Auckland retains C40 Innovator City title
Source: Auckland Council
Auckland Council’s commitment to climate leadership has been recognised by a committee of mayors from around the globe, with the renewal of...
Hotspot Watch 11 March 2022
Source: NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to...
Record Climate Event – “Exceptional” August atmospheric river sets record – NIWA
Source: NIWA
NIWA meteorologists say last week’s atmospheric river (AR), which was responsible for widespread devastation in both the North and South Islands, was a record-breaker.
The...
Environment – #BreakFreeFromPlastic responds to the formation of a group of ‘like-minded’ plastic-producing countries
Source: #BreakFreeFromPlastic
#BreakFreeFromPlastic responds to the formation of a group of 'like-minded' plastic-producing countries led by Iran and Saudi Arabia that could counter ambition in...
2.4 billion reasons to end the global climate & inequality crisis
Source: Save The Children
Kamani, 14, lives with her family in a small village in Nepal’s Mahottari District, which is often hit by flash floods.
It...
Auckland Mayor marks one year anniversary
Source: Auckland Council
Aucklanders voted overwhelmingly for me because of my five key policies.
Accountability is important to me, and coming up to my first anniversary...
Next steps in our plan to address climate change
Source: New Zealand Labour Party
As a Government, we made it clear to New Zealanders that we’d take meaningful action on climate change, and that’s...
Greens launch petition to stop Auckland Council climate action cuts
Source: Green Party
The Green Party has today launched a petition to stop Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s proposed cuts to climate and environmental programmes that...
Mayor announces next step in Making Space for Water
Source: Auckland Council
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has announced further progress on Auckland Council’s plans to make the region more resilient to flooding, but noted...
Hurricanes development players get taste of university life
Source: Massey University
Dr Bevan Erueti (far left) and student recruitment advisor Tania Janke (kneeling, front right) spent time with the under-18 development players on...
February weather: extreme rainfall in between highs
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Te Whanganui-a-Tara – Taupo, Napier, Christchurch, Masterton, Westport and Wanaka all have one thing in common, according to the MetService.
It was the wettest...
Funding for silt and debris removal in Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti
Source: New Zealand Government
$102 million to help councils process and dispose of all the debris coming from residential properties, and to deal with sediment...
