Kiwipower: a publicly owned power company
What it actually does
A new publicly owned company would invest in renewable generation and firming to deal with the dry-year problem instead of building an LNG import facility. The package also includes zero-interest solar and battery loans and $200 million for community-owned renewables.
Source: greens.org.nz · 2026-07
The Trump take
“No LNG? We have the best LNG in the world, American LNG, it's beautiful. You should be buying it by the boatload.”parody
Why it scored this way
Energy
Renewables instead of LNG imports
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Hates it
Deals & property
State company competing with private power firms
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Dislikes it
Big government
Creates a new state-owned enterprise
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Dislikes it
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