'We have all fallen short': Climate summit ends with no new emissions cuts
It comes after a historic agreement on a compensation fund for poorer nations.
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Climate experts fear rich countries 'missing in action' at COP27
More than 45,000 people, including world leaders, will meet in Egypt from this weekend.
Laggard to leader? Pressure on Aus to match NZ on climate
Pacific leaders hope some transtasman rivalry at forum will help Australia up its game.
Pike River: Families' lawyer confident of manslaughter prosecution
It comes as police confirm criminal probe ongoing.
Pike River: Evidence of further remains found
Police hope drilling an additional borehole will reveal what caused the first explosion.
At least 14 dead in Russian coal mine fire, dozens still missing
Efforts to rescue those trapped in the mine were halted because of an explosion threat.
'Justice for our boys': Pike River families hope discovery of bodies could lead to prosecution
Angry father says officials told about bodies a decade ago.
COP26 shock: Leaders consider global ban on coal
Pressure goes on developed nations to shut down coal-fired power plants.
Simon Wilson's Glasgow Diary: Green shade for Shaw, coal, rainforests
Today's news about the weather, during the most important climate meeting yet.
Can nuclear power solve climate crisis?
Professor Ralph Cooney ponders five big questions about our climate future.
Ohai coal battle: Meet the young person fighting the industry her small town was built on
On a mission to end mining in her small Southland town.
King Coal and the unlikely investment case for more of it
With five years of legal wrangling behind it, NZ's largest coal company aims to grow.
NZ importing record amount of coal
Coal now fuels more than 10 per cent of the country's electricity as hydro power drops.
Climate change: NZ imported more than million tonnes of 'dirty' coal
Coal imports from Indonesia in 2020 was 1.084 million tonnes, just over one billion kg.
Fossil-fuel move: Coal boilers phased out by 2037
Phase-out starts with ban on new low to medium temperature coal boilers from 2022.
Brunner Mine disaster: 125 years since NZ's worst workplace accident
Coal miner John Pattinson died reading his Bible.
When China battles coal, coal loses
New York Times: China is forcing Australia to realise the coal era is coming to an end.
Locked to train tracks: Activists rail against coal in Dunedin protest
Protesters have stopped a coal train from running by locking themselves to the tracks.
'It's been hard': Pike River families remember those lost 10 years on
The bodies of the men who died at Pike River still lay deep inside the mine.
Ten years on from the Pike River disaster: Nearing the end of the tunnel
Thursday, November 19 marks 10 years since the mine exploded, killing 29 men.
Coal burner ban could lead to rise in imported food
New Zealand may need to import more food if it bans coal boilers too soon, producers say.
Tim Jones: Mining efforts press on with no time to burn
Opinion: NZ Minerals Forum flies in the face of the consensus of a need for change.
Local Focus: Coal versus sustainable energy in Palmerston North
Palmerston North candidates on the dirty and the clean. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Coal or sustainable energy? Business or the environment? Whanganui candidates state their views
Whanganui electorate candidates on energy. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Brian Fallow: Lake Onslow hydro storage scheme is no pipe dream
$30m is worth paying to investigate scheme that would help decarbonise energy.
Conservation Comment: Climate change is real
The pursuit of growth, always growth, by corporations and the wealthy must stop.
Letters: Sins of emission
Why should NZ ride on the backs of the poorest nations so we can have a better lifestyle?
Editorial: Mining a poor solution for Oz strugglers
We say: With life on the planet in the balance, who on Earth would happily play mine host?
Letters: Trade wars' flow-on effects start to show
Around one third of government bonds are now offered with negative interest rates.
Sleepy Ōhinewai welcomes Sleepyhead homes
Ōhinewai School has space for new classrooms to share paddock with alpacas.
Peter Whitmore: Climate change - NZ needs to do better
COMMENT: We need move away from fossil fuels to more sustainable options.
Letters: Know your eviction rights
There are many reasons a tenant may not be able to leave a property by the intended date.
Families of those killed at Pike River wait to witness opening
The official re-entry is due to take place today, after it was postponed.
Men lured to mines, killed by gang who claimed compo on their behalf
Gang members clubbed the men with an axe and stones as well as setting off explosions.