With New Zealand again battered by rain and wind this week, LGNZ is calling for urgent progress on adaptation planning.

New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2024 decreased by 0.1 percent compared to 2023, despite a dry year driving up emissions in the energy sector.

The Environmental Protection Authority has effectively signalled that the fast-track regime isn’t stacking up financially for the Crown entity.

In this podcast, Alain Bertaud speaks about urban planning, zoning, congestion charging and the heart of the city.

EDS and Forest & Bird have jointly filed judicial review proceedings in the High Court seeking to overturn 99 of the Minister of Conservation’s decisions on the review of stewardship land on the West Coast of the South Island.

Our Freshwater 2026 shows how central groundwater is to daily life, supplying drinking water to nearly half of New Zealanders and around 80 percent of everyday flow in many rivers.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has provided a comment to the Fast-track Approvals Panel on Meridian Energy’s proposal for the Lake Pūkaki Hydro Storage and Dam Resilience Works.

The Government has introduced a further two amended national direction instruments to add to three new and seven amended instruments approved in December 2025:

Lian Butcher has been appointed as the next Chief Executive of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), effective 1 July 2026.

eremy Lightfoot has been confirmed as the Secretary and Chief Executive for the new Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport.

Rule changes that free up high country farmers to make the most of their land will unlock economic opportunities, support job creation and strengthen regional economies.

This package contains documents relating to the Cabinet decision to extend the expiry date of resource consents to align with the reform of the Resource Management Act 1991.