National MP Matt King has shared the belief that climate change "is natural" after posting a rant, taken from a US far-right source, to his Facebook page on Saturday.

The National MP for Northland attributed his rant to "some words taken from NZCPR website". The article 'Setting New Zealand Up to Fail' was uploaded to the New Zealand Centre for Political Research website last Sunday. It includes an adapted script taken from a 2012 video by Free Market America - but swaps out 'America' for New Zealand.

"If I wanted New Zealand to fail... I'd use our schools to teach one generation of children that our factories and cars and cows are causing runaway global warming, and I'd muster a straight face so I could teach the next generation that their parents are to blame for killing the planet," says a section from the adapted script, posted by King and NZCPR.



"And when it's cold outside, I'd call it climate change instead.

"I would ridicule as 'deniers' those who question the climate scaremongering of politicians, and when they remind people about the laws of nature - that climate change is natural and mankind's impact is minimal - I'd enlist a sympathetic media to drown them out."