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Butter might melt in their mouths - Newsroom
WEB4 days ago · Butter is back in the news, not this time for the eye-wateringly high cost of a block of butter, but because Greenpeace has filed High Court proceedings against Fonterra for promoting Anchor butter as made from the milk of 100 percent grass-fed cows, when up to 20 percent of the dairy cow’s diet could be imported palm kernel.. Or, as Greenpeace spokesperson Sinéad Deighton-O’Flynn puts it ...
‘Round the clock’ hazards monitoring at risk from funding gap
WEB2 days ago · Photo: Lynn Grieveson. New Zealand’s 24/7 natural hazards monitoring service may be cut back if the Crown institute tasked with the work can’t plug a funding gap, officials have warned. However, the Government has put the onus on GNS Science to cut costs elsewhere or find new sources of revenue.
Freedom date still on table if vaccination target fails - Newsroom
WEBOct 22, 2021 · It came as no great surprise when Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the country would win freedom when a 90 percent vaccination rate is reached.. Despite best efforts to avoid talking about targets, the day the Director-General of Health Doctor Ashley Bloomfield decided to stop beating around the bush and put a number on it, it became clear that was the milestone.
New Zealand's up-to-date daily Covid-19 case charts - Newsroom
WEBNew Zealand's up-to-date daily Covid-19 case charts. The Ministry of Health is now publicly reporting Covid-19 case numbers only once a week, it does still upload the raw data daily. Newsroom’s daily charts page automatically provides the latest Covid-19 data in a readable format. by Marc Daalder 26/09/202229/01/2024.
How Greater Christchurch can continue to grow sustainably
WEB2 days ago · Opinion: I remember being asked when I was mayor what elements of preparation pay off most when a crisis occurs. I gave several examples but concluded on the Greater Christchurch Partnership and the Urban Development Strategy (which was updated this year as part of the Greater Christchurch Spatial Plan process).The planning framework resulted from a partnership between the city and the two ...
Scrutiny Week saves some of the most contentious issues for last
WEBJun 20, 2024 · Scrutiny Week saves some of the most contentious issues for last. MPs left Parliament exhausted on Thursday night, after a mammoth week of hearings concluded with high-profile examinations of climate policy and law and order. by Marc Daalder 21/06/202420/06/2024. "Let’s all be frank with each other …
Govt to free up foreign investment in 'sensitive' NZ land and assets
WEBJan 27, 2024 · Business. Govt to free up foreign investment in ‘sensitive’ NZ land and assets. Act says the changes will encourage investment in New Zealand, but opponents warn of a threat to sovereignty. by Andrew Bevin 26/01/202428/01/2024. Winston Peters and David Seymour take a very different stance on overseas investment.
Interactive: How NZ will meet new carbon budgets
WEBMay 24, 2022 · In the first budget period to 2025, New Zealand is only allowed to emit 290 Mt. That drops to 305 Mt for the second budget period between 2026 and 2030 and then to just 240 Mt between 2031 and 2035. In other words, to meet the budgets we need to avoid emitting a collective 114 million tonnes of greenhouse gas over the next 13 years.
Rod Oram: Words, crowds and Kiwis at global climate summit
WEBDec 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’.