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Focus: See the NZ Police’s new fully electric BMW i4 in action

Police have unveiled a new electric vehicle they are trialling - a BMW i4. Video / NZ Herald

Police to go electric, Auckland ram raiders thwarted & Council jobs 'held hostage' | Focus Morning Bulletin: 2 June, 2023

Police steer towards electric future, how the Government is helping those worst hit by weather events and bollards stop ram raiders in their tracks in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Luke Kirkness: Beating the winter blackouts

Opinion: It's time to shine a brighter light on power solutions after an outage warning.

The Premium Debate: Govt negligence causes power woes

Subscribers have their say.

Solar power investment to exceed oil for first time, says IEA chief

Financial Times: Clean energy spending forecast to hit $2.8 trillion this year.

Mercury Energy fined $279K for misleading customers

The company told customers they were liable for a fee when they weren't.

Transpower warns of potentially tight winter power supply

Transpower was forced to call five separate 'grid emergencies' during 2021 and 2022.

Deborah Hart: Time electricity retailers did the right thing

Opinion: Are power providers following the rules? We don't know.

Climate targets rely too much on forestry, Govt watchdog says

Climate Change Commission says more needs to be done to meet emissions targets.

Will this NZ tech help make climate-friendly green hydrogen a global reality?

A just-launched Kiwi spin-out is taking its clever green hydrogen tech to the world.

Power play: NZ wind energy gears up as investment builds

What's in the wind energy pipeline and who's behind the developments.

Foreign buyers and cyclone recovery hot topics during Luxon’s Tukituki visit

Christopher Luxon came to Tukituki fresh with a raft of farming policy announcements.

‘It’s a circus’: The saga of Hastings’ misfiring railway barrier arms

KiwiRail tells drivers and pedestrians to take extra precautions amid barrier failures.

Govt moves ahead with wind farm and solar plans

The Government wants to make it easier to consent renewables.

Uber launches EV subsidy programme for NZ drivers

Drivers with fully-electric vehicles will be eligible for a service fee discount.

WorkSafe lays charge after scaffolder suffered electric shock, losing both arms

Jahden Nelson underwent dozens of operations and faces years of rehabilitation.