NZ no longer on track for net zero under Govt’s new climate plan
WEBJul 17, 2024 — Failing to hit net zero. According to the document, however, this new approach means New Zealand is no longer on track to meet its 2050 net zero emissions target, nor the third emissions budget in 2031 to 2035. That’s a marked change from the final projections released under Labour, which showed the country’s non-methane emissions falling ...
Five key takeaways from new Climate Change Commission reports
WEBApr 8, 2024 — Newsroom has gathered the key takeaways from the three reports below. 1. Climate change is getting worse faster than expected and we should consider strengthening our 2050 targets. In its review of the 2050 target, the commission examined whether there has been significant change in any of nine areas since the goal was set in 2019.
Now sworn in, new Govt turns attention to tax package
WEBNov 28, 2023 — Analysis: Christopher Luxon and his 27 ministers (plus two Parliamentary under-secretaries) are now sworn in to their roles and getting to work. First up: Implementing National’s tax cut pledge, preferably before Christmas. Doing that, however, will require new Finance Minister Nicola Willis and a small army of Treasury staffers to make the numbers add up.
Bloomfield opposed nationwide masks mandate
WEBJun 13, 2021 — Elsewhere in the papers, Bloomfield argued that mandatory masking on public transport outside of Auckland, which was introduced at Level 1 as a temporary measure after the country stepped down levels for the first time in February, was no longer needed. “The Director-General has reviewed the temporary measure under Alert Level 1 …
New Zealand's failing government infrastructure - Newsroom
WEBJul 1, 2024 — New Zealand’s failing government infrastructure. A Defence Force plane stranding a delegation, the Aratere run aground and a downed pylon causing widespread power outages across Northland are all part of a theme: key pieces of New Zealand infrastructure are constantly breaking down. Today’s …
Government finally introducing emergency response law
WEBDec 8, 2022 — A legislative overhaul of New Zealand’s emergency management system will finally be introduced to Parliament in early 2023, more than five years after a review first recommended changes. The Government is also exploring the possibility of replacing the outdated emergency bunker in the Beehive with a more modern replacement – potentially ...
Cabinet weighing early move into traffic light system
WEBNov 11, 2021 — The Prime Minister isn’t ruling out moving the whole country into the traffic light system when Cabinet meets this month. In an interview with Newsroom, she tells political editor Jo Moir that vaccine certificates can …
Govt must act in line with 1.5C, court told - newsroom.co.nz
WEBNov 24, 2023 — Climate Change. Govt must act in line with 1.5C, court told. The legal bid represents a shot across the bow for an incoming government looking to roll back action on climate. by Marc Daalder 24/11/202325/11/2023. Even if the three judges who heard the case agree with the activist lawyers, there's a high bar for …
NZ should lead the climate change fight, not just pay reparation
WEBNov 14, 2022 — Opinion: As world leaders meet to discuss climate change solutions and mitigation, the rate of ecosystem degradation is advancing at pace. Well-documented changes in temperature and patterns of rainfall are jeopardising vulnerable food systems and water security. Coastal erosion, rising sea levels and pollution are creating uninhabitable land leading to climate induced migration, identity loss ...
NZ needs to show same leadership in biodiversity as climate crisis
WEBDec 8, 2022 — Sustainable Future. NZ needs to show same leadership in biodiversity as climate crisis. We put considerable effort into helping to design and build support for the Paris Agreement, but are nowhere near as engaged or active in a leadership role at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal. by Rod Oram 08/12/202215/11/2023.