Summarised by Centrist
The New Zealand government has relaxed its Clean Car Standard rules, aligning them with Australia’s, after car importers deemed the original schedule too strict. Transport Minister Simeon Brown stated that the stringent standards would have raised vehicle costs significantly. Critics argue that weakening the standards will lock consumers into higher fuel costs and hinder the transition to a cleaner vehicle fleet.
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Collective land ownership has always been a barrier to borrowing.
New Zealand and the Cook Islands are “not seeing eye to eye.”
A “turning point.”
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“We’ve really failed as a nation to foster healthy democratic discourse when we’ve got one-third of us too scared to talk about it.”
Collective land ownership has always been a barrier to borrowing.
New Zealand and the Cook Islands are “not seeing eye to eye.”
A “turning point.”
“Urging farmers to ‘help out with data’ is tantamount to asking them to dig their own graves.”
“Fantastic technology if you want to deal with anti-money laundering.”
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After pouring so much into the fact-check narrative, the mainstream media seems to be struggling to cope with Meta’s bold move.
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