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New Zealand: Politics

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Officials question farmer ETS obligation

3 Mar 2020

Making farmers instead of agricultural processing companies the point of obligation under the Emissions Trading Scheme could push administration costs up 4000 per cent, officials say.

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3 Mar 2020

Parliament sits today and will resume debate on the Prime Minister’s speech.

Scott Simpson

Climate not big election issue, says National

2 Mar 2020

Climate change should be less of an election issue this year than it was last time round, thanks to cross-party agreement on the zero-carbon act, says National Party climate spokesperson Scott Simpson.

Campaigners hail fossil-fuels investments move

2 Mar 2020

The Government’s decision to ban default superannuation funds investing in fossil fuels is being welcomed by campaigners and criticised by the oil industry.

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2 Mar 2020

MPs are back to Parliament this week, with the House sitting tomorrow and on Wednesday and Thursday.

We need to know changes to ETS, say foresters

28 Feb 2020

Forest owners – who yesterday called for a $200-a-tonne carbon tax on the burning of coal – say changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme should be signalled in the May Budget.

FRIDAY POLITICS: A new look at the air we breathe

28 Feb 2020

The Government announced plans this week to overhaul the rules governing air quality and fine particulate matter.

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28 Feb 2020

Today is the last day to make submissions on the Government’s proposals to change the Emissions Trading Scheme’s settings and on ways to accelerate the uptake of renewable energy generation.

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27 Feb 2020

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern leaves Fiji today for Sydney, where she will meet with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

SMELTER SMOOCH: Tiwai wants to work with taxpayer

26 Feb 2020

An industrial heavyweight that last year received $12 million worth of free carbon credits from taxpayers says it wants to work with the Government and community to create a low-carbon world.

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26 Feb 2020

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s visit to Fiji continues today, where discussion on climate change is on the agenda.

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25 Feb 2020

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is in Fiji today and tomorrow, talking with Fiji PM Frank Bainimarama about climate change.

Z Energy worries about access to units

24 Feb 2020

One of the country’s largest emitters fears there might not be enough carbon credits available for surrender in 2021.

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24 Feb 2020

Auckland Council’s audit and risk committee meets today and says climate change mitigation and adaption continue to be top risks for the council, leading to potential environmental degradation, economic inequality, social vulnerability and financial and reputational damage.

Steve Abel

FRIDAY POLITICS: Ready, willing, and Abel

21 Feb 2020

By ADELIA HALLETT | A largely unheralded candidate selection in Auckland this week could prove pivotal in New Zealand’s climate politics.

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21 Feb 2020

You’ve got one week left to get in submissions on changes to the settings of the Emissions Trading Scheme and on the Government’s plans to accelerate the use of renewable energy.

Free carbon credits might get early overhaul

20 Feb 2020

The entire formula used to calculate how free many free carbon credits heavy emitters receive might be overhauled before the end of the year.

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20 Feb 2020

Parliament’s Environment Committee is discussing changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme today, as well as the annual reports of the Environmental Protection Authority and Predator Free 2050.

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19 Feb 2020

Applications for the Government’s Low-Emission Vehicles Contestable Fund open today, with secure parking for electric bikes eligible for the first time.

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18 Feb 2020

Greater Wellington Regional Council’s environment committee meets today to set environmental priorities.

Climate change low on Nats' question list

17 Feb 2020

Fewer than five per cent of the written questions to Government ministers lodged this year are about climate change.

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17 Feb 2020

Cambridge University economist Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta will give a public talk in Wellington tomorrow on the economics of biodiversity (5.30pm-7pm, Lecture Theatre 1, Rutherford House, 23 Lambton Quay).

Row brews over free credits to heavy emitters

14 Feb 2020

Tension is building over the allocation of free carbon credits to trade-exposed heavy emitters.

Leaders (well, some of them) are talking climate change

14 Feb 2020

Climate change was on the lips of the leaders of two of the five parties in Parliament when it resumed this week.

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14 Feb 2020

Submissions close today on the Urban Development Bill, allowing what the Government calls better co-ordination of land, infrastructure and public assets in complex urban development projects.

Climate crisis looms as major election issue

13 Feb 2020

Climate change will be a major factor for more than a quarter of voters in this year’s general election, a new poll suggests.

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13 Feb 2020

Parliament sits today, with MPs from the Environment Select Committee continuing hearing oral submissions on proposed changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Chloe Swarbrick

This key MP favours change to RMA law

12 Feb 2020

At least one member of the select committee investigating changes to the Resource Management Act thinks the planning law should include climate change.

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12 Feb 2020

Parliament sits today and tomorrow, and the Environment Select Committee continues hearing submissions on changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme and the Resource Management Act tomorrow.

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11 Feb 2020

It’s back to the office today for MPs, as Parliament resumes for the year.

Climate-risk reports critical, politicians hear

10 Feb 2020

Directors of large companies, Crown entities and any organisation participating in the Emissions Trading Scheme should have to provide an annual signed and audited statement of climate risk, Parliament is being told.

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10 Feb 2020

The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority is looking for businesses that have switched to electric vehicles to be included in a billboard campaign next month.

Wendy McGuinness

Why and what we should learn from bushfires

7 Feb 2020

Wildfires raging in Australia this summer show why New Zealand must include emissions from natural disasters in its climate reporting, says an expert on environmental accounting.

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7 Feb 2020

Today, submissions close on the Land Transport (Rail) Legislation Bill, allowing the rail network to be funded from the National Land Transport Fund.

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5 Feb 2020

It's Waitangi Day tomorrow, which means there will be no Carbon News.

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4 Feb 2020

Climate Change Iwi Leaders’ Group chair Mike Smith continues his case against Fonterra and others in the High Court today.

Christina Hood

Expert warns against offshore credits sprees

3 Feb 2020

New Zealand should be buying offshore carbon credits every year instead of going on a buying spree when its carbon bill falls due, says an expert on international carbon policy and markets.

Dairy firms see ETS dates clashing

3 Feb 2020

Reporting dates for the Emissions Trading Scheme should line up with farm production schedules, dairy companies say.

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3 Feb 2020

Submissions on the Resource Management Expert Panel’s issues paper and on proposed increases to landfill levies close today.

Forests will swallow small-town jobs, MPs hear

31 Jan 2020

Rural towns like Moerewa face losing hundreds of jobs if the Government doesn’t rein in the conversion of farms to carbon forests, MPs have been told.

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31 Jan 2020

Today is the last day to apply for unique emissions factors for Emissions Trading Scheme returns.

Sir Alan Mark

Wise group slams 'bizarre' RMA emissions rule

30 Jan 2020

Parliament is being urged to change the “bizarre and dangerous” law banning local councils from considering greenhouse gas emissions when granting planning consents.

Australia wrong about our Kyoto credits

30 Jan 2020

New Zealand comes out on top in a row with Australia about climate change, according to The Guardian.

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30 Jan 2020

Some of the heavyweights of the agricultural industry appear before Parliament’s environment select committee today to talk about the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Way now clear for wood, say biomass champions

29 Jan 2020

The Government’s latest move towards getting rid of coal-fired boilers in hospitals and schools shows growing market confidence in the country’s biomass supply, the Bionergy Association says.

Greens vow to make polluters foot the bill

29 Jan 2020

The Greens go into the September 19 election promising to “fix” the carbon price.

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29 Jan 2020

Parliament’s environment select committee is hearing submissions today and tomorrow on reforms of the Emissions Trading Scheme and the Resource Management Act.

Switzerland signs up to NZ trade treaty

28 Jan 2020

Switzerland is joining the New Zealand-initiated trade agreement on climate change.

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28 Jan 2020

Emissions returns have opened, and close on March 31.

Dr Rod Carr

Climate commission gets its body of experts

17 Dec 2019

The names of the experts who will make up the Climate Change Commission have been announced.

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Profound shifts in our changing energy system – new data

Today 10:46am

New Zealand’s energy system is undergoing a profound shift as falling gas production and a dry hydro year reshaped the electricity market in 2024, according to data from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Energy in New Zealand 2025.

Agriculture
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International scientists slam NZ govt's proposed approach to methane

13 Aug 2025

New Zealand's proposed approach to methane emissions has again been attacked by international climate scientists, with a new study saying the attempt to redefine climate target-setting by livestock-exporting countries undermines the transition to a sustainable and equitable food system

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Marginal drop in last year's regional emissions

Today 10:46am

Regional greenhouse gas emissions were down slightly last year, with a fall in gas supply leading to a big drop in Taranaki, but more coal burnt leading to higher emissions in Waikato, according to new figures from Stats NZ

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Fund for low emissions transport winds up

31 Jul 2025

New Zealand’s Low Emission Transport Fund has officially wrapped up, ending a nine-year programme that put hundreds of millions of dollars towards accelerating the country’s shift to cleaner transport.

Forestry
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Minister of Climate Change Simon Watts

Certainty crucial to emissions cuts – Watts

20 Aug 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says that policy certainty is the Government’s primary lever for unlocking private capital and meeting climate targets, telling a carbon forestry conference that ETS settings are 'locked' through 2030.

Business
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Speakers at last year's Climate Change and Business Conference

Why climate strategy is now central to business success

Tue 26 Aug 2025

SPONSORED CONTENT: Ahead of next month’s Climate Change and Business Conference, New Zealand businesses are being urged to treat climate strategy not as a regulatory burden, but as a core driver of economic competitiveness.

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