The Government has announced decisions regarding New Zealand’s 2050 climate change targets.

New projections show New Zealand is on track to meet its first and second emissions budgets.

The latest Our Marine Environment 2025 report highlights how climate change and human activity are putting increasing pressure on our coasts and the ocean - affecting communities, industries, and ecosystems across the country.

In this article, Dr Severinsen looks at some inspiring recent international approaches to resource management and environmental law reform.

New and returning appointments to two conservation bodies, promoting conservation investment on private and Māori land.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment recently spoke at the QEII National Trust conference.

The Hauraki Gulf Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill has passed its third reading in Parliament.

RMLA congratulates Bal Matheson and Alan Webb on their appointments as King’s Counsel in 2025.

Both are highly respected leaders in the field of resource management law, recognised for their expertise and long-standing contributions to the profession.

The Government has announced proposed legislative changes aimed at making the earthquake-prone building (EPB) system more risk-based and proportionate, by focusing on higher seismic risk areas and high-risk buildings.

The Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Scheme Forestry Conversions) Amendment Bill has been passed in Parliament.

The latest Energy Quarterly data release from MBIE shows a combination of record geothermal electricity generation and reduced energy demand in the April to June 2025 quarter kept overall renewable generation high.

The Environmental Defence Society has released its landmark report Pathway to Oceans Reform, setting out a practical programme to fix Aotearoa New Zealand’s broken oceans management system.