The latest Energy Quarterly data release from the MBIE shows electricity generation in the October to December 2024 quarter was the lowest December quarter on record since 2016.

This package from MfE contains the cabinet paper and minutes and regulatory impact statement relating to the deferral of New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) obligations for animal farmers.

A new plan to grow the aquaculture industry will boost the economy and provide vital jobs that support regional communities.

The Government has adopted a new strategy to reduce waste and improve how it’s managed in New Zealand.

New Zealand is now ‘on track’ to meet both parts of the Government’s public sector target to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions.

The Salmon Lectures: Law, Policy and the Environment (2022-2024). Since the inception of the Annual Salmon Lecture, the RMLA has produced two volumes of earlier lectures to ensure the valuable education these lectures provide may endure and continue to encourage critical thought and debate within the field of environmental law and policy. This compendium is a reproduction of those two prior volumes while enabling the addition of later lectures.

RMLA’s submission on Heritage New Zealand Statements of General Policy focuses on matters we consider requiring comment, rather than providing feedback on each objective and policy.

Simon Court is the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for RMA Reform. His speech to the LGNZ Forum focuses on the RMA’s downfall and the solution.

The Water Services Authority - Taumata Arowai (the Authority) has begun consulting on proposed national wastewater environmental performance standards.

The report finds that from 2010-2019 average annual global greenhouse gas emissions were at their highest levels in human history, but the rate of growth has slowed.

The report, agreed to by 195 countries, includes a whole chapter dedicated to Australia and New Zealand.

The Government has announced some decisions on the second stage of the Going for Housing Growth programme (GfHG), with improvements to infrastructure funding and financing tools to help get more housing built.