New ZealandCan NZ reduce car emissions with a smokefree-styled campaign?23 Feb, 2021 01:47 AM5 minutes to readNZ has the highest per capita car ownership in the OECD. How can we reduce it?
New ZealandAnother fine week to round out north's hot, dry summer21 Feb, 2021 03:55 AM5 minutes to readClosing week of summer to bring more dry weather to parched places that need it least.
New ZealandStunning images of a frozen continent21 Feb, 2021 12:16 AM3 minutes to readNiwa releases amazing images from a 6-week scientific voyage to Antarctica.
New Zealand|EducationChildren barred from school bus by 1904 law19 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM5 minutes to readParents are driving kids to school because of a 1904 law barring them from school buses.
New ZealandWhy Wellington's Green Deputy Mayor voted against tripling cycleway budget19 Feb, 2021 01:00 AM4 minutes to readSarah Free defends her controversial vote at "shambles" council budget meeting.
New ZealandTourism report: Watchdog calls for new travel tax18 Feb, 2021 01:00 AM7 minutes to readPeople flying from NZ should pay departure tax to fund climate efforts - commissioner.
PremiumBusinessOwner of 2 Cheap Cars tipped for NZX listing17 Feb, 2021 04:35 AM3 minutes to readA New Zealand used-car dealership and finance company have big expansion plans.
WorldBill Gates' grim warning for world worse than Covid-1916 Feb, 2021 05:30 PM4 minutes to readBill Gates believes the world has a bigger issue on its hands more damaging than Covid-19.
PremiumBusinessLiam Dann: RMA rewrite looks like a special kind of hell13 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM5 minutes to readEveryone cheered the RMA's demise but will new laws be at the mercy of political conflict?
New Zealand|PoliticsTackling the housing crisis: Govt confirms it's scrapping outdated RMA9 Feb, 2021 10:01 PM8 minutes to readRMA to be replaced by three acts focused on environment, development and climate impacts.
PremiumBusinessClimate report: Renewable, but not quite clean8 Feb, 2021 09:00 PM4 minutes to readClimate report could pose awkward questions for New Zealand's newest power station.
Environment$20k grant helps Mokoia guardians combat climate change8 Feb, 2021 08:26 PM3 minutes to read"The grant couldn't have come at a better time."
PremiumNew ZealandWairoa has 'enough trees': Tiny council's decision could fell NZ's climate change goals4 Feb, 2021 02:25 AM5 minutes to readIf you plant in Wairoa your rates will be four times as much as a sheep and beef farm.
PremiumPolitics'We're not going to crush all the cars': Rod Carr and climate action5 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM8 minutes to readThe enthusiastic climate action boss, Rod Carr, explains the new carbon zero proposals.
PremiumBusinessClimate change: Polluters face the 'ultimate sanction'4 Feb, 2021 03:59 PM4 minutes to readFinancial Times: Fund manager says it will drop investments that don't meet climate goals.
PremiumNew ZealandBig Read: Five positive things we learned from major climate report1 Feb, 2021 06:00 AM13 minutes to readFrom decarbonising cars to managing methane, the new climate report offers many positives.
BusinessParts of energy sector back Climate Change Commission plan1 Feb, 2021 04:18 AM3 minutes to readSector has largely shown support for plan to decarbonise economy and slash emissions.
PremiumNew ZealandHow wetlands can literally save lives31 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM5 minutes to readOPINION: Restoring New Zealand's wetlands should be part of our climate change response.
New ZealandFocus Live: Jacinda Ardern and James Shaw announce draft advice from Climate Change CommissionAlso among the bold steps the recently-formed Climate Change Commission laid out in its just-issued draft advice was an end to coal heating, more forestry, greener homes and a waste-stripping "circular" economy.
New Zealand|PoliticsClimate change report: Ban on petrol-car imports by 2032, cut cow numbers31 Jan, 2021 01:00 AM10 minutes to readGovt told NZ must cut cow numbers and get most Kiwis in EVs to hit climate targets.
New Zealand|Politics'Achievable and affordable': Ardern and Shaw react to emissions advice31 Jan, 2021 01:00 AM4 minutes to readPoliticians react to the draft advice on how to meet emissions targets.
PremiumWorldThe Republican Party is in a doom loop of bizarro29 Jan, 2021 11:30 PM5 minutes to readNew York Times: The Republican Party is stuck, probably irreversibly, writes Paul Krugman.
PremiumNew Zealand|PoliticsSimon Wilson: The closest thing to hope we have29 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM22 minutes to readThe 4th and final part of Why I'm Afraid, Simon Wilson's essay on democracy and crisis.
World'We can't wait any longer': Biden signs climate orders27 Jan, 2021 11:53 PM6 minutes to readBiden's plan is aimed at staving off the worst effects of climate change.
PremiumNew Zealand|PoliticsChlöe Swarbrick: How can we avoid a slow-motion disaster?26 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM4 minutes to readOPINION: We may be used to living with poverty, climate change. That doesn't make them OK.
BusinessElon Musk offers $139 million reward for best carbon-capture tech25 Jan, 2021 02:45 AM3 minutes to readTesla CEO offers up a huge reward to tackle major climate-change issue.
World'No time to waste': Biden moves to erase Trump's legacy20 Jan, 2021 11:13 PM4 minutes to readReturning the US to the Paris climate accord was one of President Biden's first acts.
PremiumBusinessGrim post-Covid warning: Social, economic and geo-political instability19 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM3 minutes to readCovid-19 has been the match to light a bonfire of social, economic and geopolitical risk.
New ZealandFire danger running high amid oddball La Nina19 Jan, 2021 02:50 AM3 minutes to readWildfire danger is high in places it wouldn't be under a typical La Nina climate system.
BusinessAnalysis: Water becomes a commodity18 Jan, 2021 06:01 AM3 minutes to readA UN special rapporteur says water should not be treated as a traded commodity.
New ZealandClimate analysis: 2020 was also a hot year for wider NZ region18 Jan, 2021 12:03 AM3 minutes to read2020 wasn't just one of the 10 warmest for NZ, but for our wider region as a whole.
New Zealand|EducationSchool Strike 4 Climate NZ to reignite movement in 202115 Jan, 2021 08:05 PM2 minutes to readOrganisers say an intergenerational protest will be held outside Parliament on January 26.
New ZealandEarth may reach temperature 'tipping point' within decades12 Jan, 2021 07:00 PM4 minutes to readEarth's ability to absorb CO2 emissions through plants may be halved scarily soon.