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Kōrero: Economy and the environment

Cars not buses

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Cars not buses

A bus makes its way unimpeded along the Northern Busway on Auckland’s North Shore, as commuters sit in a jam. New Zealanders love their cars and the country has one of the highest car ownership rates in the world. Cars are a major contributor to New Zealand’s carbon dioxide emissions.

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New Zealand Herald

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by Brett Phibbs

Permission of the New Zealand Herald must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Eric Pawson, Economy and the environment – An economy based on the environment, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/21646/cars-not-buses (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eric Pawson, i tāngia i te 26 February 2010.