The United Kingdom and the EU have been looking at carbon import taxes, but it's not clear how they could work.
The biggest holdout against the reforms and the country’s largest city, Auckland, is by far the largest beneficiary of the package.
Is today the day that the government hopes to show local government leaders why the hotly contested three waters reforms will be worth their while?
Today's statement is seen as laying the foundation for an earlier-than-expected rate hike.