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Doubling geothermal energy by 2040 is part of an ambitious new draft strategy to unlock New Zealand’s geothermal potential.
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has made a series of submissions on the RMA national direction packages. In this submission he provided feedback on proposed amendments to the primary sector and freshwater packages.
Canada delivers a new hospital or healthcare facility every six months.
Infrastructure New Zealand Chief Executive Nick Leggett says “That’s not a dream; that’s consistent delivery over a couple of decades and a lesson New Zealand needs to learn.”
A new land-use model, funded by the Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake, gives planners a powerful new way to explore and test how different policy and investment decisions could reduce flood risk—before putting them into practice.
The Climate Change Commission's 2025 emissions reduction monitoring report has been released.
The report looks at Aotearoa New Zealand’s progress to date, and how well current policies and plans are setting the country up to meet its future climate goals.
The Minister for Resource Management Reform, Chris Bishop has announced that the government would be intervening to prevent councils from progressing environmental protections under the Resource Management Act.
Environmental Defence Society CEO Gary Taylor says this is extremely unwelcome and yet another salvo in this government’s war on nature.
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has made a submission to the Centre for Sustainable Finance regarding its consultation on establishing a common taxonomy to guide sustainable finance.
An international report, led by a DOC scientist, warns the world is on track to lose even more of its wetlands – but solutions exist.
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment recently spoke to an international assembly of external government auditors on his work to improve performance and accountability for the environment.
The Water Services Authority – Taumata Arowai Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement Strategy 2025-28, makes clear the next steps that drinking water suppliers must take toward achieving that vision.
The Ministry for the Environment has released the final report of the Independent Reference Group on climate adaptation.
The group was established to hear insights from members' experience of making decisions on adaptation challenges and issues to inform policy advice on developing a new national adaptation framework.