Just Announced: NZFirst to Remove Climate Tax From Fuel New Zealand First will abolish the ETS tax from fuel which means immediately fuel will be 12 to 14 cents a litre cheaper. Over the past year fuel consumers have paid 12 cents a litre of petrol, and 14 cents a litre of diesel under the ETS, adding to the excessive cost of our imported fuel. A total of $850 million has been taken away in the past year from consumers and businesses and allocated for the purchasing of Carbon Credits as part of the ETS linked to the Paris Agreement. New Zealand First will remove this burden on consumers and businesses over the next term of government. There is no substitute for diesel for industry. Likewise, ordinary consumers have suffered too much with the cost of petrol. People need to understand that when you propagate woke green ideology, it costs New Zealanders while delivering us nothing. If a Green/Labour government is elected they will put even more ETS costs on New Zealanders as they did in 2021 when they pushed ETS charges up to 20 cents a litre, taking $1 billion out of the pockets of NZ consumers.

The High Court has just made a ruling to overturn the government’s decision to ban the use of puberty blocker chemicals in children - the judge declared the regulations unlawful and invalid and set them aside. We will demand that this decision be immediately appealed by the Minister of Health. Our country needs to come to our senses and base these critical health decisions on evidence. Not on process. Puberty blockers are banned indefinitely in the UK and the Nordic countries for anyone under 18. This ruling makes New Zealand sit in stark contrast to that. NZFirst was the only party who campaigned on the banning of puberty blockers in kids and the only party who fought hard to ensure the government brought this ban in. We will continue that fight to ensure commonsense and normality wins.