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Unlocking the national potential of flexible energy use through residential appliances – EECA calling for submissions

Thu 16 Oct 2025

Media release | EECA is asking for feedback from the energy sector on a newly published green paper about unlocking the potential of demand flexibility through end-use products, such as appliances, used in New Zealand homes.

Lightyears’ co-founder and director, Matt Shanks

Lightyears secures funding for solar farm portfolio expansion

Wed 15 Oct 2025

Media release | Solar farm developer, Lightyears, has refinanced with Australian renewables lender, Infradebt, to take their portfolio of solar farms to 27MW, split across five farms. Three farms are already operational and two more are under construction.

Transpower tracks more than 100 new grid projects

Tue 14 Oct 2025

Transpower’s latest connection data show more than 100 generation, storage and load projects in its pipeline, reflecting the rapid pace of electrification across the country.

LNG and purchasing power

Mon 13 Oct 2025

Cabinet’s electricity reforms put two tools on the table to shore up energy security – leveraging the Crown’s purchasing power and advancing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import option, both aimed at tackling the dry-year shortfall when hydro lakes run low and prices spike.

US Energy Department to slash nearly $24 billion in green project funding

9 Oct 2025

The US Energy Department is slashing nearly $24 billion of funding for climate projects, as the Trump administration moves to further unwind Biden-era climate policies during the government shutdown.

Solar and wind power overtake coal as world’s biggest generator of electricity, report finds

8 Oct 2025

The authors say it's a sign that renewables can keep up the pace with the growing appetite for electricity worldwide.

UK Conservatives promise to ditch carbon pricing

8 Oct 2025

The UK’s opposition Conservative party (currently third in the polls) has pledged to cut energy prices by scrapping carbon pricing and wind subsidies.

The dry year problem

7 Oct 2025

One of the most pressing problems confronting New Zealand’s electricity system is the “dry-year challenge” – the risk that low hydro inflows coincide with falling domestic gas supply, leaving the system without enough firm capacity to keep prices stable.

Solar farm gets fast-track treatment

6 Oct 2025

Lodestone Energy’s proposed 220 MW solar farm at Haldon Station in the Mackenzie Basin has become the first solar project to be referred to an expert panel under the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024.

Will govt’s light touch approach lead to higher carbon prices?

3 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Carbon market watchers are hoping the government’s plan for the electricity sector will eventually lead to higher carbon prices, with the secondary market still trading sideways for the longest time in its history.

While many other countries sent leaders and ministers to the event, Carolyn Schwalger, New Zealand's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, spoke on the Government's behalf.

NZ quiet on climate target at UN meeting

2 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | New Zealand didn't mention its recently minted – but widely criticised – climate target for 2035 at a major multilateral climate meeting in New York last week, at an event which was ostensibly billed as a platform for leaders to present their new targets.

‘Damp squib’ – Govt energy plan slammed for locking in fossil fuels

2 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Critics across business, climate groups and the opposition say the Government’s electricity reforms duck structural change, double down on LNG and gas, and offer little relief for soaring power prices – warning of an “expensive white elephant", deeper energy poverty and a missed chance to scale renewables.

The Government will decide by December whether to go ahead with an LNG import facility.

Electricity to remain in ETS

1 Oct 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | The Government has rejected Frontier Economics' recommendation that electricity should be removed from the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Eraring power station is a black coal-fired power station on the shores of Lake Macquarie, southeast of Newcastle, NSW

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.

Decision due on electricity market reforms

30 Sep 2025

The Government is set to release electricity market reforms, though many are likely to be disappointed at the outcome.

Christiana Figueres

Low-cost clean energy now trumps politics, says architect of Paris Accord

30 Sep 2025

As Climate Week delegates turn to COP, Christiana Figueres says the debate over green investment is being negated by the fall in cost.

BP predicts higher oil and gas demand, suggesting world will not hit 2050 net zero target

29 Sep 2025

Conflict in Ukraine and Middle East as well as trade tariffs are making states focus on energy security.

Resources Minister Shane Jones

Govt opens all of NZ for new oil and gas exploration

26 Sep 2025

By Liz Kivi | Fossil fuel companies can once again apply for new prospecting and exploration permits beyond onshore Taranaki for the first time since the previous government’s 2018 ban, in a move welcomed by the sector but slammed by environmental groups.

Media round-up

26 Sep 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Winston Peters drops a "truth bomb" about big emitters at UN function; why fixing our ‘broken’ electricity market is such a formidable challenge; and should New Zealand follow Australia’s lead on responding to its climate risk assessment?

EV batteries could power NZ's grid – study

25 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | EV batteries could ease peak demand by exporting power back to homes and the grid, with large potential cost savings for EV owners and electricity consumers, according to a new study.

More Kiwi households turn to solar as energy costs mount

24 Sep 2025

Rising power prices are driving more households to consider switching to solar, with nearly half of New Zealanders considering installing solar panels or already having them installed, according to new research.

UPDATE: EECA opens $4 million solar fund for farms

24 Sep 2025

Farmers are being offered new support to bring solar and battery systems onto their properties, with EECA opening a Solar on Farms Demonstration Fund worth up to $200,000 per site.

‘Con,’ ‘scam,’ ‘hoax’: Trump’s UN speech on climate

24 Sep 2025

The president used a large chunk of his hour-long speech to world leaders to condemn climate science and clean energy policies.

Genesis inks coal deal for domestic supply at Huntly

23 Sep 2025

Genesis Energy will increase domestic coal supplies for Huntly Power Station under a new deal with BT Mining.

Solar households to get little-noticed tax break

23 Sep 2025

A provision in the government’s latest tax bill would exempt households from paying tax on income they earn by selling excess electricity back to the grid.

Energy Minister Simon Watts

Gentailers told to behave as ministers weigh Frontier review

17 Sep 2025

The chief executives of Contact, Meridian, Mercury and Genesis met Energy and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts on Thursday for their regular monthly session.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Energy and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts speaking to media.

Watts not considering removing electricity from ETS

16 Sep 2025

Energy and Climate Change Minister, Simon Watts, says he is “not currently considering” removing electricity generation from the Emissions Trading Scheme, as proposed by NZ First Minister Shane Jones.

Industry struggles with double-digit power price hikes

15 Sep 2025

As power prices surge by double-digit amounts for the second year in a row, industrial users can’t keep absorbing cost increases, the Major Electricity Users’ Group says.

Wind and solar power fuel over one-third of Brazil's electricity for first time

15 Sep 2025

Wind and solar power generated more than a third of Brazil’s electricity in August.

Coal imports up 650%

12 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams and Liz Kivi | Coal imports are up 650% as generators stockpile the most polluting fossil fuel ahead of next winter.

Media round-up

12 Sep 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Climate adaptation discussions descended into political squabbling at a recent conference; New Zealand may find itself no longer trusted by allies if it ditches climate goals; and are we living through the fastest energy transformation in human history?

Which countries are scaling solar and wind the fastest?

12 Sep 2025

The leaderboard is quite different depending on what metric you look at.

Lord Adair Turner

'Non-negotiable' – EU carbon pricing to hit Kiwi exporters, expert warns

11 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | High carbon exports will inevitably face a high carbon tax at the EU border, possibly in the next five years, and high methane agricultural products might not be exempt, an international expert told a local audience yesterday.

Heather Peacocke speaking at this week's Climate Change and Business Conference

'Reframe' climate conversations - focus on thriving together, says advisor

11 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand must mirror its Covid-19 response if it wants to get buy-in from the public on climate action, according to Ministry for the Environment chief advisor Heather Peacocke.

Ara Ake backs 13 projects to unlock NZ’s energy flexibility

11 Sep 2025

Media release | Ara Ake has approved over $600,000 in funding from the National Flex Discovery Fund for 13 flexibility service providers (FSPs).

Kathryn Ryan and Energy and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts at yesterday's Climate Change and Business Conference

Watts full-throated in National’s support for Paris

10 Sep 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Climate Change Minister Simon Watts came to this week’s Climate Change and Business Conference with nothing to announce.

Electric Arc Furnace in action at North Star BlueScope

Milestone for NZ Steel electrification

10 Sep 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | NZ Steel has passed an installation milestone for its new electric arc furnace, which will reduce emissions from the Glenbrook steel mill site by as much as one megatonne (1Mt) a year.

Contact tries again for Southland windfarm

10 Sep 2025

Contact Energy has reapplied for consent for its Southland wind-farm, lodging the project with the new fast-track regime after it was rejected earlier this year.

Review calls for streamlined standards to unlock distributed energy potential in Aotearoa New Zealand

10 Sep 2025

Media release – Electricity Engineers’ Association | A recent electricity industry report finds significant variability in technical standards across 29 electricity distributors, hindering integration of solar, batteries, and electric vehicles.

Meridian Energy water level guage at Lake Tekapo

La Niña set to prolong NZ hydro shortfall

9 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | With La Niña favouring a drier-than-normal spring across much of the South Island, hydro lakes are unlikely to recover without substantial rain and late snowmelt – keeping national storage levels below average.

Vector reduced fugitive methane emissions using 'gas sniffer trucks' to find leaks in its gas distribution network

Vector hits emissions reduction goal five years early

5 Sep 2025

By Liz Kivi | Auckland lines company Vector has met its 2030 emissions reduction reduction target five years early, more than halving its direct emissions, and crediting innovation and a laser-focus for its success in a hard-to-abate sector.

NZ homes could be fully solar-powered by 2032

4 Sep 2025

Media release - Harrisons Solar | A surge in solar capacity has put New Zealand on track to generate enough solar energy to power every home in the country within the next seven years, according to new research.

New cement will cool you down in full sun – without electricity

4 Sep 2025

The strong building material could go in walls and coatings, and make buildings more bearable in sweltering heat without using AC.

'Atrocious' and 'bizarre': experts slam Act Party's climate policy

3 Sep 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Act Party is promising to challenge New Zealand’s Paris Agreement climate target, while the coalition Government’s other minor partner, NZ First, also says it wants to reevaluate the country’s commitment to the international treaty.

To handle data centers, the electricity system may need new rules. Here is a proposal

3 Sep 2025

Legal scholars suggest revisiting a core tenet of electricity regulations and taking cues from how officials manage scarce resources such as water in the west.

Jonathan Young, Ara Ake Head of Industry and Government Engagement

Conference to tackle energy hardship and build resilience returns for third year

2 Sep 2025

Media release - Ara Ake | The Energy Resilience and Affordability Conference will return on 8-9 October 2025 at the Harbourside Function Centre, Wellington, bringing together leaders from across Aotearoa New Zealand’s energy, community and research sectors.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch

UK Conservatives pledge to get all oil and gas out of North Sea

2 Sep 2025

Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch has said her party will remove all net zero requirements on oil and gas companies drilling in the North Sea if elected.

Transpower chair Michele Embling

Transpower on track to meet core emissions targets

1 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Transpower’s total greenhouse gas footprint increased year-on-year due to higher emissions from its value chain, but the company says that making sure infrastructure is in place to enable the country's energy transition is the biggest contribution it can make to reducing emissions.

Australia’s biggest gas advocates are quietly swapping out peaking gas plans for big batteries

1 Sep 2025

Big batteries are rapidly displacing plans for gas peaking plants, as cost and commercial factors prompt a rethink on how much the owners of these sites want to spend.

Govt resilience plan 'dangerous fantasy' - thinktank

29 Aug 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | An independent thinktank, whose members include former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer and multiple academics, is warning that the government’s long-term resilience strategy ignores physical and energy realities and exposes Kiwi households and businesses to systemic failure.

Adaptation
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Govt unveils National Adaptation Framework

Thu 16 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Minister of Climate Change Simon Watts has revealed the first actions under New Zealand’s National Adaptation Framework, which sets out the Government's approach to the rising risks from natural hazards such as floods and storms.

Agriculture
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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.

Airlines
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NZ needs to be part of a regional SAF strategy: Z, Air NZ

9 Sep 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | New Zealand needs to be part of a regional strategic approach to sourcing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with domestic production less the aim than ensuring access to the fuel from one of a number of strategically positioned bio-refineries around the world.

Aviation
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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.

Biodiversity
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NZ not 'holding the line' on wilding pine management – experts

Wed 15 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand is no longer “holding the line” against invasive threats, with the country’s scale, remoteness and rugged terrain making control costly and complex, one expert has said ahead of this week's Wilding Pines Conference.

Biofuels
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Researchers say sealing old oil wells with bio-oil from crop waste is a dual carbon-removal solution

19 Sep 2025

A new analysis shows that oil made from corn husks, wood chips, and other waste could plug greenhouse gas-belching abandoned oil wells while sequestering carbon for about $152 per ton.

Carbon Credits
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Broker predicts all this year’s carbon auctions will fail

10 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Marex New Zealand is forecasting that the government will sell no ‘pollution permits’ at the NZU auctions this year, with a significant gap continuing between secondary market prices and this year’s $68 auction floor price.

Carbon News world
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UN agency says CO2 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather

Fri 17 Oct 2025

Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilisation and “turbo-charging” the Earth’s climate and causing more extreme weather.

Carbon prices
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Will govt’s light touch approach lead to higher carbon prices?

3 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Carbon market watchers are hoping the government’s plan for the electricity sector will eventually lead to higher carbon prices, with the secondary market still trading sideways for the longest time in its history.

Coal
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The Government will decide by December whether to go ahead with an LNG import facility.

Electricity to remain in ETS

1 Oct 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | The Government has rejected Frontier Economics' recommendation that electricity should be removed from the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Comment
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The merchants of doubt are back

3 Sep 2025

OPINION: If you don’t follow climate policy closely, you might not know that the Trump administration is launching an effort to overturn one of the most fundamental pillars of American climate policy.

Construction
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Electric Arc Furnace in action at North Star BlueScope

Milestone for NZ Steel electrification

10 Sep 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | NZ Steel has passed an installation milestone for its new electric arc furnace, which will reduce emissions from the Glenbrook steel mill site by as much as one megatonne (1Mt) a year.

COP
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An Indigenous activist during demonstrations at the COP28 opening in Dubai, 2023.

UN limits staff at COP30 climate summit over accommodation concerns

19 Sep 2025

High hotel prices for Brazil's COP30 climate summit in November have prompted the United Nations to urge its staff to limit attendance, while government delegations are still scrambling to find rooms within their budgets.

Extinction
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Nest of Asian (paper) wasp

From nuisance to crisis: New report on pest wasps In Aotearoa

24 Sep 2025

Media release: Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust | Just published is the Final Report of the Pest Wasps Survey carried out by the Moths and Butterflies of NZ Trust (MBNZT) offering a comprehensive look at New Zealanders’ awareness, experiences, and attitudes toward wasps and the growing ecological, health, and social issues associated with them.

Extreme weather
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Difficult trade-offs ahead for climate adaptation

Fri 17 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | While climate impacts are already here, bringing the urgent need to accelerate effective adaptation now, the Government's newly minted adaptation framework still leaves important questions unanswered about who will pay.

Fishing
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NZ marine heatwaves could double in intensity under high-emissions pathway

Thu 16 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New projections show marine heatwaves will grow more intense around the North Island and more frequent around the South Island as the climate warms – raising risks for fisheries, aquaculture, coastal ecosystems and tourism.

Forestry
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World falling far behind deforestation goals with farms and fires driving loss, report says

Wed 15 Oct 2025

The report said the world permanently lost 8.1 million hectares (20 million acres) of forest, an area about the size of England, in 2024 alone.

Gas
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‘Damp squib’ – Govt energy plan slammed for locking in fossil fuels

2 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Critics across business, climate groups and the opposition say the Government’s electricity reforms duck structural change, double down on LNG and gas, and offer little relief for soaring power prices – warning of an “expensive white elephant", deeper energy poverty and a missed chance to scale renewables.

Geothermal
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RMA to speed up fossil fuel consents

18 Aug 2025

By Liz Kivi | An energy lobby group has welcomed a last-minute amendment to the RMA that puts fossil fuels on the same footing as renewables, however a sustainable energy expert says the move “beggars belief.”

Green finance
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Nicholas Stern

Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist

Wed 15 Oct 2025

Investment in climate action is the economic growth story of the 21st century, while growth fuelled by fossil fuels is futile because the damage it causes ends in self-destruction, the economist Nicholas Stern has said.

Greenhouse Effect
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Climate Change Minister Simon Watts (front right) alongside Agriculture Minister Todd McLay announcing the controversial new methane target on Sunday.

Where’s Watts? Climate Minister no-show at climate conference

Thu 16 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Opposition parties have slammed the Climate Change Minister’s failure to front up to a major international conference in Christchurch, saying it shows that climate adaptation is a low priority for the National Party.

Greenwashing
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Eraring power station is a black coal-fired power station on the shores of Lake Macquarie, southeast of Newcastle, NSW

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.

Hydro power
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Coal imports up 650%

12 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams and Liz Kivi | Coal imports are up 650% as generators stockpile the most polluting fossil fuel ahead of next winter.

Hydrogen
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Hiringa chief executive Andrew Clennett

Hiringa eyes green methanol plant near Whanganui

29 Jul 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Green hydrogen pioneer Hiringa Energy is deep in planning to develop an “eight-to-nine figure” methanol plant near Whanganui, using a combination of biomass and hydrogen produced using renewable energy.

Insurance
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Dr Sasha Maher (University of Auckland, Business School)

Study warns climate leadership falling short in NZ

1 Oct 2025

Media release - Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland | Research suggests New Zealand’s climate leadership is falling short, with current adaptation efforts focused on property and cost-cutting rather than protecting communities.

Kyoto
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Will NZ walk away from the Paris Agreement?

20 Dec 2024

By Geoff Bertram | COMMENT: Unless the government can find very cheap offshore mitigation, the temptation to walk away from its Paris Agreement obligations may well be too strong to resist for a coalition government focused on fiscal austerity.

Litigation
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Judge dismisses suit by young climate activists against Trump’s pro-fossil fuel policies

Fri 17 Oct 2025

Plaintiffs had ‘overwhelming evidence’ of climate crisis but a court injunction would be ‘unworkable’, ruling says.

Low carbon
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Lord Adair Turner

'Non-negotiable' – EU carbon pricing to hit Kiwi exporters, expert warns

11 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | High carbon exports will inevitably face a high carbon tax at the EU border, possibly in the next five years, and high methane agricultural products might not be exempt, an international expert told a local audience yesterday.

Mining
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naushad mohamed via Unsplash

Deep sea mining threatens sharks, rays and ghost sharks

6 Oct 2025

Mining the world’s deep seas for metals will likely threaten many species of sharks, rays and chimaeras (ghost sharks), according to researchers.

NZ ETS
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Govt promises ‘earlier action’ in response to Commission’s warning climate targets at risk

Fri 17 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government says it will “explore opportunities for earlier action” ahead of the third Emissions Reduction Plan, and has committed to looking at ways to stop the system of free carbon credits for industrial polluters from disincentivising industrial decarbonisation.

NZ Market Report
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NZ's latest climate target 'weak' – Climate Action Tracker

24 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand's new international climate target to 2035 is weak, and could even allow for higher emissions than the 2030 target, according to a global scientific project that tracks government climate action.

Oceans
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Dr Maina Talia, Tuvalu’s Minister for Climate Change, speaking at the Adaptation Futures 2025 Conference in Christchurch on Monday.

‘Weird and sad’ – Tuvalu Climate Minister condemns NZ halving methane target

Wed 15 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Dr Maina Talia, Tuvalu’s Minister for Home Affairs, Climate Change, and Environment, says he’s surprised at New Zealand’s decision to weaken its target for reducing methane emissions – and is planning to take up the issue with his counterpart Climate Minister Simon Watts this week.

Paris Agreement
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NZ’s biggest ever climate meeting kicks off

Tue 14 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | The world's largest climate adaptation conference kicked off in Christchurch yesterday, with nearly 2000 attendees expected, making it potentially the biggest international climate meeting Aotearoa New Zealand will ever host.

Planetary boundaries
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Bottom trawling a triple threat to marine environments - new report

9 Oct 2025

Media release | Greenpeace is calling for urgent action to restrict bottom trawling after a new government report highlights the compounding effects this destructive fishing method has on climate change, habitat degradation and biodiversity loss.

Plastics
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Lobby group launches ‘blueprint’ for ocean management reform

18 Sep 2025

The Environmental Defence Society yesterday released its plan to tackle widespread ecological decline in our oceans.

Politics
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Councils need funding tools to address climate challenges – LGNZ

Fri 17 Oct 2025

Media release | Local Government New Zealand is welcoming the Government’s new National Adaptation Framework, while cautioning that councils will struggle to meet its new expectations without additional funding tools.

Protest
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Students repeat request for Victoria University to divest from fossil fuel investments

24 Sep 2025

Media release | A group of students campaigning for climate action at Victoria University of Wellington have dropped a banner protesting against the university’s lack of action on its 2014 commitment to divest from fossil fuels.

Rare earth minerals
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New Zealand Minerals Council chief executive Josie Vidal

Straterra has a new name: the New Zealand Minerals Council

16 Apr 2025

Media release | Straterra has been renamed as New Zealand Minerals Council, says chief executive Josie Vidal.

Renewable energy
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Record global renewable energy growth remains short of climate target, report says

Thu 16 Oct 2025

A new report finds that a record amount of global renewable energy capacity was added last year, but that still leaves countries “short of targets towards meeting a UN climate goal to triple capacity by 2030”.

Tax
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Solar households to get little-noticed tax break

23 Sep 2025

A provision in the government’s latest tax bill would exempt households from paying tax on income they earn by selling excess electricity back to the grid.

Technology
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Climate scientists and republican lawyers are taking aim at Big Tech’s emissions

Fri 17 Oct 2025

Technology companies have long been one of the biggest investors in clean energy, but new accounting rules could upend that.

The House
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Resources Minister Shane Jones

Last minute change to oil and gas legislation over cleanup costs

31 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government is expected to repeal the oil and gas ban today, with a last-minute amendment handing discretionary power to two ministers over the controversial issue of decommissioning.

Transport
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For Australia to get moving on electric vehicles, we must ban petrol and diesel cars by 2035

Fri 17 Oct 2025

COMMENT: If nothing is done, transport is projected to be Australia’s largest emissions source by 2030.

Waste
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The Repair Cafe opens on 17 October.

Fix it, don't ditch it: University of Auckland hosts first Repair Cafe

9 Oct 2025

Media release - Auckland University | The University's first-ever Repair Cafe is bringing students and staff together to give broken items a new lease on life, while promoting a culture of repair and reuse.

Water
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Farmers face heightened solvency risks as climate changes: research

10 Oct 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Increasingly volatile weather patterns, higher insurance costs driven by climate change risk and global financial volatility represent risks to New Zealand farmers’ capacity to service debt and remain solvent, according to new research by Christchurch-based research firm Kōmanawa Solutions.

Wildfires
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‘Con,’ ‘scam,’ ‘hoax’: Trump’s UN speech on climate

24 Sep 2025

The president used a large chunk of his hour-long speech to world leaders to condemn climate science and clean energy policies.

Wind energy
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Trump administration moves to revoke permit for Massachusetts offshore wind project

24 Sep 2025

The Trump administration has moved to block a Massachusetts offshore wind farm, its latest effort to hobble an industry and technology that President Donald Trump has attacked as “ugly” and unreliable compared to fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas.

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