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Five key takeaways from new Climate Change Commission reports
Apr 8, 2024 — Newsroom has gathered the key takeaways from the three reports below. 1. Climate change is getting worse faster than expected and we should consider strengthening our 2050 targets. In its review of the 2050 target, the commission examined whether there has been significant change in any of nine areas since the goal was set in 2019.
Business and finance news from New Zealand - Newsroom
NZ now 14,000 EVs short after subsidy scrapped. Catch up on the latest news, analysis and informed opinion on NZ business and economy from Newsroom.
Which policies survived the negotiations – and which didn’t
Nov 24, 2023 — New Zealand First. One of the big wins for New Zealand First is a commitment to keep the superannuation age at 65, contrary to policies from National and Act to raise the age. It has also secured a $1.2 billion Regional Infrastructure Fund over three years, reminiscent of the Provincial Growth Fund under the last coalition government.
Policy wins for Act, NZ First but Nats hold the reins of power
Nov 24, 2023 — Politics. Policy wins for Act, NZ First but Nats hold the reins of power. While National has held onto the powerful portfolios, it’s Act and New Zealand First that have notched up significant policy wins in the new coalition government. by Jo Moir 24/11/202324/11/2023. The shape of the new government has finally been revealed, with a three ...
Investigations - Newsroom
Special investigation: Offices of the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General have been implicated in what a Royal Commission calls a ‘cover-up’. Who else was involved? Start your day with a curation of our top stories in your inbox. Written, video and podcast investigations from our award-winning Newsroom Investigates team.
Buying the vaccine: Was New Zealand too slow?
Dec 14, 2021 — But a review of hundreds of pages of Government documents – some released independently by Cabinet and other never-before-seen papers obtained under the Officials Information Act – alongside discussions with multiple people close to the Vaccine Strategy Task Force allows for a more in-depth exploration of the question of whether New Zealand was too slow to order vaccines.
Rod Oram: Words, crowds and Kiwis at global climate summit
Dec 15, 2023 — ‘Words matter in the politics of climate change at COP28’. Really? Certainly there are a lot of them spoken. As George Monbiot explains today in the Guardian ‘…climate summits are broken…the delegates talk and talk, while Earth systems slide towards deadly tipping points’.
Enjoy the political silence while it lasts - newsroom.co.nz
Nov 20, 2023 — What to take from these examples. These examples are by no means an exhaustive list of trials and tribulations that take place in representative democracies (We haven’t even touched on the 541 days needed to form a government in Belgium in 2010-2011).
Climate Change Archives - Newsroom
NZ now 14,000 EVs short after subsidy scrapped. by Marc Daalder 06/11/202408/11/2024. If EV purchasing had continued along the pre-election trend, the clean vehicle fleet would be 12 percent larger than it currently is. Posted in Climate Change.