Net-zero and ‘passive’ houses can cut carbon emissions
24 Nov 2020
FROM THE STREET, you wouldn’t be able to tell a net-zero or passive house from any other recently built home. Even from the inside, the only visible clues are thick walls and deep windowsills. Only if you looked at the utilities bill would you know.
Owning a green home could cut mortgage payback time by two years
Fri 9 May 2025
A green certified home plus a green mortgage and associated energy bill savings could save Kiwi families up to $98,800 over the course of their mortgage - the equivalent of being mortgage-free several years early, according to new research.
Most Kiwis anxious over extreme weather events
Fri 9 May 2025
More than half of all New Zealanders are worried about storms, heavy rainfall and flooding as New Zealand faces continued wild weather events.
New book searches for language to connect to the climate crisis
Fri 9 May 2025
Working with Māori communities on climate research for the Deep South National Science Challenge led to many of the stories in new book Slowing the Sun by essayist Nadine Hura.
Northland opens $600k Climate Resilient Communities Fund
Fri 9 May 2025
Northland Regional Council has opened applications to the Climate Resilient Communities Fund.
Media round-up
Fri 9 May 2025
In our weekly round-up of climate coverage in local media: When climate resilience meets resident resistance in Auckland; atmospheric and marine heatwaves in and around New Zealand are increasing climate extremes; and seaweed's climate superpowers.
First carbon credit scheme for early coal plant closures unveiled
Fri 9 May 2025
Proponents hope carbon markets can offer new funding for costly transition from coal to renewables. But concerns have been raised over the risk of low-integrity credits.
Govt pledges to slash building emissions
Thu 8 May 2025
The government is signing up to an international agreement aimed at decarbonising the building and construction sector in line with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees.
Concern at new science appointments
Thu 8 May 2025
The prime minister's appointment of John Roche as chief science advisor has received a mixed response, with some experts saying the government has made it obvious it doesn't value science.
Ambitious goal for predator free 2050 within reach?
Thu 8 May 2025
A discussion document on the Predator Free 2050 programme says it has an ambitious goal to eradicate possums, rats and mustelids from our country, but that some of the programme’s goals are not currently plausible.
Farming lobby attacks ‘loopholes’ in carbon forestry limits
Wed 7 May 2025
Beef + Lamb New Zealand is urging the government to close what it says are loopholes in new guidance around limits on carbon forestry.
