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The new climate change tax will fund $1 billion of action over 10 years.
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NZ's waters are once again in a 'marine heatwave' state - pointing to a scorching summer.
How to improve NZ's 'messy' climate change regulation
This week, public submissions close on New Zealand's first emissions reduction plan.
'Offset and compensate': Mt Messenger bypass deal risks more native forests to be destroyed
Adviser to the Mt Messenger project says it should never have been approved.
Holly Walker: Our transport journey is our destination
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Groundswell NZ's 'Mother of all Protests' takes steps to avoid being hijacked by anti-vaxxers
Groundswell organisers say they want to distance the rural protest from anti-vaxxers.
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'Let everybody know we are here and we are not happy with what's going on in this country'
California wildfires torch thousands of giant sequoia trees
Around 10 per cent of California's giant sequoia trees have been burnt in two years.
Motor industry and Tesla fight it out over clean car standards
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Simon Wilson: Glasgow gloom and bumpy bike paths
Climate agreements are like Auckland bike paths: far too many bumps.
Climate promises made in Glasgow now rest with a handful of powerful leaders
New York Times: A handful of powerful nations remain at odds over climate change.
COP26 climate summit agreement 'least worst' outcome
The decision reached by COP26 is the best we could hope for - but still not enough.
'Watered-down hope': Experts wanted more from climate pact
Earth is still on a path to exceed 2C, say scientists.
'A workman-like job' - Mixed reaction to COP26 in NZ
New Zealand observers say there has been some good out of it.
COP26 is over - so where did it get us?
UN summit ends in pledges to ramp up climate action, but advocates aren't hailing victory.
Climate consensus appears near in Glasgow
Almost 200 nations are poised to adopt a compromise on how to curb climate change.
Climate change: Ten NZ scientists share their hopes and fears
Will the UN's Glasgow summit land a climate breakthrough? 10 scientists share their hopes.
Visual storytelling raises money for environmental charities
Visual storytelling raises money for environmental charities.
The 'doomed' UK village to be abandoned to the sea
Residents of a small coastal village face becoming the UK's first 'climate refugees'.
Climate change: NZ to issue 'green bonds'
Programme to be launched next year to raise cash for the shift to a low-carbon economy.
China, US pledge to increase cooperation at UN climate talks
World's top carbon polluters agree to increase their cooperation and speed up action.
COP26 shock: Leaders consider global ban on coal
Pressure goes on developed nations to shut down coal-fired power plants.
The world needs to quit oil and gas. Africa has an idea: Rich countries first
New York Times: African leaders say poorer countries can't be expected to act as quickly.
Climate change: Why insurer's new risk-pricing is a big deal
New move to model homes' flood risk marks a milestone in insurers meeting climate threats.
Is this how travel and tourism can tackle the climate crisis?
A new report reveals what is needed to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
Is COP26 a total waste of time? It depends who you ask
New York Times: Climate delegates in Glasgow are split on how the summit's going.
Climate change: Will this vast Antarctic ice sheet reach tipping point?
Kiwi scientists in effort to reveal whether 2C may push vast ice sheet past tipping point.
Obama hits Russia, China for 'lack of urgency' on emissions
Obama met with a dozen climate activists, urging them to keep up their public pressure.
Climate change: Councils shouldn't wait to tackle coastal threats - report
Councils don't need to wait for new laws to address coastal climate risks, report finds.
How warming affects Arctic sea ice, polar bears
There are 19 different subpopulations of polar bears in the Arctic. Each a bit different.
Exclusive: Jacinda Ardern on climate, cows, and the next oil and gas ban
Jacinda Ardern talks planes, trains, cows - and what happened to the next oil and gas ban.
Focus Exclusive: Jacinda Ardern calls time on climate inaction
As COP 26 takes place in Glasgow, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern talks to us about New Zealand's commitment to emissions reduction in an extended joint interview with the Herald, US broadcaster NBC and news agency AFP as part of Covering Climate Now, a coalition of international media reporting climate change. Video / NZ Herald
Simon Wilson's Glasgow Diary: Green shade for Shaw, coal, rainforests
Today's news about the weather, during the most important climate meeting yet.