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8:10 pm – A business owner tells what happens when work and vacation visas end. Robertson says the government wants to expand them and continue to do so.
It says that we should support people who have lost their jobs to be reassigned to other sectors.
The next person asks how the candidates will fight climate change.
Tabuteau says that NZ First has committed to the zero carbon and emissions trading scheme. Smart business is about being respectful of the environment and having sustainable practices. That’s a sales pitch for the rest of the world, he says.
The New Zealand First member rates the 100% renewable goal as aspirational. If you go too far, soon, the cost of energy will be prohibitive, he says.
Shaw says it’s a shame that, having committed to the Zero Carbon Act, NZ First blocked policies that would have made a difference to the country’s emissions profile. He says that transport, energy and sustainable agriculture should be a focus.
National’s Goldsmith says there has been a spike in coal in the last three years, pointing to it as an example of rhetoric not matching action. The party supports the government’s “broad push” for climate actions, but National wants a continued focus on scientific solutions.
He says the number one problem for people, including younger people, now is jobs.
Robertson says Shaw has worked incredibly hard during this period. We need to invest in new technologies like hydrogen and accelerate the deployment of electric cars. He says the groundwork has been done over the past three years.
But he’s disappointed in Goldsmith’s imagination. It says that we should take advantage of being a clean and green country.
