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What key issues is Whanganui facing ahead of the election?
Climate change resilience was an issue high on people's lists of concerns.
Protesting grandmother who concreted herself to road no longer behind bars
Rosemary Penwarden has been granted electronically monitored bail to her home in Dunedin.
Editorial: From wet to dry, the country’s next weather challenge
The warmer weather could start earlier than normal and get dry and hot.
El Niño incoming: NZ’s climate to take ‘rapid turn’ within weeks
We're about to get a taste of the drier summer much of NZ will experience under El Niño.
Would axeing the Clean Car Discount pump the brakes on EV uptake?
National wants to axe the EV-subsidising Clean Car Discount. What would that mean?
Auckland Council’s climate plan needs Lance Cairns-like heroics to halve emissions by 2030
The plan is on a cliff edge, but a lot of good things are happening, says Richard Hills.
Scientists sound warning for NZ’s ‘environmentally critical’ kelp forests
Warming waters are placing our kelp forests in peril, with myriad knock-on impacts.
Opinion: The climate election - nothing is more important when casting your vote
'Vote for the planet, for the future, for bold leaders'
Businesses 'sombre' ahead of election
Businesses are increasingly grumpy with the Govt and worried about cost of climate change.
2023′s winter the fifth-warmest on record
Relatively hot June and July offset by below-average August temperatures.
No one ‘forced from homes’ in South Dunedin buy-up plan
Council says no one will be forced from their homes under a $132m plan to buy properties.
Why nobody's crying for the party people stuck at Burning Man
Telegraph: 'Rich people on vacation breaking rules' are not relatable - even caked in mud.
David Lee: Can greener data centres solve the AI carbon conundrum?
OPINION: Data centres already account for 2 per cent of global energy consumption.
Watch live: The Front Bench looks at the big political issues of this week
The Front Bench will examine the issues that Kiwis are talking about ahead of voting day.
Australia’s worst ski season: Early closures and carpet burns
Gum trees, snow melt and strips of astroturf.
Wildlife photographer of the year - a sneak peek
The top wildlife photo award is announced next month. Here's a look at some of the best.
Fiji’s Deputy PM calls on NZ Govt for visa-free travel
Biman Prasad says visa-free travel is the surest way to improve economic ties.
Kia Rite - Time to act: Four lanes good, six lanes better
OPINION: Pippa McKelvie Sebileau on what an expressway of the future might look like.
More Restore Passenger Rail protesters appear in court, granted bail
The protesters scaled a gantry, leading to a temporary closure of SH1 on Thursday morning.
Watch: 'Too many cows': Climate protesters disrupt final Question Time
Climate activists brought Parliament’s final Question Time of this term to a halt before being taken away by security. Video / Parliament TV
Cops in harnesses scale gantry over Wellington's SH1, drag protester down
Protesters have struck again, this time blocking the motorway near the Terrace Tunnel.
Let democracy and good leadership triumph over the bad and the ugly
OPINION: Our editorial shout-out to voters and politicians amid the election clamouring.
The extreme weather warnings set to watch out for as summer approaches
Winter's ending, summer's coming - but the impending drier conditions come with a warning
Wellington protester who 'cemented' hand to road appeals declined bail application
The sticking substance may have been a mixture of epoxy and cement.
Climate change: Should flood-threatened homes be lifted?
Raising flood-affected houses by 2m may be a cheaper option than rebuilding, study finds.
Coastal marae hit with potentially devastating climate change problems
Several marae face the difficult prospect of having to move.
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.
John Berry: The Govt and BlackRock - what have we just endorsed?
OPINION: BlackRock isn't here on a mercy mission, but to do business and make money.
Analysis: Why chilly August might prove NZ’s first ‘below-average’ month in six years
A 73-month climate record might be about to fall. For once, that's not a bad thing.
Green Party promises fund to protect towns and cities from flooding
The Urban Nature Fund is included in the Greens' Climate-Safe Communities plan.
'Baking on the stone like pizza': Tourists recount European summer holidays
New York Times: Travellers faced 45-degree heat, horse flies and languid adventures.
Biggest stories of the week: Mama Hooch rapists, mortgage worries and our World Cup legacy
Plus, do we need to rethink our gambling legislation?
With TikTok and lawsuits, Gen Z takes on climate change
New York Times: “We’re the last resort,” one young activist said.