{"id":72907,"date":"2025-08-07T12:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T00:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=72907"},"modified":"2025-08-07T12:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T00:08:08","slug":"christopher-luxons-council-of-cronies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/christopher-luxons-council-of-cronies\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s who you know, not what you know in Christopher Luxon\u2019s Council of Cronies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/SH0Wb\">leading climate scientists wrote to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon<\/a>, warning him that his climate policy was \u201cignor[ing] scientific evidence\u201d, he dismissed them out of hand.<\/p>\n\n<p>Rather than reading what they had to say, he called them \u201cworthies\u201d and reached for his favourite dairy industry soundbite: \u201cNew Zealand has the most climate-efficient dairy in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>But do we, actually?<\/p>\n\n<p>No.<\/p>\n\n<p>If Luxon had read the one scientific paper that this claim rests on, he would have known that even the scientists behind this study say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/is-new-zealand-dairy-farming-the-most-efficient-in-the-world\/\">the evidence isn\u2019t robust enough to back up this claim<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>The dictionary definition of <em>worthy <\/em>is \u201c<em>having qualities that deserve your respect or attention\u201d. <\/em>But respect and attention seem to be the last thing on Luxon\u2019s mind when it comes to hearing what scientists have to say.<\/p>\n\n<p>In Christopher\u2019s Council of Cronies, it seems it\u2019s all about who you know, not what you know.<\/p>\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/thespinoff.co.nz\/politics\/25-06-2025\/fonterra-boss-nabbed-science-and-tech-advisory-role-after-texting-pm\">Spinoff investigation<\/a> revealed that Luxon made appointments to his science, innovation and technology advisory council based not on candidates\u2019 scientific qualifications, but based on text messages from chums.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz\/2025\/05\/07\/new-prime-ministers-chief-science-advisor-and-council-revealed-expert-reaction\/\">Scientists have expressed alarm<\/a> at the fact that half of the members of this advisory council have no academic scientific background, but instead come from the agriculture sector. Indeed the chummy text correspondence led to Luxon recommending a Fonterra manager with no science background into the role.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-this-isn-t-a-one-off\">This isn&#8217;t a one-off.<\/h2>\n\n<p>Luxon\u2019s Government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-slams-pms-science-pick-polluters-are-running-the-show\/\">named a former DairyNZ staff member as its chief science advisor<\/a>. Yes, the same DairyNZ that exists to lobby in the interests of the dairy industry &#8211; New Zealand\u2019s biggest polluter.<\/p>\n\n<p>Then there\u2019s the Climate Change Commission &#8211; our independent, science-based body that exists to advise on climate policy. The Commission advised that New Zealand needs to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/climate-commission-methane-advice-a-chance-to-pull-climate-emergency-brake\/\">cut methane emissions from livestock more ambitiously<\/a>. So Luxon conveniently set up a parallel panel. Its job? To deliver the answer the livestock lobby wanted. And guess who chaired that panel? A former Fonterra director. You can\u2019t make this stuff up.<\/p>\n\n<p>But there\u2019s more! Thanks to an Official Information Act request by Greenpeace, we know that someone in the Climate Minister\u2019s office did fact-check livestock lobbyists\u2019 claims about methane. But the Government is refusing to release that document. Why fact-checking the claims of lobbyists should somehow be classified information is curious indeed. (We have challenged the decision to withhold this information. Stay tuned.)<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-luxon-s-council-of-cronies-isn-t-just-stopping-climate-action\">Luxon&#8217;s council of cronies isn&#8217;t just stopping climate action.<\/h2>\n\n<p>The issue doesn\u2019t stop at climate change. The dairy industry is also the number one cause of water pollution in Aotearoa, driving lakes and rivers to breaking point and even poisoning people\u2019s drinking water.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/12\/cb384c40-1564521480573-1024x577.jpg\" title=\"Cows in mud in a Southland intensive winter grazing system.<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Angus Robson<\/div>&#8221; alt=&#8221;Cows in mud in a Southland intensive winter grazing system.<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Angus Robson<\/div>&#8221; class=&#8221;wp-image-61943&#8243;\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cows in mud in a Southland intensive winter grazing system.<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Angus Robson<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Public health scientists are raising the alarm about growing levels of nitrate contamination in groundwater. Rural New Zealanders are being exposed to drinking water nitrate levels that have been linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/freshwater\/nitrate-contamination-in-drinking-water-what-you-need-to-know-and-some-frequently-asked-questions\/\">higher risk of health conditions such as bowel cancer and preterm birth<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>And yet, instead of listening to scientists and acting to prevent water pollution, Luxon&#8217;s Government is going in the opposite direction: scrapping protections for rivers, lakes, and drinking water. Why? Because that\u2019s what the dairy lobby wants. Literally. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/milking-it-how-the-intensive-dairy-industry-rewrote-freshwater-rules-in-their-favour\/\">They wrote many of the policies and communications plans that the Government is now using.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t policymaking. It\u2019s a group chat with consequences.<\/p>\n\n<p>Livestock lobby groups represent a small, powerful minority. Most New Zealanders don\u2019t have that kind of access to the halls of power. What we do have is the expectation that our elected leaders will use the best available evidence to make good decisions &#8211; for our climate, our natural environment, and our health.<\/p>\n\n<p>Because Luxon and the Government\u2019s job is to serve the public interest. Not to moonlight as a PR firm for Big Dairy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luxon&#8217;s ignoring science and putting lobbyists into positions of power to help out the dairy industry. 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