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Jamie Mackay: 2021 in review (and a couple of awards too)

This time last year we were looking forward to a better year. Instead we got 2021.

Sir John Kirwan: Goodbye to the Covid-19 blues

OPINION: JK outlines ways to shake off anxieties from the Covid 19 pandemic.

Opinion: Why pricing emissions isn't enough

We need economists to illuminate, not to obfuscate, the difficult choices ahead.

Simon Coley: How business can get past the 'blah, blah' of the climate change debate

OPINION: Beating up farmers isn't going to change the food system, writes Simon Coley.

Brian Fallow: Aiming low in climate's fight against farm emissions

Bid to cut agricultural emissions could be left behind by events.

Opinion: Why it's a great time to be a North Island hill country landowner

Farmers no longer need to see sheep and beef as the only land use.

Editorial: Farmy army needs to weed out the barmy

OPINION: Our editorial on the radical fringes of the Groundswell movement.

Opinion: First tell us how your Climate plan works, Minister Shaw

James Shaw should have no trouble explaining how emissions policies cut emissions.

Mike Yardley: South Island should be sealed off from the North

OPINION: Delta will reach the South, but why give it an early invitation?

Opinion: Best laid plans for water reform can be saved

Proposal to merge 67 council water services into four is proving controversial.

Jamie Mackay: Groundswell protests no Bloody Friday - luckily

It's now farmers who don't want to be sacrificial lambs.

Sir John Key: 'A national embarrassment' - 5 ideas to transform our Covid approach

OPINION: To get a different outcome we need a different strategy, writes the former PM.

Derek Handley: Heavy industry must be decarbonised to reach emission goals

Climate Festival seen as an opportunity to accelerate action across the country.

Covering Climate Now: The dangerous flaws in our 'net zero by 2050' goal

OPINION: Climate scientist Peter Kalmus explains why we have to act now.

Brian Fallow: Water reform logic flows one way

It should be clear to councils the status quo is not an option.

Brian Fallow: Plan to reform RMA leaves many unanswered questions

Draft version of new law has business groups worried about obstacles to development.