Megan Woods responds to government criticism of the 2018 oil and gas exploration ban

Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive - A podcast by Newstalk ZB - Wednesdays

We dodged a bullet this morning, but are we paying the price for Labour's mismanagement?  Grid operator Transpower asked households to conserve power this morning.  The Government's blamed a ban in 2018 on oil and gas exploration, for our short supply of natural gas.  The Labour Party’s energy spokesperson Megan Woods told Heather du Plessis Allan “It was the correct and right thing to do.”  Woods said "I'm concerned that the government has cut funding for other energy storage options."  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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