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In Southland and Otago, those who farm and fish have confidence in The Road Ahead.
Govt-ordered review calls to scrap RMA, shake-up NZ's 78 councils
Top-level panel backs replacing NZ's linchpin environment legislation with new laws.
Covid-19 adds to climate worries, says poll
Covid-19 has more Kiwis worried over climate change - and fretting over delayed action.
Letters: Roads, rates increase, wealth tax, rail and TV commercials
Letters on fuel emissions, Auckland Council rates, taxation and more.
Australian student sues govt over financial risks of climate change
New York Times: Experts say it is the first of its kind.
Revealed: Which regions are driving NZ's emissions?
Canterbury's cows singled out alongside Auckland's cars for driving NZ emissions.
How much will the planet warm if carbon dioxide levels double?
New York Times: How much, exactly, will greenhouse gases heat the planet?
NZ's crumbling cliffs: It's not the biggest waves doing the most damage
Scientists find it's not the size of waves eating away our shoreline cliffs, but the type.
Global warming 'driving polar bears toward extinction'
New York Times: By century's end, polar bears worldwide could become nearly extinct.
What Antarctica's 'doomsday glacier' means for the planet
Financial Times: Thwaites Glacier holds crucial clues about the future of the planet.
How Facebook handles climate misinformation
New York Times: Policy leaves a huge loophole for climate change deniers.
Japan's deadly combination: Climate change and an ageing society
New York Times: Flooding has shown the vulnerability of people living in nursing homes.
Simon Wilson: Another wretched port report
The latest report on Auckland's port fails to address any of the most pressing issues.
More hot days, fewer frosts: how NZ's climate has already changed
NZ is seeing five more extra-hot days a year than it did in 1950 - and fewer frosts.
Intense Arctic wildfires set a pollution record
New York Times: Intense Arctic wildfires released polluting gases into the atmosphere.
Climate change major disruptor to seafood sector - report
Climate change could see migration of prized Kiwi species such as snapper and kingfish.
Five ugly figures that highlight NZ's plastic problem
Each of us consumes around 31kg of plastic each year - and the problem's getting worse.
NZ's Antarctic 'dream team' scoops PM's science prize
A small but world-leading team of Antarctic scientists have won the PM's science prize.
South Pole warming at three times global rate - NZ study
The South Pole has been heating up at three times the global rate, NZ scientists reveal.
Dunedin currently safer from tides than first thought
Scientists watching groundwater in flood-prone Dunedin share some surprise positives.
'Sobering' report on Hawke's Bay's water security, climate change
Hawke's Bay Regional Council says "full suite" of interventions are funded by ratepayers.
Greta Thunberg: Her climate change crusade - and the time she almost met Jacinda Ardern
Greta Thunberg recalls she had world leaders queuing to meet her - including our PM.
Simon Wilson: Is now a good time for real change, Jacinda?
COMMENT: In all the talk of a post-Covid rebuild, does Govt really want to do it better?
What coronavirus can teach us about climate change
Financial Times: With the world in lockdown, emissions will see biggest drop since WWII.
Muller promises more welfare spending under a National Government
Muller made the commitments in a wide-ranging speech in his home town of Te Puna today.
Why Southern Ocean's monster waves will get even bigger
Monster waves below NZ as high as eight-storey buildings to grow even bigger this century.
Kiwi households now emit nearly as much as factories
Emissions from Kiwi households have swelled by almost 12 per cent over a decade.
Mega-project yields insights about NZ's changing oceans
Scientists make promising headway in $11.5m mega-project to better understand our oceans.
Why our seas scorched: NZ's back-to-back freak marine heatwaves
Scientists have shed fresh light on two of the most freakish climate events in NZ history.
More downpours: 'Much of NZ is going to get wet'
Advancing low-pressure system is packing heavy rain and potentially thunderstorms.
Govt reveals new cap, emissions budget, in ETS reform
The Government has announced a fresh reforms to one of NZ's biggest climate policy levers.