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'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.

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?

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.

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.

Letters: The evidence is in – jury trials no longer make sense

OPINION: Some Commonwealth countries have already ditched jury trials.