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3 days ago · The government is expected to reveal its next climate change target on Thursday night, amid scrutiny from the international community.. A former climate change ambassador is making the case for a 66 percent cut to the country's emissions, while a former climate change commissioner and climate scientist says the targets matter even more if …

2 days ago · The government's new climate target for 2035 has surprised even some of its strongest critics with how small the promised emissions reductions are.. All countries including New Zealand agreed to aim for the strongest possible ambition to avert worsening heat and increasingly severe weather disasters.

3 days ago · Climate Change Minister Simon Watts has revealed New Zealand's second emissions reduction target of between 51 and 55 percent compared to 2005 levels. Required under the Paris Agreement, it must be achieved by the end of 2035 and builds on the initial target of a 50 percent reduction by 2030. Watts ...

4 days ago · No-cause evictions are back from Thursday - and landlords are being told not to see it as "carte blanche to end tenancies at will". Amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act passed last year and brought a number of changes. While the changes to bond lodgments, no longer requiring signatures for ...

4 days ago · Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is today set to reveal New Zealand's climate targets for 2030-2035, after the government committed to legislation on climate adaptation this year. And an expert on adaptation says a global conference coming to Christchurch this year will be timely. The government is ...

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Dec 31, 2024 · Anyone who's been trying to 'survive until 2025' might be counting down the days until the new year. But while brighter economic times are likely ahead, don't expect them to begin on 1 January - and it could be the smaller parts of New Zealand that feel the improvement first.

Dec 31, 2024 · If it's good enough for school and university students, it's good enough for entire countries, too. This report card provides a snapshot of how New Zealand fared across a wide range of international measures - where it did well, and where there's room for improvement.

The man whose body was found on Bethells beach, Abhishek Arora, was amongst a group of swimmers who got into difficulty in the water at Piha on Tuesday evening. The father of one of the two children who went missing from the Mt Eden BestStart said in …