The Climate Change Commission has released the case study “Ā Te Taitokerau urutau i ngā āhuarangi – Responding to a changing climate in Te Taitokerau/Northland.”

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has reviewed how the Land Use Capability (LUC) system is being used in a regulatory context.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has written to the Minister of Climate Change expressing concern with passing amendments to the Climate Change Response Act under urgency.

The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) is pleased to see that the Government is no longer pursuing several terrible proposed amendments to the Fast-track Approvals Act. It released an Amendment Paper to the Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill yesterday which strikes through most of the bad ideas.

The introduction of the Natural Environment Bill and Planning Bill marks an abrupt end to more than three decades of integrated environmental management under the RMA.

The Government has announced New Zealand’s first-ever national wastewater environmental performance standards developed by the Water Services Authority – Taumata Arowai.

Updated projections suggest New Zealand is still ‘on track’ to meet the Government Target to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment marked 50 years of environmental studies at Lincoln University in November 2025 by giving an address on “What we don’t know about the state of New Zealand’s environment – and does it matter?”

Fast-track is ramping up, and the Environmental Defence Society has published a special update on their recent fast-track work.

MfE has published a report establishing Aotearoa New Zealand’s first baseline measure of food loss and waste.

Stats NZ is seeking feedback on the Environmental Indicators it publishes. They want to understand what people use the information for, and which components of the Environmental Indicator releases are most useful.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s estimate of environmental expenditure 2025/26: Method and results shows a $1 billion, or approximately 25%, reduction in central government spending for the year ahead.