[4] New Zealand Herald journalist Brian Rudman commented that National's approach was "indulging Mr Hide in his fruitcake views on global warming".
[7] On 31 August 2009, the Emissions Trading Scheme Review Committee reported back to Parliament,[1] with Climate Change Issues Minister Nick Smith stating that the National-led Government was still intending to amend the NZ ETS.
Simpson Grierson considered that the key findings of the review were that:[11] Rod Oram described the recommendations made by the report as "obvious, indecisive or generic".
[9] On 14 September 2009, the National Government announced that it had reached an agreement with the Māori Party about revisions to the NZ ETS.
[12] On 24 September 2009, the Climate Change Response (Moderated Emissions Trading) Amendment Bill had its first reading in Parliament.