Australia could be about to leapfrog NZ on climate targets
By Eloise Gibson, RNZ
A conservative Australian politician turned climate leader has told New Zealand ministers it is in their interests to do more on climate change.

We strangled our rivers; now they’re fighting back

By Marc Daalder, Newsroom
We forced New Zealand’s braided rivers into tiny channels so we could build our homes and farms in their riverbeds – now we’re seeing the consequences

Rangatahi chosen to speak on climate change at COP30 in Brazil

By Te Karere Reporters, 1News
A lack of young Māori voices at one of the world’s biggest conferences on climate change has led to a selection of 10 rangatahi to join Aotearoa New Zealand’s delegation heading to the UN Climate Change Conference for the first time.

Wilding pine problem at ‘tipping point’ in Southland
By Matthew Rosenberg, RNZ

Wild conifer trees are running rife in Southland with fears some areas could be overtaken in the next 30 years.

Homeowners face $200-plus hike in Natural Hazards Commission levy

By Jonathan Milne, Newsroom
David Seymour commiserates with ‘long-suffering taxpayer’, but the only alternative is the Government bailing out the Crown-owned quake and flood insurer when it’s bankrupted by the next big storm

Green fuel on the blue horizon
By Richard Rennie, Farmers Weekly
Scion scientists are developing means of getting biofuel from forests to power ships.

We wanna RUC, the govt says, but how complicated will the new vehicle tax be, and will the environment be considered?

By Juha Saarinen, interest.co.nz

The coalition government is changing the way the public funds roading, by switching from taxing the most widely used fuel for cars, petrol, at the source, to drivers paying based on how much they drive.

Three of New Zealand's biggest emitters no longer have to reveal their climate impact

By Eloise Gibson, RNZ
Three of the country's biggest greenhouse gas emitters no longer have to reveal how much planet-heating gas they produce.