31009 (2023). Hon Dr Megan Woods to the Minister of Climate Change

Written Question
Published date: 25 Jan 2024
31009 (2023). Hon Dr Megan Woods to the Minister of Climate Change: When he said New Zealand was "working very closely with other like minded countries, including Australia, US and the UK in order to try and facilitate" a "global consensus around a pathway to be phasing out of fossil fuel use," have any of those countries expressed a view around the Government's decision to restart offshore oil and gas exploration, and if so, what was it?
Hon Simon Watts: I did not discuss the Government's decision to restart offshore oil and gas exploration with any of the above listed countries.