New Zealand needs to help out Pacific neighbours fight climate change.

Access to politicians shouldn't depend on how much money you have, Shaw said.

The month broke rainfall records in two cities with two cyclones causing huge impact.

NZ's two biggest cities singled out new report naming world's best users of renewables.

Report: We are producing more greenhouse gasses but are 'much more efficient in doing so'.

During Earth's last big warming cycle, something dramatic happened in the Southern Ocean.

Two film-makers have just toured the country meeting Kiwis doing their bit for the planet.

The message sends hope that by 2060 our climate is not in a state of disarray.

NZ's earliest settlement, the Wairau Bar, has since been hit by major quakes and tsunamis.

A "trifecta" of big drivers combined to make this summer what will be NZ's hottest ever.

What could be a record summer has come with warmer water that "revved up" Cyclone Gita.

Tough breeding season in Otago got even tougher yesterday when 'webcam' chick was killed.

COMMENT: Attitudes about climate change will change the world regardless of the science.

There has been a lot of talk about climate change this holiday season - with good reason.

"We are seeing changes in our climate, an increase in severe weather events."

What are tropical cyclones and how do we forecast them? Jamie Morton explains.

Unexplained decline in lower stratosphere worries scientists.

The war over water hit boiling point amid 2017's election. Will 2018 see tensions simmer?

Melting ice poses one of the greatest threats to the modern world, a professor has warned.

Law to cut emissions is ambitious, but it's just part of minister's workload.

January was the hottest month NZ has experienced since 1867, Dr Jim Salinger says.

Snow in Southern Alps melting earlier than usual thanks to scorching summer.

Extreme heat is likely to cause more health problems in future, the Ministry says.

NZ has $20b of stormwater and wastewater systems that are not up to what may be coming.

The last time summer was running this hot, Nazis ran Germany. What's been the difference?

People with multiple sclerosis are particularly vulnerable to extreme heat.

Waiau in North Canterbury records 37C as January is on track to be our hottest month ever.

Expert dubs kingfish sentinels of climate change as presence in deep south grows.

How are oceans faring with pollution, fishing and climate change? Simon Thrush explains.

Following a string of major incursions, Professor Travis Glare discusses NZ's biosecurity.