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Letters: Electric ferry plan proves Auckland Transport has lost the plot
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New York Times: World's first belch and manure tax aims to cut methane emissions.
The NZ footballer fighting Fifa over fossil fuels
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Cop29 deal faces criticism from vulnerable nations and activists
The Cop29 climate change conference has wrapped up with a controversial deal.
Police arrest 170 after floating blockade of Australian coal port
Fleet of kayaks, paddle boards and inflatable boats blocked the port entrance.
'Suicide pact for the rest of the world': Outrage as climate talks reach new US$300b finance deal
Wealthy nations say it is politically unrealistic to expect more money.
Simon Wilson: The Mowbrays, the helipad - and the 'most loathed' organisation in council
OPINION: Auckland already has a salutary warning about rich-listers and helicopters.
Neil Kirton: Hawke's Bay councils 'gamble' on urban development
OPINION: Napier's vote is 'akin to a high-stakes game of poker'.
Inside the King’s palace: From whale hunter to whale protector – Mere Takoko
OPINION: New Zealander reflects on delivering speech at St James' Palace.
NZ consumers face 5% increase in power prices
From April 2025, the average consumer’s electricity bill will increase by $10 per month.
The Great New Zealand Road Trip: Nine Questions With... Mai Chen
'I do not like sleepwalking through life.'
AgriZeroNZ says climate change solutions for agriculture will endure
Climate change initiatives for agriculture will go the distance, Wayne McNee says.
Heatwave behind NZ’s hottest summer could become ‘almost annual’ by 2040s
Regional NZ heatwaves once considered one-in-300-year events now concerningly more common.
Editorial: Time running out for properties at risk from climate-driven flooding
OPINION: Who pays if we have to retreat inland - homeowners, councils or the Government?
Analysis: How will NZ efforts stack up at this year’s big climate change summit?
NZ is among nearly 200 nations discussing climate change in Baku. How do we compare?
Will Musk's pro-environment views sway Trump's administration?
New York Times: Will Elon Musk's views on climate and clean energy have sway?
Sustainable Business and Finance: Foodstuffs is prepared for any weather event
Foodstuffs says it has strong networks and protocols to react efficiently to emergencies.
Building a cleantech economy
New technologies that reduce carbon emissions reach across a range of industry sectors.
Richard Harman: What’s obvious to Blind Freddy
OPINION: The emphasis has shifted from environmental protection to resource development.
Opinion: Why UN climate summits still matter – what to expect from Cop29
OPINION: SB60 set the scene for two weeks of fractious negotiations in Baku.
Apartment owners bear brunt of insurance premium hikes - Treasury reveals by how much
Treasury research identifies notable jumps in Auckland.
'We don’t want our land to go': Whānau in path of planned Wairoa floodway feel 'threatened'
'I wouldn't like it if it was my land either,' Lawrence Yule says.
Premiums under pressure: Is this the biggest question climate change poses for insurance?
Climate impacts are beginning to put pressure on many Kiwis' insurance. What should NZ do?
Letters: Donald Trump’s election win reaction; Government’s tunnel vision issue
OPINION: 'Democracy doesn’t die in darkness, it dies in broad daylight.'
'Must-try-harder': New report card reveals gaps in NZ's climate change policy
Findings released days ahead of UN climate summit.
Sand mining firm ordered to pay $500k to Pākiri beach opponents
McCallum Bros was ordered to pay $500k to groups opposing mining plans in the area.
Letters: Kids caught up in police raids used as pawns – by gangs and MPs
OPINION: Also in today's letters: the Treaty Principles Bill, the US election and tax.
Letters: I’m an American voter – and I have faith that human decency will triumph
OPINION: 'We need to have faith that the world won’t tilt off its axis.'
Simon Wilson: Why don't we get to vote? How the US election result will affect us all
OPINION: Four ways for President Kamala Harris to make a difference to climate change.
Letters: The evidence is in – jury trials no longer make sense
OPINION: Some Commonwealth countries have already ditched jury trials.
Massive Far North wetlands fire produced 515,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions
The 2022 Kaimaumau wetlands fire released a huge amount of carbon into the air.
Coal-burning heroes: Mike King's charity accused of greenwashing
Pamphlet shows a trucking firm and a coal-burning electricity company as climate heroes.