Claim: NZ National leader Judith Collins claims coal use had gone up and more coal is being used to generate electricity instead of gas, as a result of the Labour government's offshore oil and gas exploration ban.
Fact-check: NZ National overstates impact of oil and gas exploration ban
Verdict: mostly false - the claim is mostly false with one minor element of truth.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: George Driver
Date published: 2020-10-02T00:00:00