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New Zealand: Transport

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InterCity ... 10% passenger rise noticed already as fuel prices bite

InterCity: Fuel price-driven flight to public transport has started

26 May 2008

InterCity is ready to accommodate a significant shift away from private car use to public transport as increased fuel costs hit home.

Freight industry ... coastal shipping revival sends all the right signals

Investment in coastal shipping welcomed

22 May 2008

The Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Federation (CBAFF) has welcomed Transport Minister Annette King’s announcement of $36 million funding to help revitalise coastal shipping in New Zealand.

Sea freight needed to contribute 7% GHG cut from transport sector

Major move to shift 30% of inter-regional freight to sea

21 May 2008

The Government has announced a $36 million investment to revitalise coastal shipping, to slash land transport fuel use and emissions.

Coastal trade will return to big ports like Auckland (pictured) and smaller ones

Pacifica: Funding boost will stimulate coastal links

21 May 2008

The Government's $36 million coastal shipping development programme couldsee new ships used and former coastal shipping routes re-opened.

Coastal shipping revamp to play major role in emissions cuts

20 May 2008

The Government today will announce plans to more effectively link rail and coastal shipping and to make it easier for port companies to access government funding for infrastructure development.

Booming biofuels company shows how it can be done

15 May 2008

Gull has stolen a march on the big fuel companies and proved that the Government’s initial biofuel target can be met.

Airships' potential not just hot air, says entrepreneur

15 May 2008

Fancy cutting transport costs by half and saving the environment at the same time? Airships might be just the ticket.

Shock shipping news puts New Zealand on the spot

13 May 2008

A United Nations study that claims the true scale of CO2 emissions from shipping is three times higher than previously thought, is bad news for New Zealand.

Simon Terry

Transport delay seen as threat to carbon currency

9 May 2008

The viability of the proposed New Zealand carbon currency, NZU, is threatened by the Government’s decision to delay bringing transport into the emissions trading scheme for another two years, says the Sustainability Council.

Ian Twomey

NZ expert sees third way for troubled biofuels

5 May 2008

From economic saviour to planet disaster, biofuels have had a whirlwind public relations ride.

Vehicle exhaust emissions to be put to the test

1 May 2008

Testing will begin today to ensure all vehicles entering New Zealand meet tough new exhaust emissions standards.

Travelling greens have a new place to stay

28 Apr 2008

Travellers with a green bent will be able to sleep with a clear conscience at an Auckland hotel which opens its doors today.

Petitions for new law on US airline GHG emissions

US concerned over EU airline emissions charge plan, starts probe into airline pollution

10 Apr 2008

The United States is expressing “serious concern” over EU proposals to impose emissions charges on airlines.

Concrete roads .. a better deal long term?

Cement lobby launches major campaign to replace bitumen on roads

7 Apr 2008

Cement interests are launching a concerted campaign to have the nations roads laid in concrete instead of bitumen.

UN martime organisation .. progressive emissions reductions now agreed

100 governments agree on lower emission standards for ships

7 Apr 2008

In a move which could have longer term implications for New Zealand traders, the protection committee of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has appoved proposed amendments to regulations which will reduce ship emissions.

Air New Zealand .. aviation should be in global ETS, with level playing strip

Air NZ backs ETS - but wants carbon price cap

1 Apr 2008

Air New Zealand chairman John Palmer can understand the opposition of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to aviation being included in global emissions trading schemes (ETSs), but agrees New Zealand’s should cover as much of the economy as possible.

IATA's cow of an excuse

A cow of a campaign from the airlines

27 Mar 2008

IATA has launched a campaign opposing airlines' inclusion in the EU emissions trading scheme, on the basis airlines have fewer emissions than cows.

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Invites-only fast-track for seabed mine slammed as 'rushed, awful'

Fri 12 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | With the wider public shut out of submissions, critics including Te Pāti Māori, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining and Greenpeace say the process strips away robust scrutiny and risks setting a dangerous precedent.

Energy
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Coal imports up 650%

Fri 12 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams and Liz Kivi | Coal imports are up 650% as generators stockpile the most polluting fossil fuel ahead of next winter.

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

Carbon emissions
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Vector reduced fugitive methane emissions using 'gas sniffer trucks' to find leaks in its gas distribution network

Vector hits emissions reduction goal five years early

5 Sep 2025

By Liz Kivi | Auckland lines company Vector has met its 2030 emissions reduction reduction target five years early, more than halving its direct emissions, and crediting innovation and a laser-focus for its success in a hard-to-abate sector.

Forestry
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Indigenous forest 'islands' could help transition exotic plantations to native bush

Thu 11 Sep 2025

Native forest 'islands' within exotic plantations might be the key to transitioning plantations from exotic to Indigenous, according to new research.

Business
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Lord Adair Turner

'Non-negotiable' – EU carbon pricing to hit Kiwi exporters, expert warns

Thu 11 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | High carbon exports will inevitably face a high carbon tax at the EU border, possibly in the next five years, and high methane agricultural products might not be exempt, an international expert told a local audience yesterday.

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