Environmental groups launch legal action over Govt's 'tick-box approach' to conservation land
Today 11:30am
By Liz Kivi
Forest & Bird and the Environmental Defence Society are taking the Government to court over decisions about the future of publicly-owned land on Te Tai Poutini/the West Coast.
Story copyright © Carbon News 2026
Genesis fires up pellet study with Nature’s Flame
Today 11:30am
By Pattrick Smellie | Genesis Energy is extending its quest for locally produced torrefied wood pellets to supplement coal and gas to fuel its Huntly power station, announcing it is investigating plant construction with established local solid fuels player Nature’s Flame.
EA entrenches 10kW export limit for residential solar
Today 11:30am
By Pattrick Smellie | The Electricity Authority intends to require all electricity networks to offer at least a 10 kilowatt (kW) export capacity for residential rooftop and other small-scale distributed generation.
Renewable build-out runs into grid and firming limits
Today 11:30am
New Zealand's electricity market entered 2026 with renewable generation at record levels and a substantial build pipeline finally moving from paper to construction. The harder question is whether the wider system can absorb and firm that capacity fast enough.
Free fares call as fuel crisis impacts school attendance
Today 11:30am
An open letter is urging the Government to make public transport free for all school children and subsidised for students under 25, as rising fuel costs begin to impact attendance and access to education across the country.
Blue carbon project targets climate gains
Tue 7 Apr 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | A new iwi-led research project exploring the climate potential of estuarine blue carbon has secured government backing, with hopes that scientists and Ngāti Rārua mapping wetland carbon storage at Te Tai Tapu could help anchor a national strategy for nature credits markets.
A matter of strategy
Tue 7 Apr 2026
COMMENT: Even on the brink of a global commodities crisis, the possibilities for climate action aren't hopelessly foreclosed. Strategy can turn our fortunes around, writes David Hall.
Bigger storms, more often: new study projects likely future rainfall impacts on NZ
Tue 7 Apr 2026
By Muhammad Fikri Sigid, Hamish Lewis, and Luke Harrington | In the aftermath of the latest bout of extreme rainfall across New Zealand’s upper North Island, there were some familar scenes. Submerged pastures. Silt carried by swollen rivers and piled against bridges. Floodwaters surrounding homes whose owners were forced to flee.
Watts’s last stand: Simeon Brown takes energy portfolio
Thu 2 Apr 2026
By Pattrick Smellie | Energy Minister Simon Watts has lost the portfolio to Cabinet fixer Simeon Brown in a reshuffle announced by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon this morning.
Fonterra admits ‘100% grass-fed’ claim breached law in greenwashing row
Thu 2 Apr 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Fonterra has admitted its “100% New Zealand grass-fed” claims on Anchor butter were misleading and breached the law, settling a case brought by Greenpeace Aotearoa over packaging used between December 2023 and April 2025.
