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Ella Jensen: Embracing tech to reduce the farming footprint

It is time to re-open a nation-wide dialogue on the use of genetic technologies.

Climate report: 'Extreme risk' to people, buildings and water supplies

NZ's buildings, water supplies and population rated at "extreme risk" of climate impacts.

Silence of the trees: Why the rise of forestry has farmers worried

The rise and rise of forestry is causing friction in rural areas.

The Road Ahead: A call for change in the south - what matters to Kiwis right now

In Southland and Otago, those who farm and fish have confidence in The Road Ahead.

Brian Fallow: Lake Onslow hydro storage scheme is no pipe dream

$30m is worth paying to investigate scheme that would help decarbonise energy.

Govt-ordered review calls to scrap RMA, shake-up NZ's 78 councils

Top-level panel backs replacing NZ's linchpin environment legislation with new laws.

Revealed: Which regions are driving NZ's emissions?

Canterbury's cows singled out alongside Auckland's cars for driving NZ emissions.

More hot days, fewer frosts: how NZ's climate has already changed

NZ is seeing five more extra-hot days a year than it did in 1950 - and fewer frosts.

What's in a name?: The fight to declare a climate emergency

"It's very scary. We are all going to die and we are losing 200 species a day."

Tackling climate change with BioChar

Parengarenga Incorporation tackles climate change issues with BioChar research project.

Farmers fume as Kiwi kids told to 'eat less dairy, meat'

Economic powerhouse dairy industry gutted by climate change classroom resource advice.

New dam breaks Government promise: environmentalists

The Government says it's water storage, not an irrigation scheme.

Meat industry cries foul over school climate-change resource

Less red meat and dairy, more chicken and veg? Not so fast, says Beef + Lamb NZ.

Simon Wilson: This broken country (and the Govt that says it wants to fix it)

COMMENT: Why has Govt done so much less than promised? Simon Wilson's election challenge.

Warning: Why electricity prices could increase

Analyst warns gas supply problems could hit industry and push up energy prices.

Revealed: NZ's new climate change commissioners

Some of our leading authorities just named as members of new climate change watchdog.