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The Green Party co-leader says that despite recent setbacks in the local effort to be more mature about the our place in the world, we should still persist in trying to make New Zealand a better place to live. Actually I may have said that, but the sentiment is still there.

We talk about plastic bags and New World’s backward decision in removing the charge for them in the lower North Island. Also Gerry Brownlee is going prospecting on Department of Conservation land and the National Government has abandoned an effort to get more fuel efficient cars into New Zealand.

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Mitsubishi iMiEV sport in Tokyo motor show

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Vincent wonders what happened to the electric car in this edition of The Voice of the Creative Economy. From the Tesla, BMW 7 and Mitsubishi MiEV to hybrids, hydrogen fuel and why catching the bus is the best way to reduce emissions.

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