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New waste action targets makers of goods

9 Aug 2019

Producers and users of electrical and electronic goods, farm chemicals and plastics, tyres, refrigerants and packaging could be about to become legally responsible for their disposal.

Dr Ann Smith

Beware of freeloaders, warns Enviro-Mark chief

8 Aug 2019

Without regulations requiring all businesses to cut greenhouse gas emissions, some New Zealand companies will freeload off the efforts of others, the country’s leading emissions auditor is warning.

Firms celebrate reduced carbon footprints

8 Aug 2019

A print shop, a company supplying uniforms, a skincare product manufacturer, a district council and a health board have taken the top prizes in the Enviro-Mark Solutions Awards announced in Auckland this morning.

Storage key to renewable energy success

8 Aug 2019

The cost of storing energy needs to fall 90 per cent to make renewables globally competitive, researchers say.

SCOTT SIMPSON: We want a seat at the table

7 Aug 2019

National's new climate spokesperson says the party has moved a long way on climate change - and he's had a hand in it.

Government rules out carbon market agency

5 Aug 2019

The Government says it will not set up a new agency to set the volume of carbon credits in the market.

Farmers can't agree on workable methane targets

5 Aug 2019

The agriculture sector is split over how much to cut methane emissions – but it looks like none of its members agree with the Government.

Saving natives good business, says strategy report

5 Aug 2019

Protecting New Zealand’s native species and ecosystems against the ravages of climate change will be good for business.

Malcolm Johns

It must be carrot and stick, says business lobbyist

2 Aug 2019

Christchurch Airport chief executive Malcolm Johns has a neat response for anyone suggesting he doesn’t understand the implications of the zero-carbon bill on the agricultural sector.

Shaw poised to announce more ETS changes

31 Jul 2019

The Government is about to unveil more changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Scott Simpson National's new climate voice

31 Jul 2019

Coromandel MP Scott Simpson is the National Party’s new climate spokesperson.

Food growers fear loss of land to dairying

26 Jul 2019

The Government’s drive to cut greenhouse gas emissions could see horticultural land taken over by a dairy industry being squeezed by expanding forestry, MPs have been told.

We're worried and pessimistic about climate future

25 Jul 2019

New Zealanders are getting more worried about climate change, and most don’t think we’ll be able to cut our emissions in time to avoid its impacts.

Mike Bennetts

Big Business wants cross-party support for ZCB

24 Jul 2019

Companies responsible for nearly two-thirds of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions are calling for cross-party support of zero-carbon legislation.

RMA overhaul could see planning role for gases

24 Jul 2019

The Government is opening the door to greenhouse gas being considering in planning applications.

Climate Change Commission deadline looms

24 Jul 2019

Nominations for members of the proposed Climate Change Commission close on Sunday.

Plastic waste is fuelling our climate problems

23 Jul 2019

New Zealand’s plastic problem is feeding its climate problem, the head of the Engineers for Social Responsibility is warning.

Officials examine future of dodgy Russian credits

19 Jul 2019

Officials are calculating the number of dodgy carbon credits New Zealand used in meeting its emissions reduction target, raising the prospect that the country might yet make good on its actions.

ON YER BIKE: Exercise great way to cut emissions

19 Jul 2019

Getting New Zealanders out of their cars and on to their feet or bikes would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 194,000 tonnes a year, researchers say.

Why efficiency is the key to cheaper energy

19 Jul 2019

Improving energy efficiency is a cheaper way of meeting New Zealand’s 100 per cent renewable electricity target than building new power stations, a Government agency says.

Fonterra calls a halt to new coal-fired boilers

18 Jul 2019

FONTERRA is implementing an immediate ban on new coal-fired boilers, but says it is not yet ready to be coal-free.

Abbie Reynolds

UN hears call for sustainability voice in Cabinet

18 Jul 2019

New Zealand should have a Cabinet minister responsible for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals, the United Nations has been told.

Government sticks with 100% renewables plan

16 Jul 2019

The Government is pushing ahead with plans to make New Zealand’s electricity generation 100 per cent renewable, despite advice from the Interim Climate Change Committee that it would be better to focus on electrifying the transport and industrial heat sectors.

Zero-carbon submitters back 1.5deg target

16 Jul 2019

Submitters on the zero-carbon bill support a target of limiting warming to 1.5deg being enshrined in legislation.

Labour Party pushes public to back carbon bill

15 Jul 2019

The Labour Party is building a campaign base to push through the zero-carbon legislation.

Think bioenergy for woodlots, farmers told

15 Jul 2019

Farmers facing falling log exports and prices for timber from woodlots are being urged to consider a new market – bioenergy.

Andy Reisinger

Farm methane doing most damage, say scientists

11 Jul 2019

Methane from farm animals in New Zealand is doing more damage to the climate than the combined impacts of all other greenhouse gases, a new analysis says.

YHA and Sunshine in line for energy excellence award

10 Jul 2019

YHA New Zealand and partners Sunshine Solar have been recognised as finalists in the Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards.

Government pushes plans for cleaner cars

9 Jul 2019

New emissions standards for cars could cut New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions by more than five million tonnes over 20 years.

Air NZ jettisons plastic products

9 Jul 2019

The removal of plastic from Air New Zealand’s in-flight service is cutting its carbon emissions, the airline says.

Local governments want climate rules in RMA

8 Jul 2019

Local authorities want to be able to take climate impacts into account when they are considering applications under the Resource Managements Act.

Kennedy Graham

ZCB might not do the job, Government hears

5 Jul 2019

The zero-carbon bill might not fulfil New Zealand’s international obligations on climate change, the Government is being told.

BETTER WORLD: There's a lot to do, says Govt

2 Jul 2019

New Zealand can increase wealth and jobs and protect the environment – but it’s going to take work, the Government says.

Nervous farmers eye methane cut obligations

1 Jul 2019

The prospect of having to cut methane emissions by 10 per cent over the next decade is depressing otherwise optimistic farmers.

Few Air NZ passengers offset emissions

28 Jun 2019

Only a fraction of people flying to and from New Zealand are offsetting the greenhouse gas emissions from their flights, according to Air New Zealand figures.

Government buying power goes green

27 Jun 2019

The Government is using its massive buying power to help to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

SHAW: We're not stuck on 2030 methane target

24 Jun 2019

The Government’s target of cutting methane emissions by 10 per cent by 2030 is not set in stone, the climate minister says.

Farm co-op makes it 100 for climate coalition

24 Jun 2019

Farmer co-operative LIC is the 100th organisation to join the Climate Leaders’ Coalition.

NZ gets another fail mark on climate action

20 Jun 2019

The Government's plan to cut methane emissions by 10 per cent by 2030 is under fire from international scientists.

Shaw will wait and see on emissions targets

19 Jun 2019

New Zealand’s net greenhouse gas emissions might not peak until 2035 under current policies, the Government says.

It's all about microbes, say scientists

19 Jun 2019

Humans’ ability to survive and adapt to the changing climate might come down to microbes.

Patricia Espinosa

Businesses demand action, says UN climate chief

18 Jun 2019

Businesses are demanding the development of international carbon markets as the world battles a climate emergency, negotiators have heard overnight.

Stu Innes

Fossil fuels ban helping, says energy innovator

13 Jun 2019

New Zealand's partial ban on new oil and gas exploration is driving the electricity market away from gas and towards renewables, says an energy market innovator.

Auckland lays out plan to combat climate crisis

12 Jun 2019

Auckland Council has unveiled a plan it says will prepare the city to cope with the impacts of climate change and cut its emissions.

Farmers not alone in methane mix, say Nats

10 Jun 2019

The farming sector isn’t the only industry that should be targeted for methane reductions, the National Party says.

Cecilia Tarrant

$100 million Green fund ready to invest

30 May 2019

The Government’s $100 million Green Investment Finance fund says it is about to start investing.

Dave Cull

You're welcome (not), Mayor Cull tells mineralists

30 May 2019

Dunedin mayor Dave Cull welcomed minerals sector executives to his city this week by telling them he backed the anti-fossil-fuel protesters trying to stop them.

Brian Easton

OPINION: Plundering the planet

30 May 2019

By BRIAN EASTON | Can we consume limited resources forever? Is economic growth just a Ponzi scheme in which we borrow from the future? Is economic growth as we know it coming to an end?

Big emitters get together and make a plan

28 May 2019

New Zealand’s trade-exposed industrial emitters – who between them are given more than five million free carbon credits a year – have produced a plan to help to cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Todd ups investment in renewable energy

28 May 2019

New Zealand’s largest private energy company is increasing its investment in renewables.

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Award-winning American investigative climate journalist Amy Westervelt

New courses focus on climate action, activism and creating vision

Fri 12 Sep 2025

Media release | Dark Times Academy’s final lineup of courses for 2025, launching in mid-September, will focus on taking action on climate, learning about practical activism, and creating visions for the future.

Agriculture
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Carbon price steady after failed quarterly auction

Tue 16 Sep 2025

By Liz Kivi | The carbon price has continued to trade in its familiar moribund range in the high $50s following last week’s failed quarterly auction, with ample supply still trading on the secondary market at about $10 below this year’s $68 auction floor.

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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Lord Adair Turner

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

Thu 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.

Biodiversity
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UK foreign aid for nature hits £800m record due to cash for carbon credits

Tue 16 Sep 2025

The UK’s climate-aid spending on “nature protection and restoration” reached record levels of nearly £800m last year, according to government figures obtained by Carbon Brief.

Biofuels
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Air NZ declares surprisingly low SAF prices

3 Sep 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Air New Zealand is able to source sustainable aviation fuel at between 1.5 and 2.5 times the price of conventional fossil fuels used for flying, all sourced from the US.

Carbon Credits
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Depositphotos

No bidders front to carbon auction - again

10 Sep 2025

By Liz Kivi | Today’s quarterly carbon auction was a non-event yet again, making it the third consecutive auction this year with no bidders, with the secondary market price still limping along at nearly 20% below the auction floor.

Carbon News world
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Phill Hooper told the Greypower Ashburton audience that "spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on emission monitoring and reduction for the Ashburton District Council is a waste of money.

Ashburton councillor opposes climate strategy he voted for

Today 11:00am

Jonathan Leask, Local Democracy Reporter | Incumbent Ashburton councillor Phill Hooper says he doesn’t want to waste money on a climate change strategy, despite voting for the policy a few weeks ago.

Carbon prices
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'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.

Coal
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Industry struggles with double-digit power price hikes

Mon 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.

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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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.”

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

Watts not considering removing electricity from ETS

Tue 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.

Energy
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Energy Minister Simon Watts

Gentailers told to behave as ministers weigh Frontier review

Today 11:00am

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

Extinction
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Declining sea-ice is altering Antarctic food webs

Thu 11 Sep 2025

A new study shows a significant change in Antarctic phytoplankton over time that could cascade through the marine food web and affect the ocean’s capacity as a carbon sink.

Extreme weather
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Science cuts will hold back climate research

Today 11:00am

By Liz Kivi | A crisis in government-backed science funding is worsening, with dire implications for climate research in New Zealand, according to experts from the scientific community.

Fishing
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Marginal drop in last year's regional emissions

27 Aug 2025

Regional greenhouse gas emissions were down slightly last year, with a fall in gas supply leading to a big drop in Taranaki, but more coal burnt leading to higher emissions in Waikato, according to new figures from Stats NZ

Forestry
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Indigenous forest 'islands' could help transition exotic plantations to native bush

Thu 11 Sep 2025

Native forest 'islands' within exotic plantations might be the key to transitioning plantations from exotic to Indigenous, according to new research.

Gas
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Decline in global oil and gas field output accelerating, IEA says

Today 11:00am

The decline in output from mature global oil and gas fields is accelerating amid greater reliance on shale and deep offshore resources.

Geothermal
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Geothermal power station near Taupō

A modest geothermal strategy

31 Jul 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | The Government has unveiled a far more modest geothermal energy strategy than its primary backer, Resources Minister Shane Jones, had sought.

Green finance
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Why mega-polluters have little to fear from the European Central Bank and its new climate policy

Fri 12 Sep 2025

The European Central Bank plans to raise borrowing costs for climate offenders – but a new FTM analysis shows that big polluters such as Shell will barely feel it.

Greenwashing
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Media round-up

5 Sep 2025

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?

Hydro power
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Coal imports up 650%

Fri 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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Simon Watts has promised better access to hazard data for homeowners

Media round-up

29 Aug 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Changes to road user charges will increase New Zealand's emissions; Climate Change Minister Simon Watts promises better access to hazard data for homeowners; and Kiwis borrow over $1 billion in ‘green loans’ for heat pumps and electric cars.

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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Apple Watch not a 'CO2-neutral product,' German court finds

28 Aug 2025

Apple can no longer advertise its Apple Watch as a "CO2-neutral product" in Germany, following a court ruling on Tuesday that upheld a complaint from environmentalists, finding that the U.S. tech company had misled consumers.

Mining
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Govt tweaks offshore energy bill with 'declared areas' model

Today 11:00am

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government is making changes to the Offshore Renewable Energy Bill to address offshore wind developers' concerns about competing for space with other industries.

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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A steady ocean pattern just failed for the first time ever observed

Today 11:00am

The failure of the Gulf of Panama’s seasonal upwelling system has left scientists wondering what happens next.

Paris Agreement
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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.

Planetary boundaries
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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.

Plastics
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‘Plastic Cup’ competitions are cleaning up rivers in Hungary

1 Sep 2025

Afloat on DIY boats, teams of volunteers have removed over 450 tons of plastic waste from the Danube and its tributaries.

Policy development
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Invites-only fast-track for seabed mine slammed as 'rushed, awful'

Fri 12 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | With the wider public shut out of submissions, critics including Te Pāti Māori, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining and Greenpeace say the process strips away robust scrutiny and risks setting a dangerous precedent.

Politics
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Climate scorecard launched for local elections

Tue 16 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Youth-led climate justice organisation Generation Zero has launched new candidate scorecards for this year’s local body elections, hoping to make climate a key issue.

Protest
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Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says

8 Sep 2025

Research reveals huge disparity between perceived and actual willingness of public to contribute to fixing climate.

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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Solar and battery systems to boost resilience at Tasman community facilities

Tue 16 Sep 2025

Media release: Tasman District Council | Ten community facilities across Tasman District will soon be equipped with solar panels and battery storage, following confirmation of co-funding from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA).

Science
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The ozone hole continues to recover thanks to international action

Today 11:00am

Media release: World Meteorological Organization (WMO) | The Earth’s protective ozone layer is healing and the ozone hole in 2024 was smaller than in recent years, according to a new report.

Tax
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Climate groups want UK wealth tax to make super-rich fund sustainable economy

17 Jul 2025

Growing number of campaigners urge government to ensure green investment is not done ‘on backs of the poor’.

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

Thu 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).

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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Most EU carmakers on track to meet emission targets: study

10 Sep 2025

Almost all European carmakers are on track to meet EU emission targets after winning a reprieve this year as electric vehicles (EV) sales pick up, a study showed.

United Nations
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Hotter, longer, more frequent: NZ’s escalating heat risk

26 Aug 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Heat extremes in New Zealand will intensify faster than previously thought, according to a new study.

Waste
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Patrick Moynahan, CEO of Echo Tech

Echo Tech secures growth investment to tackle NZ's e-waste crisis

Mon 15 Sep 2025

Media release | Echo Tech Limited, New Zealand’s leading provider of e-waste recycling and IT asset recovery services, is proud to announce a strategic investment from growth equity firm Altered Capital.

Water
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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.

Wildfires
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Record UK wildfires have burned an area twice the size of Glasgow in 2025

12 Aug 2025

Wildfires have scorched more than 40,000 hectares of land so far this year across the UK – an area more than twice the size of the Scottish city of Glasgow.

Wind energy
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Which countries are scaling solar and wind the fastest?

Fri 12 Sep 2025

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

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