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Energy

ACT The Liberal Party Rodney Hide

Reform the laws, which create the greatest impediments to oil and gas exploration, new electricity generation and innovative investment in energy management
End the State's dominance in the energy sector which is not in the interests of either the taxpayer or energy consumers
Restrict the State's involvement to that of a light-handed regulator that encourages healthy competition among providers, with low entry thresholds
Remove distorting carbon taxes and end New Zealand's adherence to the fundamentally flawed Kyoto Protocol

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand Jeanette Fitzsimons

Prepare for the end of cheap oil: develop fuel efficiency standards for vehicles and invest in rail, public transport and biofuels
Face up to climate change: ban new use of coal for energy: cap CO2 emissions from electricity generation: introduce a carbon charge, encourage investment in renewable energy.
Get half a million solar hot water panels onto homes over 5 years and encourage more well-sited wind farms; encourage waste wood use for fuel; accelerate R&D into wave, current and tidal energy.
Fund an ongoing nationwide energy efficiency programme

New Zealand Labour Party Hon David Parker


Maori Party Dr Pita Sharples  
National Party of New Zealand Gerry Brownlee

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New Zealand First Peter Brown

Provide incentives for ongoing investment in electricity generation, with a particular focus on local generation where feasible
Explore the ongoing feasibility of energy options as technology and availability makes them practicable
Seek to minimise the environmental costs of generating electricity whilst facilitating continuity of supply
Ensure that barriers to competition are identified and removed within both the electricity retail and wholesale sectors
Ensure that energy efficiency measures are encompassed by the wider energy policies of government

Progressive Coalition Hon Jim Anderton Make New Zealand increasingly energy self-sufficient, through reductions in fossil fuel dependency and a greater reliance on domestic fuel sources.
Eliminate energy poverty by ensuring low-income households are sufficiently warm and dry throughout the winter months to prevent ill health and discomfort.
All new homes built after 2010 meet best practice for energy efficiency and conservation.
Greenhouse gas emissions from transport and electricity generation are reduced from 1990 levels by 60% by 2050.
United Future New Zealand Hon Peter Dunne

United Future believes that in general the free market model provides the best solution to New Zealand's long-term energy requirements.
Every effort should be made to encourage rapid exploration and economic exploitation of New Zealand's potential oil and gas reserves
Convert Transpower NZ Ltd to a public utility with the sole objective of transporting power through the National Grid at the lowest possible long-term cost to the consumer.
Amend the Conservation Act to ensure that proposals for the development of hydro schemes within the conservation estate are allowed to go to a full resource management hearing.

You can find the policy positions of more parties by checking these websites.
Alliance New Zealand
Democrats for Social Credit
Direct Democracy Party
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The Republic Party of New Zealand

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