7 February

I find many are unaware of political strategy. The Nats had lost a lot of farmers, because the party became addicted to fossil fuel and mining dollars. Now they’ve found a way to marry those two together, by whipping up hysteria in the bush about renewables. That energises some farmers, and also pleases their fossil fuel donors, who obviously aren't big on renewables. The only reason this is ‘dividing’ communities is because that’s what the Nats want it to do, it generates votes.