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Trust pumps $10m into housing, Māori development, move to high-wage economy
"We’re looking at ways we can maximise the impact we’re having."

Water, water everywhere: What candidates have to say to flooded business owner
Rotorua MP candidates respond to Bryce Allan's story.

How Govt's Ruapehu lifeline curdled to a horrible hash of bad debt and new Crown spending
OPINION: How the Crown came to write cheque after cheque for Mt Ruapehu's ski fields.

Fees rise for a load of rubbish
Dump fees are set for a big increase in the Taupō District from July 1.

How you can transform food waste into sustainable savings
Opinion: Expert tips on saying goodbye to food waste and hello to savings.

Why doesn't NZ shift to coastal shipping and rail for freight?
Trucking still accounts for nearly 80 per cent of shipping in New Zealand.

Opinion: Two things especially clear after Cyclone Gabrielle
OPINION: We all have a part to play in the response to Cyclone Gabrielle.

Transformed: Cyclone Gabrielle’s devastation viewed from space
New satellite imagery shows landscapes and coastlines transformed by the historic storm.

Explained: Our lousy 2023 summer - why we need to brace for more heavy rainfall on horizon
La Niña isn't done with NZ's drenched north, with another soaking possible in early March.

Jack Tame: Protesting farmers are hypocrites - but so am I
OPINION: All of us have to make sacrifices if we are to stop plundering the world.

Polar blast: The science behind NZ's deep freeze
A polar blast has briefly chilled what's been NZ's warmest start to winter. What drove it?

Budget 2021: $344m for Antarctica's Scott Base redevelopment
$300m has been announced to accelerate investment in low-carbon technology.

$20k grant helps Mokoia guardians combat climate change
"The grant couldn't have come at a better time."

'Warm years are piling up' - 2020 was NZ's seventh hottest on record
Amid a pandemic NZ saw its seventh hottest year in 2020, carrying on a dire warming trend.

Local Focus: Te Arawa strikes back on climate change
Iwi and council work together to combat climate change. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Regional council considers $12k clean energy loans to combat climate change
The proposal seeks to use the success of Rotorua's "hot swap" to help launch the loans.

Ardern v Collins' fiery battle: 'Where did Covid outbreak come from? A rock in your garden?'
Verbal barbs were exchanged over respect for Samoa, the price of milk and climate change

Baby on way for stranded seasonal worker
Takeisi Laki's baby boy is due in two weeks - but she can't get home to Tuvalu.

Rotorua's climate action plan: How will it affect you?
A vision for the future, or just a pipe dream?

Rob Rattenbury: The downside of reading too much
I am now more confused than ever about everything, writes Rob Rattenbury.