The Kākā by Bernard Hickey

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey

Why our ute culture will eat our climate strategy for breakfast

New Zealand's climate and housing ambitions have become sound bites on a futile hunt for electorally painless policy trade-offs. Our love of suburban homes and utes will triumph without policy pain

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Bernard Hickey
Mar 08, 2021
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New Zealand's climate and housing ambitions have become mere sound bites on a futile hunt for electorally painless policy trade-offs. Our love of suburban homes and double-cab utes is an enormously powerful cultural force. Changing that culture will take more than a few slogans and sensible spreadsheets. Politicians will have to impose pain and compensa…

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