Weather News – Widespread wet and windy weekend – MetService
Source: MetService
Covering period of Thursday 17 – Sunday 20 August – The fine weather of today and Friday is set to change this weekend. MetService...
Environment News – Fonterra on-farm emissions target futile without enforcement – Greenpeace
Source: Greenpeace
Fonterra, is New Zealand’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter and signalled its intention to set a target for reducing on-farm emissions at its annual meeting...
Staff Account: The 20 Years after the first World Humanitarian Day
Source: Save The Children
Sonia Kush, Ukraine Country Director. Save the Children
“I had been working in Iraq for several months and during the summer of...
Prioritising roads over climate is simply irresponsible
Source: Green Party
The Government’s decision today to prioritise new roads is the exact opposite of what Aotearoa needs right now and needs a rethink.
“Aotearoa...
$5 billion boost to transport funding for 2024-27, to $20.8 billion
Source: New Zealand Government
Transport Minister David Parker has today released the draft Government Policy Statement (GPS) on land transport for consultation. The draft GPS...
Report emphasises risks of rockfall, landslides at Cathedral Cove, Hahei
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 17 August 2023
After extreme weather events in January and February caused landslips and rockfalls – and damaged tracks to the point...
Property categorisation updates
Source: Auckland Council
Background
Extreme weather in 2023 damaged many homes across Tāmaki Makaurau, and we are working to place properties into three categories, based on...
WWF Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act
Source: World Wildlife Fund
Date August 16, 2023
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) being signed into law – a historic...
State Highway 1C Cobham Drive/Cambridge Road project on the home stretch
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
Further traffic changes are coming up for the State Highway 1C Cobham Drive/Cambridge Road intersection improvements in Hamilton, as the...
Energy News – Open letter to Energy and Resources spokespeople – Energy and resources...
Source: Energy and resources organisations
Dear Energy and Resources spokespeople across the political spectrum
Thank you for addressing us at our Energy and Resources Pre-election Panel event...
Speech to Seafood New Zealand conference, Wellington
Source: New Zealand Government
Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. Thank you Jeremy, members of the Seafood New Zealand Board, conference organisers, fellow Members of...
SUDAN: 17,000 children per day to fall into crisis levels of hunger by September
Source: Save The Children
Four months since the brutal conflict began, extreme hunger is creating additional life-threatening risks for children
New projections show more people will...
