-election promise that the country's climate targets are not for changing may be about to be tested.

National's pre-election statements were unequivocal that neither the Zero Carbon Act nor New Zealand's international climate pledges were up for negotiation.

But ACT campaigned hard on repealing the Act and NZ First leader Winston Peters, shared misinformation minimising human impact on the climate.

RNZ Climate Change correspondent Eloise Gibson spoke to Corin Dann.