Leonardo DiCaprio on "patronizing" people

Today, he is wary of sounding like he's preaching, and deflects discussion of his own green lifestyle: "Yes, I have solar panels and all that sort of stuff. However, the more I learn about the subject matter, I also realise that people find it sort of patronising. They feel like they're being told what to do when somebody like me talks about the fact I have solar panels. Not everybody can get solar panels and not everyone can drive a hybrid car. And, to me, it's not about putting blame on anyone or telling anyone how to live. It's just about saying, 'Let's all be aware of these issues', so the next time we buy something we realise where that product comes from or how that company does business. It's just a publicity game for the environment at the end of the day."

New Zealand: Federated Farmers National Council president Don Nicolson speaks

I wish to pay tribute to former president Charlie Pedersen and his team and more latterly, to my team, for convincing National and Act to amend the RMA and that the inclusion of farm animals in the ETS is high folly.

I don’t want you to think the ETS is dead, gone and buried.

Both the National and Labour blocks have embraced climate change.

I know there are sceptics here but we must live in the world of political reality and National is signed up to an ETS of some form.

In 1985 New Zealand agriculture went cold turkey on subsidies and embraced the original ETS, an Efficiency Trading Scheme. Aside from your Federation, no one recognised this in the lead up to the emissions trading farce.

At the time we were told the world would follow.