John MacDonald: Should the taxpayer chip-in for your solar panels?

If you’ve got solar panels on the roof, you’ll be loving the blue skies.

And a solar energy advocate is saying today that those of us who don’t should be getting financial support from the Government.

Mike Casey says New Zealand is one of the few western countries that doesn’t provide subsidies for solar energy. He says, in Australia, people can get subsidies to convert to solar and - guess what - more of them have. Way more.