Without relief, car importers would have had to pass on increased costs to consumers.
Climate Change Coalition says its signatories have cut emissions substantially over past five years.
Christopher Luxon says early talks with Winston Peters and David Seymour have gone well.
Unions say regulator should be getting more funding not less, while industry critic calls for board heads to roll.
National will need support from both Act and New Zealand First to form a government.
It will get eight pieces of advice from the Climate Change Commission between now and the end of next year.
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What's going on behind the scenes?
The Greens also aren’t ruling out working collaboratively with a National-led government, but there may be opposition from Act and New Zealand First.
Outgoing Transport Minister David Parker has warned climate goals at risk by removing clean car incentives. So what’s next?