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New Zealand 'no longer on track' to meet climate goals - officials
They doubt the Government can hit its 2025 target; NZ risks becoming a climate pariah.
Earth will likely lock into breaching key warming threshold in 2029
World will hit a climate threshold if it keeps burning fossil fuels at the current rate.
How to ensure you leave no trace this sunny season
These principles should guide your adventures through the outdoors this season.
Auckland sewer sinkhole: Parnell bypass done but beaches stay closed
While the city hit a 23C high today, a least 22 beaches remain closed in the Waitematā.
World first: Scientists to map carbon profile of every NZ city and town
NZ could be the first nation to have real-time emissions data for all urban centres.
Intensification plans for Mount Maunganui ‘extremely irresponsible’, hearing told
"Slowly being poisoned": Marae rep concerned at intensification, air quality.
Watercare installs pipe to redirect wastewater in Parnell
Wastewater continues to flow into the Waitematā Harbour.
Auckland sinkhole blockage halfway cleared, wastewater spills into Waitematā Habour
Watercare has completed designs for a bypass and will begin laying pipes tomorrow.
Plastic in paradise: What scientists discovered in ‘pristine’ NZ marine reserve
Scientists dismayed to find microplastics building up deep in pristine NZ marine reserve.
Man fined more than $33,000 after dozens of tyres burned on Kaiwaka property
The burned area contained steel belts and the remains of over 100 tyres.
Barney Irvine: Five waste and recycling priorities for the next Govt
OPINION: There's a need for a nationwide public education campaign on recycling.
Kia Rite - Time to act: Four lanes good, six lanes better
OPINION: Pippa McKelvie Sebileau on what an expressway of the future might look like.
Congestion charging: Everything you need to know
One study has suggested a price of $3.50 to drive into central Auckland during the peak.
National, Greens support giving households share of $2.5b ETS revenue
The parties both support the idea in principle, but disagree on the detail.
‘Old witch’ shop owner curses student litterers
The self-described "old witch" has had enough.
Is recycling really a 'fraud'? Plastics NZ boss weighs in on controversial claims
The comments of a Waste Management representative has ruffled feathers.
Poo-lution: Reporoa farm owner cops fine after effluent reaches stream
The owner of a dairy farm in Reporoa has been fined for illegal effluent discharges.
Emissions reduction hole might not close in time for first carbon budget
The Government may have to "borrow" emissions reduction to hit goals.
Letters: On Woolworths, KiwiSaver, consultants, politics and travel charges
Opinion: Letters on crime, science teaching and working from home.
Reed planting helps important Paraparaumu stream
Planting set to help Wharemauku Stream performance.
Letters: Ferries and rail travel, Fifa tickets, tax and party slogans
Opinion: Letters on Matariki and beach hoons, premium debate on if inflation is easing.
Trash highway: Road and Māori land a dumping ground for rubbish
Rural road running from Rotorua to Paengaroa known to locals as a dumping site.
Tinkering with ETS may skew renewables investment - fund manager
The review of the Emissions Trading Scheme may cast doubt on green investment.
Rugby star's challenge to New Zealanders: save money and the planet
Black Fern Portia Woodman-Wickliffe is on a mission to reduce food waste.
Finn Williams: I was a climate hypocrite. Here's what I did about it
Comment: I’ve been a car guy since my nana gave me a VHS tape with an episode of Top Gear.
'Really quite sick': Earth is in danger zone in all ecological ways
Earth has been pushed into 'the danger zone' for the wellbeing of people living on it.
'It's inexcusable': Scrap yard's ninth fire in five years
A nearby business demands authorities investigate yard's operations after several fires.
Watch: 'Dirtiest ever' - Sherpa slams shocking state of Mt Everest campsite
Video exposes the rubbish dump Camp IV has become.
What's to be done about the William Birch Pool?
What should be done with William Birch Pool?
Concern as heavy industry seeks to continue discharging contaminants
Council considering applications from Allied Asphalts Ltd and Higgins Group Ltd.
Explainer: Why Govt is making a big deal of steel emissions initiative
PM Chris Hipkins called it NZ's 'largest-ever emissions reduction project'.
Will the planet reach its key warming threshold?
There's a high chance Earth will temporarily hit a key warming limit within five years.
Specialist vessel arrival to begin final phase of Tui oil field decommissioning
The Q7000 will plug and formally abandon wells across the Taranaki oil field.