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Simon Wilson: The 'soft on crime' debate - should we use a Swat team, not KFC, to get kids off roof?
OPINION: The Greens and Act offer plain choices in this election.

Letters: Rental properties, nurses' pay, EVs and farm emissions
OPINION: Also letters on Kennedy Pt Marina, intellect, heating, and the harbour bridge.

Opinion: Time to end the ag-sector procrastination
OPINION: Sustainability consultant calls on farmers to engage with climate mitigation.

Nick Eldred: Generating your own power can be a boon for business
OPINION: Businesses generating their own power can seize the future.

Tinkering with ETS may skew renewables investment - fund manager
The review of the Emissions Trading Scheme may cast doubt on green investment.

Climate delay is climate denied
OPINION: Five experts decry plans in our largest city to leave the issue to the ETS.

Politicians tight-lipped on proposed ETS changes aimed at limiting carbon offsets
Govt wants greater focus on emissions reductions, rather than removals.

Revamped emissions trading scheme plans to be released
Government walks back scheme after conversion of swathes of sheep and beef farming land.

Roger Partridge: Auckland Council should ditch emissions reduction policy
Opinion: Compact city strategy will contribute to unaffordable housing, poverty, hardship.

Penetaui Kleskovic: Māori climate heating up over ETS
Opinion: 'It is almost as if commercial analysis is a swear word.'

Watch: James Shaw joins Mike Hosking to speak on emissions-cutting deal
Climate Change Minister James Shaw told Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking the project with NZ Steel was important to slash NZ's emissions. Video / Newstalk ZB

Explainer: Why Govt is making a big deal of steel emissions initiative
PM Chris Hipkins called it NZ's 'largest-ever emissions reduction project'.

Mayor fears impact of carbon farming on rural communities
"....it’s land that should never have been taken out of forestry in the first place".

Climate targets rely too much on forestry, Govt watchdog says
Climate Change Commission says more needs to be done to meet emissions targets.

How much tax rich Kiwis are paying, threat of AI in NZ & Biden runs for 2024 | Focus Morning Bulletin: 26 April, 2023
New research coming out about how much tax New Zealand's rich are paying, why politicians should be concerned about artificial intelligence and Joe Biden announces his rerun for the 2024 US Presidential Election in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Land investor acquires Mangamahu forestry estate
The land has already been leased out to a forestry leasing company for a 20-year period.

Treasury warns of skyrocketing bills if carbon price used to cut emissions
Treasury and the Climate Change Commission scrapped over where to set carbon prices.

Budget experts deliver their verdicts: Missed opportunities and no plan for growth
We asked political insiders from across the spectrum to give us their take.

Focus Morning Bulletin: 16 May, 2022
What the Government’s Emissions Reduction Plan could include, Finland’s move to join NATO and health staff strike in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Climate master plan: What to expect from today's big reveal
The Govt today unveils its final plan to cut emissions out to 2035. What can we expect?

Brian Fallow: Aiming low in climate's fight against farm emissions
Bid to cut agricultural emissions could be left behind by events.

Climate change conference: Shaw wanted 54 per cent cut, and net zero for farmers
James Shaw wanted a 54 per cent emissions target, and a net zero target for agriculture.

NZ carbon price hits $59/tonne after strong auction
At today's level, the price is more than double where it was in March 2019.

Jack Tame: Protesting farmers are hypocrites - but so am I
OPINION: All of us have to make sacrifices if we are to stop plundering the world.

'Putrid' rotting skins and pelts present problems at landfill
Increased animal waste causing toxic landfill fumes.

Climate masterplan: What's in it and why you should care
Climate Change Commission's final blueprint paves the way for a 15-year transformation.

The path to zero carbon: Why this week will make history
A report dropping this week will mark the start of a decade-long transformation for NZ.

Budget 2021: Shaw responds to 'loose change' charges over climate spend
Govt accused of spending 'loose change' on climate but minister says Budget packs $2.3b.

Govt announces $67m for low-emissions cars, coal burner replacements
Climate Change Minister James Shaw made the pre-Budget announcement to lower emissions.