Use NZ fossil fuels, reopen a domestic oil refinery and buy oil tankers
What it actually does
Proposes making use of New Zealand's fossil fuels and minerals, including having its own oil refinery, and investigating buying national oil tankers to secure oil transport and floating storage. It says renewables should not be favoured over reliable baseload supply.
Source: conservatives.nz · 2026-04
The Trump take
“Their own refinery AND their own tankers? Now we're talking. Liquid gold, folks. Drill, baby, drill, even in the land of the hobbits.”parody
Why it scored this way
Energy
Pro oil, gas and minerals, including a refinery
+2
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