OpinionCovering Climate Now: The dangerous flaws in our 'net zero by 2050' goalOPINION: Climate scientist Peter Kalmus explains why we have to act now.12 Sep 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumThe Country$180m and counting: Why have there been so many big floods?Even forecasters are taken aback by 2021's slew of big flood events. What's behind them?05 Sep 01:23 AM
The Country'Nothing but bad news': Major climate report's stark outlookBiggest climate report in nine years warns window to avert worst impacts is closing fast.09 Aug 08:00 AM
PremiumPremiumThe CountryHow to stop 90pc of carbon emissions by 2035: New reportOnerous state interventions not the solution to dangerous climate change.09 Aug 05:35 AM
The CountrySuper-size your urban ute: Why the farmers are right to point the fingerAggressive marketing has driven the rise of the double-cab ute on NZ streets.29 Jul 03:02 AM
The CountryNZ importing record amount of coalCoal now fuels more than 10 per cent of the country's electricity as hydro power drops.25 Jul 05:57 PM
The CountryUP to 1200 Northland households to join composting scheme thanks to $400k Government grantScheme aims to reduce the 300,000 tonnes of food Kiwi households throw away every year25 Jul 05:00 PM
The CountryJack Tame: Protesting farmers are hypocrites - but so am IOPINION: All of us have to make sacrifices if we are to stop plundering the world.16 Jul 08:59 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionDavid FisherOpinion: Is the PM listening to the Howl from the regions?OPINION: The Great Communicator needs to work on her communication.16 Jul 03:45 AM
PremiumPremiumThe CountryLandowners urged to reverse poor wetlands recordWetlands have value as natural areas of carbon storage, says biodiversity advisor.14 Jul 05:00 PM
The CountryGovt advised against feebate exemptions for work utesTheir rising popularity seen as 'incompatible' with decarbonising the transport sector.08 Jul 01:36 AM
The CountryTaxman comes for utes, as Minister looks at clampdownThe Government is looking at whether it should clamp down on ute drivers shirking tax.06 Jul 05:17 AM
The CountryNiwa confirms NZ's warmest June, with more mild days aheadNZ's warmest start to winter fuelled by northeasterlies, moist lows and climate change.05 Jul 03:02 AM
The Country14,000 football fields: study shows scale of NZ's recent wetland lossDespite protections, loss of NZ's "natural kidneys" has continued at pace in recent years.01 Jul 11:11 PM
PremiumPremiumThe CountryBrian Fallow: Parochial politics a threat to better management of our waterGovernment's planned reforms could make up for decades of under-investment.01 Jul 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumThe CountryPolar blast: The science behind NZ's deep freezeA polar blast has briefly chilled what's been NZ's warmest start to winter. What drove it?29 Jun 03:45 AM
PremiumPremiumThe CountryCars, utes reign in North's climate crisis tug of warPublic transport can't replace the pleasure, convenience of private motoring in Northland23 Jun 05:00 PM
The CountryClimate change: Pests costing NZ millions of tonnes of carbon storageDamage to West Coast forest alone cost equivalent of 2018's domestic air travel emissions.17 Jun 05:00 PM
The CountryClimate change report: End petrol car imports by 2032New report says petrol car imports would need to be wound down by 2032.09 Jun 12:00 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionOpinion: Rod Carr's astonishingly big omissionOPINION: Environmental economics about internalising externalities the most efficient way.08 Jun 05:34 AM
The CountryBudget 2021: Shaw responds to 'loose change' charges over climate spendGovt accused of spending 'loose change' on climate but minister says Budget packs $2.3b.20 May 05:57 AM
The CountryBudget 2021: $344m for Antarctica's Scott Base redevelopment$300m has been announced to accelerate investment in low-carbon technology.20 May 02:00 AM
The CountryClimate change: Sheep and beef profits could be halved by 2100A new analysis has gauged how rising emissions could hit our farming sector this century.18 May 03:55 AM
The CountryPlague warning: Warm March raises odds of beech seeding and pest explosionWarm summer could mean yet another pest-fuelling beech mast in parts of NZ, DOC says.18 May 12:45 AM
PremiumPremiumThe CountryGovt grants $8m for 1000 water tanks for Far NorthIwi-led scheme will see tanks allocated to neediest families, facilities in Te Hiku area.14 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionBrian FallowBrian Fallow: Climate change plan - emissions impossible for farmers?Agriculture groups say Climate Change Commission too optimistic on potential for cuts.15 Apr 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumThe CountryUrban sprawl: How NZ's best vege-growing land is dramatically disappearingUrban sprawl is eating NZ's best land for crops, hurting our ability to feed ourselves.15 Apr 03:56 AM
The CountryParadise under pressure: report reveals toll of intensive dairying, urban sprawlWhat has decades of intensive dairying and urban sprawl meant for NZ's best land?14 Apr 10:45 PM
The CountryCovering Climate Now: How do we shrink agriculture's climate footprint?The Climate Change Commission has proposed a cut to livestock numbers. Is it inevitable?14 Apr 05:00 PM
The CountrySaving the planet: Should you eat less red meat to combat climate change?If all of us moved to climate-friendly diets, what difference would it make to emissions?12 Apr 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionOpinion: Fairly sharing the burden is necessary for climate successOPINION: The ETS in its present form cannot achieve zero net emissions.10 Apr 10:00 PM
The CountryFossil-fuel move: Coal boilers phased out by 2037Phase-out starts with ban on new low to medium temperature coal boilers from 2022.07 Apr 10:46 PM
The CountryNZ imported more coal last year than in any year since 2006The Govt is being challenged to spend more money on renewable energy14 Mar 04:00 PM
