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Govt strikes deal with Maori Party on ETS bill

The Government has reached an agreement with the Maori Party which will ensure that legislation setting up an emissions trading scheme (ETS) can be passed by Parliament this week, Climate Change Minister Nick Smith announced today.

None of the other parties support the bill and Dr Smith needed the Maori Party's five votes to enact it.

The Maori Party negotiated with the Government on behalf of iwi, and details are about to be released at a press conference also attended by Prime Minister John Key and Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples.

The ETS is a modified version of the one passed by the previous government before last year's election.

Dr Smith said the agreement with the Maori Party included inserting a Treaty of Waitangi clause in the bill, insulating a further 8000 homes occupied by low income families and protecting the integrity of previous treaty settlements.

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message to Smith and the Maori - why would the Maori need home insulation if we've got global warming?

Corruption. Pure Corruption.

John Key - prime minister?

No. Leader of a racist, corrupt, anti-democratic debacle.

All part of the global government manual. Wake up people

Sorry Nats you just dont cut the mustard,your report card is now reading RESIGN.

this is appauling. If key looked inside himself he'd find a receipt a sign saying 'too let - the devil'

Back to politics for the moment?

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