EEnvironment Read More Climate change ‘notably absent’ from new development laws, say councilsMarch 18, 2026 Local councils may be left unable to take climate change into account when setting long-term development objectives under…
EEnvironment Read More How to make ‘Local Water Done Well’ more than a sloganMarch 4, 2026 Opinion: As councils move swiftly to establish new council-controlled water organisations under the Government’s Local Water Done Well…
EEnvironment Read More Fishing for a win, the National Party does a backflipMarch 2, 2026 The battle has been long – fish versus fishing. Now, the fight over the future of the Hauraki…
EEnvironment Read More Fisheries emerges as unlikely election battlegroundFebruary 23, 2026 Fisheries has found an unseasonably early spot on the election agenda, following three years of controversial pro-industry policies…
HHealthcare Read More Healthcare disruption as general practices assn opposes super-PHOFebruary 23, 2026 Comment: The largely general practice-based primary health system has received a surprise jolt by the announcement that the…
EEnvironment Read More Climate change is here. NZ isn’t readyFebruary 18, 2026 Analysis: Yearly occurrences of “once-in-a-century” storms, monthly devastating floods, hundreds of millions of dollars of annual damages and…
WWildlife Read More Pushing down the cost of predator control one sausage at a timeFebruary 16, 2026 Peter Morton has worked in predator control for over 30 years and recalls a time when much of…
EEnvironment Read More Appeal taken against High Court’s freshwater pollution decisionFebruary 16, 2026 The legal stoush over a Canterbury water pollution rule is headed to the Court of Appeal. In a…
PPersonal finance Read More Comparing KiwiSaver and Aussie Super is the $6 trillion dollar questionFebruary 14, 2026 Comment: Every few months a fresh comparison between KiwiSaver and Australia’s compulsory superannuation scheme, Australian Super, gains traction.…
EEconomy Read More ‘Frustrating’: Economic leaders’ impatience at policy inertiaFebruary 13, 2026 A sense of impatience ran through the first day of the New Zealand Economics Forum, as business leaders,…
EEnvironment Read More NZ needs to pay power firms to build renewable generation – professorFebruary 12, 2026 New Zealand’s bountiful hydro, wind and geothermal resources made it a pioneer in renewable electricity generation. Yet these sources form…
HHealthcare Read More For pharmacists, industry changes are a hard pill to swallowFebruary 6, 2026 New 12-month prescription rules came into force this weekend, saving time and cutting GP visits for patients –…