Long-promised law changes designed to make housing in New Zealand more affordable will be unveiled today as the Government makes its second attempt at reforming the Resource Management Act.

The Government was warned a recycling contractor was collecting an excessive salary and his company was insolvent months before his firm collapsed losing millions of taxpayer dollars.

New Zealand is “off track” in transitioning to a low-carbon future amid increasing international pressure to slash emissions, according to a Government briefing.

Shell Todd Oil has drilled two wells off the coast of Taranaki without marine consent, the Green Party says.

The Green Party has dismissed the new bottom lines as "weak" and argues the measures mean rivers will only have to be clean enough for wading or boating.

When journalist Ian Wishart unfolded a letter from the Ministry for the Environment he started to laugh.

The Government has just set best-practice guidelines for fracking in various parts of the country.

Upper North Island residents who have unwanted TV sets following Sunday's digital switchover are being urged to drop them off for recycling.

Another government agency has apologised for another privacy breach.

To disguise what it is doing, the Beehive has ordered the Ministry for the Environment to abandon the five-yearly State of the Environment round-up report, writes Neville Peat.

The Government's climate change policy is a shambles and a disgrace, writes Brian Fallow. "Unless, that is, you are happy for the costs of the inevitable adjustment to a low-carbon future to be needlessly increased."

Authorities given ultimatum to help increase supply of affordable housing.

More than half of monitored recreational sites on our rivers are unsafe for swimming, a report has revealed.

Air pollution from motor vehicles will kill about 255 Kiwis this year - and while we've got emissions standards, there's no serious testing regime in place.

Minister 'unaware' of questions on genetic engineering gains.