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Aussies win $550,000 clean-up contract
26 Apr 2013
Australian company Transpacific Technical Services has won $550,000 of New Zealand Government money to get rid of hazardous waste from old electrical equipment.
Scheme gives new life to old carpets
26 Apr 2013
Environment Minister Amy Adams has announced a newly accredited product stewardship scheme for the reuse and recycling of carpet tiles.
IT’S OFFICIAL: Forests make way for dairying
19 Apr 2013
Government figures have confirmed what the carbon market has known for months – forests are being cleared and converted to dairy farms on the back of rock-bottom carbon prices.
World wind power on a roll
19 Apr 2013
Wind power surged to a new record in 2012, with the United States emerging as the dominant player.
Women want out of the barn and into the boardroom
19 Apr 2013
The dairy industry is looking to girl-power to combat problems like climate change and the global recession.
Hurunui wind farm gets green light
19 Apr 2013
Meridian Energy’s $200 million Hurunui wind farm is to go ahead.
New law protects EEZ, says minister
19 Apr 2013
A law which the Government says will enable the comprehensive environmental management of activities in New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone will come into force in June.
Fracking waste danger to food, say Greens
12 Apr 2013
New Zealand risks damaging its international reputation as an exporter of quality food by disposing of oil industry wastes on to farmland, the Green Party says.
Carbon returns build to June cut-off
12 Apr 2013
Nearly a third of post-1989-forest owners have filed carbon returns for last year.
Ministry studies carry-over submissions
12 Apr 2013
The Government has received 20 submissions on the issue of carry-over provisions for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.
How do YOU see the carbon market?
12 Apr 2013
Today’s the last chance to have your say in Carbon Match’s survey on the outlook for the carbon market in New Zealand.
We're good at recycling glass ... but not good enough
12 Apr 2013
New Zealanders are recycling nearly 70 per cent of their glass products.
Retailer joins TV recycling camp
12 Apr 2013
Electronics retailer Noel Leeming has joined the Ministry for the Environment’s TV TakeBack Programme.
PNG student wins Daysh scholarship
12 Apr 2013
A PhD student’s plans to use traditional ecological knowledge to develop a sustainability education programme for Papua New Guinea have won her a scholarship.
Ratepayers foot the bill, say local authorities
5 Apr 2013
Ratepayers are being left to pick up the cost of environmental monitoring that should be paid for by the Government, says Local Government New Zealand.
EDS claims RMA information is flawed
5 Apr 2013
The Government’s discussion document on proposed changes to the Resource Management Act relies on out-of-date and incorrect information, the Environmental Defence Society says
Casualties could be trees, says board
5 Apr 2013
Changes to the Resource Management Act could cost Auckland its trees, says the Auckland Conservation Board.
Museum aims high to cut emissions
5 Apr 2013
Auckland Museum aims to cut carbon emissions by 31 per cent in two years - a move expected to save it hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
Authority to look at 100% Pure claim
5 Apr 2013
The Advertising Standards Authority is to consider whether New Zealand’s 100% Pure claims are misleading.
Prospecting deal shocks watchdog
5 Apr 2013
Coromandel Watchdog says it is shocked that the Ministry of Conservation has granted access for prospecting on Schedule 4 land to mining companies in the Coromandel and in the Paparoa National Park.
EXCLUSIVE: Upstream paddle for next SOE floats
28 Mar 2013
The Mighty River Power share float will attract at least 228,000 personal investors – but at this stage Genesis and Meridian might struggle to get more than half that.
Science world honours LanzaTech founder
28 Mar 2013
New Zealand scientist and bioenergy pioneer Dr Sean Simpson has been honoured twice this week.
Lobbyist wants help to fight RMA changes
28 Mar 2013
The Environmental Defence Society says that changes to the Resource Management Act give radical new powers to government ministers.
NZ firms win solar fresh water contracts
28 Mar 2013
Two New Zealand companies are taking fresh water to the Pacific.
Recycler gears up for the big TV dump
28 Mar 2013
Electronics recycling company RCN e-Cycle is ramping up its South Island presence in preparation for the switch-over to digital television.
Science claims victory in beetle battle
28 Mar 2013
Success in tackling a destructive beetle on the West Coast has underlined the importance of having integrated pest management plans on farms, scientists say.
Drought costs power company $2m
28 Mar 2013
The North Island drought will cut King Country Energy's income by about $2 million, as the company is forced to buy electricity on the spot market.
Renewable energy share on the rise
28 Mar 2013
Initiatives aimed at cutting carbon emissions and establishing long-term energy security will see renewable energy claim a 36 per cent share of global cumulative installed capacity by the end of the decade, says the latest report from business intelligence firm GBI Research.
Power plant gas emissions show rise
22 Mar 2013
New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation last year were up more than 20 per cent on the previous year.
Kyoto submissions about to close
22 Mar 2013
Submissions on which, if any, carbon credits should be carried over into the Kyoto Protocol’s second commitment period close in a week.
Wind energy firm laps up UK tariff deal
22 Mar 2013
New Zealand's Windflow Technology says it has just installed its first exported wind turbine on the windy island of Westray in the Orkney Islands off the far northern tip of Scotland.
Islands eye switch to renewable energy
22 Mar 2013
Most of New Zealand’s Pacific neighbours should move closer to achieving 50 per cent of their electricity from renewable means as a result of the two-day Pacific Energy Summit to behosted in Auckland jointly by New Zealand and the European Union next week, the Government says.
Biodiesel NZ good buy, says new owner
15 Mar 2013
Christchurch shipping executive Andrew Stark does not agree with political claims that Biodiesel NZ is a bad investment.
Don't blame biofuels, says minister
15 Mar 2013
The Government is denying its decision to scrap the biofuels obligation contributed to Solid Energy’s financial meltdown.
NZ 'solution' wrong, says researcher
15 Mar 2013
New Zealand’s “solution” to Tokelau’s shipping problems will commit the islands to a future dependent on fossil fuels, says a researcher who believes the Pacific could be serviced by ships using renewable energy.
ASA mulls over 100% Pure complaint
15 Mar 2013
The Advertising Standards Association is yet to decide whether it will accept jurisdiction over a complaint about the validity of New Zealand’s 100% Pure advertising brand.
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'100% Pure Kiwi lad' challenges brand claims
8 Mar 2013
The Advertising Standards Authority is being asked to rule on the validity of New Zealand’s 100% Pure marketing brand.
Unfair to blame biodiesel, say critics
8 Mar 2013
Claims that Solid Energy’s diversification into biodiesel led to its dismal financial state are being dismissed by both the industry and the Green Party.
Govt wants to hold carry-over units
8 Mar 2013
The Government wants to be the only New Zealand holder of ERUS and CERs who can carry them over into the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.
Critics uneasy with Fonterra-DOC deal
8 Mar 2013
Fonterra has signed the country's biggest corporate conservation deal in what Conservation Minister Nick Smith says is a sign of the success of the Government's blue-green agenda.
Wood industry report shows the way
8 Mar 2013
The wood industry’s investigation of future economic opportunities – including biofuels and biochemicals – is finished.
Climate challenges in the spotlight
8 Mar 2013
International attempts to curb climate change will be put under the microscope by one of New Zealand's leading climate scientists.
Droughts ... you'd better get used to them
8 Mar 2013
Extensive droughts across parts of New Zealand are part of a long-term trend toward increased frequency of anticyclones over New Zealand, a University of Canterbury weather expert says.
Steel mill, smelter top free credits list
1 Mar 2013
The Glenbrook steel mill and the Bluff aluminium smelter were the big winners in last year’s hand-out of free carbon credits to industrial emitters.
Beehive watchdog slams RMA proposals
1 Mar 2013
The Government's proposed changes to the Resource Management Act paint the environment as the enemy of the economy, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.
We're making RMA easier, says minister
1 Mar 2013
The Government has announced changes to the Resource Management Act which it says will make it easier to use, increase certainty and predictability, attract investment, reduce unnecessary duplication and cost.
Airport sets high energy cut goals
1 Mar 2013
Auckland Airport wants to cut energy use by 20 per cent per passenger by 2020.
‘Pathetic': experts slam govt’s approach to adaptation
Today 11:00am
By Liz Kivi | The government has signalled it will step back from full property buyouts if assets are hit by climate disasters, a move adaptation experts say will condemn hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders to a “dismal” future.
Electricity Authority proposes doubling solar export limits to 10 kW
Today 11:00am
The Electricity Authority is proposing a default 10kW export limit for small-scale generation, saying new inverter standards and voltage settings allow homes and businesses to feed more power into local networks without compromising safety.
All carrot, no stick for farmers on methane
Fri 17 Oct 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | COMMENT: The abandonment of methane emissions pricing and the adoption of a weaker target is effectively the last nail in the coffin of the historic cross-parliamentary consensus embedded in the Zero Carbon Act 2019.
Govt releases updated emissions projections
13 Oct 2025
By Liz Kivi | The Ministry for the Environment has released updated emissions projections to 2050, which show significant differences to the Climate Change Commission's recent projections for the same period.
Air NZ inks deal for its first internationally verified carbon credits
9 Oct 2025
By Liz Kivi | Air New Zealand has committed to buying 8000 tonnes of carbon removals by 2030, in partnership with local native forest investment platform My Native Forest.
Emails show forestry lobby fought Gisborne crackdown as slash clean-up drags on
26 Sep 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Sustainable land use advocates are accusing Eastland Wood Council of stonewalling efforts to tighten forestry rules, after correspondence between the group and the local council was released under the Official Information Act.
Climate credibility gap widening for Aussie firms
1 Oct 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | Australian public companies’ climate change commitments are in retreat, reflecting difficulty in achieving stated targets and increased fossil use, but not because of any pressure to make less effort, according to a study of major companies’ ESG reporting.
