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Wednesday, 03 June 2026 14:55

Smith V Fonterra

Written by  The Hound

OPINION: To a chorus of crying greenies, and not a minute too soon, the Government has moved to put the courts back in their place through proposed amendments to the Climate Change Response Act 2002, intending to limit climate litigation claims such as Smith v Fonterra, in the interests of providing greater certainty for vital industry.

Parliament is entitled to amend the law and clarify the limits of liability if it considers that appropriate.

Climate law affects investment in industry and therefore impacts the national interest.

Your old mate reckons these things should not be shaped in court by judicial activists or agitators like Mike Smith, whose main claim to fame was not having the chain sharpened on his orange Husqvarna in 1994 and failing to knock down an average sized pine tree.

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