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Media round-up

5 Sep 2025

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In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: The great methane debate; law change scuppers legal challenge to irrigation scheme consent; and what are the energy and climate implications of the $7.5 billion Amazon Web Services data centre deal?

The great methane debate explained

By Kirsty Johnston, RNZ
New Zealand's biggest climate hurdle isn't coal or oil. It's cows. Or more specifically, the methane they emit.


On why data centres are not your (or the planet’s) friend

By Gordon Campbell, Scoop
Amazon Web Services is supposedly intent on spending $7.5 billion here in building and operating a cluster of state-of-the-art data centres likely to create 1,000 fulltime jobs and train 100,000 locals. All while, supposedly, doing little or no harm to the environment or to our electricity grid, thanks to a supply agreement for renewable energy that AWS has signed with Mercury. Is this all too good to be true? Yes it is.


Ageing bridges must be replaced to withstand next big cyclone
By Eloise Gibson, RNZ
A climate economist says it is crucial bridge replacements are built to survive the next big cyclone.


Law change scuppers challenge to irrigation scheme mega-consent

By David Williams, Newsroom
The High Court finds approval granted to a massive Canterbury farm water scheme was invalid, but the judge declines to quash it


Two years in the soil: Lessons from real-life regenerative agriculture trials

By Ellen Rykers, The Spinoff
On a Gisborne vege farm, a soil health experiment produces salad greens, sweetcorn and hopeful signs for a sustainable farming future.


Investors talk big game on climate but still slow to flash the cash
By Marc Daalder, Newsroom
Investors report they have a fiduciary duty to consider climate change, though the Government looks to weaken climate reporting rules


Academic Mike Joy apologises for 'hanging' dairy CEOs comment
By Stephanie Ockhuysen, RNZ
A Victoria University academic has apologised after making public comments suggesting dairy industry leaders should be hanged.

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Govt to ease climate reporting thresholds, water down liability

Today 11:15am

By Pattrick Smellie | The rollback of climate change reporting requirements has produced a wave of relief in corporate New Zealand as managed investment funds and listed companies with annual revenue under $1 billion are exempted.

Associate Transport Minister James Meager

NZ abstains from vote on global shipping carbon tax

Today 11:15am

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government says it held back from endorsing the International Maritime Organization’s Net-Zero Framework over fears the plan could raise costs for exporters and importers.

Wet spring lifts gentailers into strongest start since 2021

Today 11:15am

New Zealand’s main electricity generators head into summer with lake levels well above average and wholesale prices holding firm, setting up a strong start to the 2026 financial year and easing price pressure after two years of volatile supply.

NZ’s government wants tourism to drive economic growth – but how will it deal with aviation emissions?

Today 11:15am

By Robert McLachlan, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University | Following a brief dip during the COVID pandemic, aviation is back in a growth phase.

Jim Sinner is leading a new initiative, Swap One, that aims to get commuters out of their car one day a week.

Nelson commuters urged to ditch car once a week

Today 11:15am

By Max Frethey, Local Democracy Reporter | Nelson has a bold carbon emission reduction target and residents are being encouraged to leave the car at home one day a week to help meet it.

Rod Carr

Govt ‘captured by industry’ on methane – Carr

Tue 21 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Former Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr says that recent moves to weaken methane targets and halt plans for agricultural emissions pricing show the Government has been captured by industry.

Adaptation plan at odds with public sentiment: survey

Tue 21 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Government’s position on climate adaptation buyouts shows a disconnect with public opinion, according to survey findings from insurer Suncorp NZ.

Council buys dairy farm to help clean up Lake Rotorua

Tue 21 Oct 2025

Bay of Plenty Regional Council has bought a 266-hectare dairy farm in the Lake Rotorua catchment and plans to retire it from production to reduce nitrogen entering the lake.

Phase two of South Mole restoration will see the structure extended to its full length at a height of 2.3 metres

Climate resilience funding boost for Whanganui Port’s South Mole works

Tue 21 Oct 2025

By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporter | Whanganui’s Te Pūwaha port revitalisation project has received $7.875 million from the government’s Climate Resilience Fund to support the next phase of restoration at the South Mole.

‘Pathetic': experts slam govt’s approach to adaptation

Mon 20 Oct 2025

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.

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