Fossil fuel interests, freight and transport etc. But not rail... Key went straight to Air NZ board after leaving Govt - which had bailed out the same company while he was PM. Lobbying and post political career incentives.

Then proceeds to seed the idea that petrol taxes will need to be increased by at least 50c in the near future.

Pulling the subsidies on EVs and solar power makes more sense in this context. Can't get more petrol taxes if cars are electric powered and charging from solar.

You can add to that caucasity list the long line of accountants, lawyers and consultants only too happy to take any settlement monies back off iwi and hapu for administration of settlement payments and ongoing management of said settlement.

This. Remember when Seymour publicly released the COVID vaccine code intended for Maori to get immunized? Despite the fact that they were one of the highest risk groups in the country, he couldn't stand the idea they were getting prioritised (they weren't - when have they ever been).