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A group of scientists from around the world is urging the New Zealand government to ignore a methane report it commissioned that ‘redefines the goal of climate action’. Shanti Mathias explains. I hear there’s an open letter. What’s that about? Twenty-six climate scientists have signed an open letter urging the government not to adopt a … Read more
The government is quietly laying the groundwork for a future conversation about selling state assets, writes Catherine McGregor in today’s extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. Government warns SOEs to lift performance A suite of letters sent to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has brought simmering privatisation tensions to … Read more
Announcing all the books – and their authors, illustrators, translators and publishers – in the running for this year’s New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. The winter months are an apt time to celebrate the creators of books that feed future creators of books. With long nights and days punctuated by weather, … Read more
The architect of 1991’s ‘mother of all budgets’, who was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the King’s Birthday honours this week, did immense damage to the country’s poorest and most vulnerable, writes Max Rashbrooke. In the early 1990s, two Porirua preschoolers burned to death when their state house was … Read more
Photo: janfaukner/123RF Two decades after a change to citizenship laws, the NZ-born children of overstayers are finding themselves undocumented and without a path forward. When Helen Clark’s Labour government brought in a law that would create waves of undocumented children, even the immigration experts had no idea of the impact it would have on thousands … Read more
A low pressure system sweeping across Aotearoa has triggered MetService to issue a slew of rain and wind warnings right across the country as winter arrives. MetService said downpours and thunderstorms across the North Island and parts of the South Island would gave way to snowfall on Wednesday night. On Wednesday morning rain, wind and … Read more
An outside the box casket, as designed by Becs Bartells, is one solution being put forward for a more eco-friendly burial. Photo: Supplied Many of us feel the pressure to be more eco-friendly and sustainable in the way we live, but what about when we die? Six million kilograms of CO2 is released into the … Read more
The bus crashed on Mossburn Five Rivers Road on State Highway 97 about 3.45pm today. Photo: Google Maps A bus crash in rural Southland has left one passenger in a serious condition and two with moderate injuries. A police spokesperson said the bus was carrying 17 passengers, including the driver, when it crashed on Mossburn … Read more
A low pressure system sweeping across Aotearoa has triggered MetService to issue a slew of rain and wind warnings right across the country as winter arrives. MetService said downpours and thunderstorms across the North Island and parts of the South Island would gave way to snowfall on Wednesday night. On Wednesday morning rain, wind and … Read more
A low pressure system sweeping across Aotearoa has triggered MetService to issue a slew of rain and wind warnings right across the country as winter arrives. MetService said downpours and thunderstorms across the North Island and parts of the South Island would gave way to snowfall on Wednesday night. On Wednesday morning rain, wind and … Read more