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Act Party leader David Seymour

Act-NZ First split over future of the energy sector

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Act leader David Seymour has set out an energy policy platform that diverges sharply from coalition partner NZ First, arguing New Zealand must accept coal-fired backup generation, consider nuclear power, remove political interference from the electricity sector and sell down the government’s majority stakes in the gentailers.

Media round-up

Fri 14 Nov 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Simon Watts acknowledges he may face ‘challenging’ conversations with Pacific nations at COP30, New Zealand's climbdown on its methane emissions target is "embarrassing", and corporates are the real winners of the gutting of the Zero Carbon Act this week.

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts

ETS price spike fears drove NDC decoupling

Thu 13 Nov 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Fears about the economic and fiscal costs of failure to buy enough offshore carbon credits to meet New Zealand’s Nationally Determined Contribution drove last week’s key climate change policy decision.

NZ backs international government push for high-integrity carbon markets

Thu 13 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand has joined a coalition of governments aiming to strengthen corporate demand for voluntary carbon credits.

Kayla Kingdon-Bebb

NZ’s shameful new role as ‘international climate pariah’

Thu 13 Nov 2025

OPINION: New Zealand has ratcheted up its climate backsliding in the past month – losing any shred of climate credibility we once had and showing the world we’re giving up on a net zero future, writes Kayla Kingdon-Bebb.

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts

Carbon price’s dead cat bounce

Wed 12 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | The carbon price rebounded briefly in what looked like a ‘dead cat bounce’ last week, following the Government’s announcement it was unlinking the Emissions Trading Scheme from international climate targets.

Oxfam urges NZ to renew climate funding as Pacific projects face closure

Wed 12 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Oxfam Aotearoa is calling on the Government to urgently renew New Zealand’s climate finance commitments, warning that vital projects supporting Pacific communities’ resilience are running out of funding.

COP30: Climate law changes mean NZ could retreat from its international obligations

Wed 12 Nov 2025

By Cathrine Dyer, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington | As this year’s UN climate summit (COP30) gets underway in Belém, Brazil, the New Zealand delegation will be attending beneath a cloud of scepticism about the government’s seriousness in addressing carbon emissions.

New broom: Craig Williamson and Bonita Bigham are the new chair and deputy at Taranaki Regional Council (Te Korimako o Taranaki)

Farmers rep loses seat on Taranaki environment committee

Tue 11 Nov 2025

By Craig Ashworth, Local Democracy Reporter | Federated Farmers has lost its seat on the Taranaki committee that monitors pollution and consent compliance and looks after rivers and streams.

Nation-building projects and the energy transition

Mon 10 Nov 2025

By Ian Mason | COMMENT: Last month, the Labour Party announced its first key election policy: to create a ‘New Zealand Future Fund’ to deliver “lasting national value, stronger communities, lower costs, more resilient industries, and opportunities that keep talent and ideas in New Zealand”.

EDS chief operating officer Shay Schlaepfer

Cost gaps in Fast-Track law could silence environmental voices – EDS

Mon 10 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Environmental Defence Society is warning that flaws in the Fast-Track Approvals Act 2024 could shut out critical conservation input, after legal advice found key statutory bodies can’t recover costs for participating in the process and councils face uncertainty over which costs are covered.

Does NZ's 2035 NDC meet Paris Agreement obligations?

7 Nov 2025

By Christina Hood | COMMENT: New Zealand’s 2035 Paris Agreement Target needs strengthening, with multiple reasons the 51 to 55% emissions reduction target does not meet our obligations under the accord.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon with US President Donald Trump in South Korea last week.

Why I’m not outraged at the Govt’s latest climate backsliding

7 Nov 2025

COMMENT: The Government’s latest climate rollbacks underline New Zealand’s long history of a lack of genuine desire to cut emissions, writes Geoff Bertram.

Govt gas expansion 'climate vandalism' – Greens

7 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Green Party has labelled the Government’s move to broaden the scope of its $200 million fossil gas investment fund as vandalism, accusing Prime Minister Christopher Luxon of breaking trust with New Zealanders.

Undermining the ETS is poor policy – Mindful Money

7 Nov 2025

Politicising settings for the Emissions Trading Scheme creates uncertainty for investors at a time when we need clear and stable policy, says Mindful Money's Barry Coates.

New York climate advocates celebrate Mamdani’s victory, prepare to hold him accountable

7 Nov 2025

For the first time in years, New York’s environmental justice advocates say they’ll be working with the city’s government – rather than against it.

Carbon market tanks off the back of Govt’s proposed climate law changes

6 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | Secondary market prices dropped 20% in early morning compliance carbon trading yesterday, as the market woke up to Tuesday’s late-breaking government announcement of proposed law changes to climate policy.

NZ off-track for 2030 methane target

6 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | New Zealand is no longer on track to meet its 2030 methane target, according to the Ministry for the Environment.

Is climate law change a first nail in the coffin for Climate Commission?

6 Nov 2025

The Government’s sweeping overhaul of New Zealand’s climate laws has drawn sharp condemnation, with one expert predicting it's another step towards 'the beginning of the end' for the Climate Change Commission.

Rod Carr at last year's Climate Change and Business Conference

Govt climate policy set by vested interests to delay emissions cuts - Carr

6 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | Rod Carr, former Climate Change Commission chair, says the Government’s move to unlink the Emissions Trading Scheme from our international climate target to 2030 undermines the credibility of emissions pricing as a tool for climate action – and is yet another Coalition Government policy designed to benefit vested interests rather than ordinary New Zealanders.

Canada could eliminate oil and gas emissions cap, budget plan says

6 Nov 2025

Canada could scrap a cap on oil and gas emissions in favor of other measures like strengthened industrial carbon pricing and the deployment of carbon capture and storage technology, the government said in a budget plan unveiled on Tuesday.

How the US could shape the COP30 climate summit without even being there

6 Nov 2025

The Trump administration has recently taken aggressive stances to try to influence other countries’ climate policies, mainly by threatening hostile trade measures.

Govt weakens climate legislation, strips CCC’s powers

5 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Government has announced sweeping changes to key climate legislation, including stripping the independent Climate Change Commission of one of its core roles, and removing the requirement that Emissions Trading Scheme settings align with international climate targets.

Another hit to market as Govt uncouples ETS from international climate target

5 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Government’s surprise move to break the connection between the Emissions Trading Scheme and New Zealand’s Paris Agreement climate target is a brutal hit to confidence in an already moribund market.

Boost for voluntary carbon markets in Watts’ surprise package

5 Nov 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Voluntary carbon market development gets a solid push in the package of climate change legislative reforms dropped by Climate Change Minister Simon Watts early last evening.

Supermarket fast-track a ‘cynical ploy’, risks climate and environmental protections

5 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government’s “express lane for supermarkets” announcement has been met with fierce backlash, with critics calling the Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill a Trojan horse that strips environmental protections, sidelines communities, and hands sweeping powers to ministers at the expense of democracy.

Carbon price drops, now trading 30% below auction floor

3 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | Secondary carbon market prices took a sharp downward turn last week, with traders blaming a continued lack of interest from buyers.

Experts warn new science curriculum sidelines climate urgency

3 Nov 2025

Climate change education has been pushed too late and too lightly in the Government’s draft science curriculum, experts say, with students not formally learning about climate change until Year 10.

Climate Change and Energy Minister Simon Watts

Scrutiny on energy security

3 Nov 2025

A special debate in Parliament put the Government’s energy security agenda under scrutiny, with parties splitting sharply over the role of gas, the place of an LNG import terminal, and how far to push market reform to ease pressure on power bills.

NZ, Singapore, Chile to collaborate on Green Economy Partnership

3 Nov 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | The three countries that kicked off what eventually became the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) have agreed to start work on a Green Economic Partnership Agreement (GEPA).

David Littleproud

Australian Nationals formally abandon commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050

3 Nov 2025

Nationals leader David Littleproud said the party would shift its focus to climate adaptation instead of being "focused solely" on reducing emissions, noting Australia's small share of the global effort.

No high-level US representatives will go to UN climate talks, Trump officials say

3 Nov 2025

Decision to stay away from Cop30 meeting in Brazil underscores administration’s hostility to climate action.

Ardern: 'We must not give up on 1.5'

31 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Former prime minister Dame Jacinda Ardern says the world must not abandon the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal, warning that a decade on from COP21 “too many of the debates we thought were settled are still being had.”

Media round-up

31 Oct 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: A controversial seabed mining project could lead to sediment flows knocking over rigs and damaging wind turbines; weather-related insurance claims climb; and is the government playing Russian Roulette with our future over methane targets?

Matthew Cowie, climate change and sustainability services at EY

Taxonomy seen as key to shaping NZ’s voluntary nature credit market

30 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Experts say aligning the New Zealand Sustainable Finance Taxonomy with the development of voluntary nature credit markets could strengthen credibility, streamline investment, and support high-integrity environmental outcomes.

FMA grants temporary 'no action' relief for for firms set to exit climate reporting regime

29 Oct 2025

The Financial Markets Authority has announced it won't take action against companies expecting to fall out of mandatory climate reporting obligations, if they fail to lodge climate statements while the law changes are pending.

The current Onslow Dam and reservoir

Lake Onslow battery project set for revival?

29 Oct 2025

A newly formed private consortium has emerged with plans to finance and build the massive Lake Onslow pumped-hydro project, despite the coalition government’s decision to abandon the scheme.

Commerce Minister Scott Simpson

Climate reporting rollback raises risk of 'flying blind', experts warn

28 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Government plans to drastically narrow mandatory climate disclosures may reduce compliance costs in the short term – but critics say it will leave New Zealand with major blind spots in tracking climate risk.

Green Party MP Julie Anne Genter

Bill to ban new coal mines fails at first reading

24 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | A bid to outlaw new coal mines was defeated at its first hurdle in Parliament this week, after a heated debate pitting climate imperatives against energy security and affordability.

‘Plain old dull’: NZU market continues to limp sideways

24 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | The NZU market has been “plain old dull” in recent months, with activity driven mainly by credit opportunities or a specific need to raise cash, according to Lizzie Chambers of trading platform Carbon Match.

Media round-up

24 Oct 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: The Government planned to gut New Zealand's world-leading climate disclosure law - even as it bragged about it on the world stage; a new Indigenous climate adaptation network launches; and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts admits that the new methane target might breach the global 1.5C goal.

Penk relaxes consenting for rooftop solar

23 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government has introduced new consent exemptions designed to streamline the installation of rooftop solar panels across New Zealand.

Gene tech reforms face political split

23 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams |The Government’s Gene Technology Bill continues to divide Parliament, after the Health Select Committee released its long-awaited report last week outlining key recommendations and lingering concerns.

"My message is simple, if you’re going to do the wrong thing by our environment our stronger laws will make you pay," says Australian Environment Minister Murray Watt

Companies could have profits from breaking environment laws stripped under Australian reforms

23 Oct 2025

The Albanese government wants the power to strip companies of any financial gains made from breaking environment laws, as part of a package of landmark reforms to be put before parliament in the next two weeks.

How veterans of Al Gore's firm plan to align on climate and still profit

23 Oct 2025

A new investment firm is betting on a big idea: There's no collision between prioritising both climate and returns despite the recent vibe shift – if you do the homework.

Associate Transport Minister James Meager

NZ abstains from vote on global shipping carbon tax

22 Oct 2025

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.

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

22 Oct 2025

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.

Carbon Finance Program upscales efforts to close climate investment gap in climate vulnerable nations

22 Oct 2025

Media release | The Climate Vulnerable Forum and its V20 Finance Ministers (CVF-V20) will work with the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) to upscale the Carbon Finance Program in reach and impact, supporting more climate-vulnerable countries to host high-integrity carbon projects that yield tangible climate, nature, and sustainable development benefits.

Trump is pushing allies to buy US gas. It’s bad economics – and a catastrophe for the climate

22 Oct 2025

The price of partnership with the United States has changed. Washington is now using assurances of defence and trade access to pressure allies in Europe and Asia to buy more of its fossil fuels under decades-long contracts.

Rod Carr

Govt ‘captured by industry’ on methane – Carr

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
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Media round-up

Fri 14 Nov 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Simon Watts acknowledges he may face ‘challenging’ conversations with Pacific nations at COP30, New Zealand's climbdown on its methane emissions target is "embarrassing", and corporates are the real winners of the gutting of the Zero Carbon Act this week.

Agriculture
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Kaicycle celebrates ten years of collective climate action in Pōneke

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Media release: Kaicycle | Since 2015, Kaicycle has grown from a humble pilot project growing kai and collecting compost on bicycles into the thriving urban farm and composting hub that Wellingtonians know and love.

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

22 Oct 2025

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

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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Kayla Kingdon-Bebb

NZ’s shameful new role as ‘international climate pariah’

Thu 13 Nov 2025

OPINION: New Zealand has ratcheted up its climate backsliding in the past month – losing any shred of climate credibility we once had and showing the world we’re giving up on a net zero future, writes Kayla Kingdon-Bebb.

Biofuels
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Govt launches strategy backing wood-based heat sector

23 Oct 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Forestry biomass could replace as much as 40% of fossil fuel-generated process heat by 2050, but access to supply, regulatory settings and business cases for converting to wood-based heat sources are required, the Government says in a series of documents released yesterday.

Carbon Credits
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Climate Change Minister Simon Watts

ETS price spike fears drove NDC decoupling

Thu 13 Nov 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Fears about the economic and fiscal costs of failure to buy enough offshore carbon credits to meet New Zealand’s Nationally Determined Contribution drove last week’s key climate change policy decision.

Carbon News world
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Australia's green energy push, Pacific ties face setback from COP31 impasse

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Australia risks undermining efforts to establish itself as a leader in the green energy transition and letting down its vulnerable Pacific island neighbours if its bid to host next year's biggest climate summit fails, diplomats and analysts say.

Carbon prices
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Climate Change Minister Simon Watts

Carbon price’s dead cat bounce

Wed 12 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | The carbon price rebounded briefly in what looked like a ‘dead cat bounce’ last week, following the Government’s announcement it was unlinking the Emissions Trading Scheme from international climate targets.

Coal
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Act Party leader David Seymour

Act-NZ First split over future of the energy sector

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Act leader David Seymour has set out an energy policy platform that diverges sharply from coalition partner NZ First, arguing New Zealand must accept coal-fired backup generation, consider nuclear power, remove political interference from the electricity sector and sell down the government’s majority stakes in the gentailers.

Comment
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'Little to be hopeful about' – NZ scientists caution ahead of COP30

31 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Record heat, worsening climate impacts and global backsliding on emission reduction commitments have left some New Zealand climate experts with little optimism as COP30 approaches.

Construction
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Waimauku flooding during Cyclone Gabrielle

$235 billion worth of NZ buildings exposed to flooding

30 Oct 2025

More than 750,000 New Zealanders live in locations exposed to one-in-100-year floods, according to a nationwide study which shows escalating flood risk.

COP
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COP30: Brazil tries to find a home for tricky issues

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Brazil is trying to craft a compromise package on several contentious issues and has dismissed the idea of a roadmap away from fossil fuels.

Emissions trading
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NZ backs international government push for high-integrity carbon markets

Thu 13 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand has joined a coalition of governments aiming to strengthen corporate demand for voluntary carbon credits.

Energy
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Clean energy could become a huge political winner

Wed 12 Nov 2025

Rising power bills quietly shaped this year’s races – and gave Democrats a new attack line on climate.

Extinction
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Conservation Minister Tama Potaka

DOC trims costs and winds down jobs for nature

Mon 10 Nov 2025

The Department of Conservation (DOC) is entering a new phase of tighter budgets and structural change as it winds down the pandemic-era Jobs for Nature programme and reshapes its operations to absorb long-term cost pressures.

Extreme weather
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The road leading to Wairarapa coastal village Mataikona in Masterton District is under repair.

Coastal roads in the climate spotlight

Fri 14 Nov 2025

By Sue Teodoro, Local Democracy Reporter | Vulnerable coastal roads across New Zealand, including in Masterton district, are coming under the spotlight as the Government works on a plan to address the cost of climate-related damage.

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

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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Does NZ's 2035 NDC meet Paris Agreement obligations?

7 Nov 2025

By Christina Hood | COMMENT: New Zealand’s 2035 Paris Agreement Target needs strengthening, with multiple reasons the 51 to 55% emissions reduction target does not meet our obligations under the accord.

Gas
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Govt gas expansion 'climate vandalism' – Greens

7 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Green Party has labelled the Government’s move to broaden the scope of its $200 million fossil gas investment fund as vandalism, accusing Prime Minister Christopher Luxon of breaking trust with New Zealanders.

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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Oxfam urges NZ to renew climate funding as Pacific projects face closure

Wed 12 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Oxfam Aotearoa is calling on the Government to urgently renew New Zealand’s climate finance commitments, warning that vital projects supporting Pacific communities’ resilience are running out of funding.

Greenhouse Effect
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Distinguished Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman

Building resilient cities in a time of climate change

Thu 13 Nov 2025

Media release: Otago University | Local and international experts are meeting in Wellington this month to share their knowledge on creating healthier, more resilient cities in the face of the challenges posed by climate change.

Greenwashing
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TotalEnergies loses in Paris court, marking a turning point for fossil fuel truth-in-advertising

5 Nov 2025

TotalEnergies was found to have misled consumers about its role in the energy transition.

Hydro power
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The current Onslow Dam and reservoir

Lake Onslow battery project set for revival?

29 Oct 2025

A newly formed private consortium has emerged with plans to finance and build the massive Lake Onslow pumped-hydro project, despite the coalition government’s decision to abandon the scheme.

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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Media round-up

31 Oct 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: A controversial seabed mining project could lead to sediment flows knocking over rigs and damaging wind turbines; weather-related insurance claims climb; and is the government playing Russian Roulette with our future over methane targets?

Kyoto
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon with US President Donald Trump in South Korea last week.

Why I’m not outraged at the Govt’s latest climate backsliding

7 Nov 2025

COMMENT: The Government’s latest climate rollbacks underline New Zealand’s long history of a lack of genuine desire to cut emissions, writes Geoff Bertram.

Litigation
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Z Energy settles greenwashing case over ‘quitting petrol’ claims

4 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Z Energy has settled a landmark greenwashing case over claims it misled the public about moving away from petrol – a result Lawyers for Climate Action NZ says delivers long-overdue accountability.

Low carbon
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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

22 Oct 2025

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.

Mining
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Supermarket fast-track a ‘cynical ploy’, risks climate and environmental protections

5 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government’s “express lane for supermarkets” announcement has been met with fierce backlash, with critics calling the Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill a Trojan horse that strips environmental protections, sidelines communities, and hands sweeping powers to ministers at the expense of democracy.

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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Climate impacts hit NZ with increasing wild weather

23 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | New Zealand is facing a triple whammy of climate impacts today, with severe winds and rainfall predicted for much of the country while some areas are still dealing with wildfires ignited earlier in the week.

Planetary boundaries
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Carbon Finance Program upscales efforts to close climate investment gap in climate vulnerable nations

22 Oct 2025

Media release | The Climate Vulnerable Forum and its V20 Finance Ministers (CVF-V20) will work with the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) to upscale the Carbon Finance Program in reach and impact, supporting more climate-vulnerable countries to host high-integrity carbon projects that yield tangible climate, nature, and sustainable development benefits.

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.

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Protesters and UN security clash at climate summit in Brazil

Thu 13 Nov 2025

Activist groups and United Nations security clashed in chaotic scenes late Tuesday after protesters appeared to force their way into the COP30 climate conference venue, in the most serious act of unrest seen in years inside one of the annual gatherings.

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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Scotland's first wind farm 'supercharged' after upgrade

Tue 11 Nov 2025

Scotland's first commercial wind farm will be able to deliver five times more clean power than before after being upgraded.

Science
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New national dataset to unlock blue carbon potential in NZ’s coastal wetlands

Wed 12 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Ministry for the Environment and the Nature Conservancy have collaborated on a dataset to inform a framework to potentially include coastal wetlands into compliance and voluntary carbon credit schemes.

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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AgriZero backs first nitrous oxide solution with $1.2m investment

6 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | A Kiwi ag-tech start-up developing a device for cows to wear to drastically cut nitrous oxide emissions has secured $1.2 million in government-industry funding.

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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EV and hybrid sales soar in Australia as internal combustion cars fall below 70% market share for first time

Thu 13 Nov 2025

Data from peak motoring body shows battery-electric vehicles accounted for 9.7% of new cars sold in September quarter, the highest proportion on record.

United Nations
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EU’s new climate target lines up multibillion dollar boost for carbon markets

Mon 10 Nov 2025

Analysts estimate the EU will buy at least 50 billion euros worth of carbon credits in the 2030s to help meet its emissions-cutting goals.

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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Council buys dairy farm to help clean up Lake Rotorua

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.

Wildfires
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Adaptation plan at odds with public sentiment: survey

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.

Wind energy
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We have more renewable energy than ever before. Why are we switching it off?

Tue 11 Nov 2025

Experts say until more storage is installed to soak up the waves of renewable energy flooding the grid, much of that power will occasionally have to be curtailed.

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