Analysis: Setting NZ's climate targets is a matter of political and moral judgment, not scientific modelling or mathematical calculation, writes Marc Daalder ... Show more

Methane review offers nothing new, but it was never meant to - Newsroom
From The Detail: It hasn't been clear sailing for the Interislander, but any day the government will announce plans for the ferries' future. 👉 We could miss the boat on the Cook Strait ferries - Newsroom
Opinion: Labour should ditch the capital gains tax policy or squander the chance to get back into power. 👉 Labour's tax time-warp is naive and fanciful - Newsroom
Stronger international policing of companies involved in greenwashing is likely to flow through to NZ in 2025 according to a report by leading law firm Bell ... Show more

Greenwashing becoming riskier for Kiwi businesses - Newsroom
Christopher Luxon talks about job losses and the confronting report from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. 👉 PM on the most ‘emotionally challenging’ part of his year - Newsroom
Daily crossword, Friday 6 December: Test your smarts with Newsroom's daily crossword.
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Daily crossword, Friday 6 December
Disingenous, or careless? Pressure on Govt green bank over SolarZero collapse: Lost in the blame game, and the concern about the families left without incomes ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/06/disingenous-or-careless-pressure-on-govt-green-bank-over-solarzero-collapse/
Disingenous, or careless? Pressure on Govt green bank over SolarZero ...
Newsroom daily quiz, Friday 6 December: The Battle of Hastings was fought between William the Conqueror and which English king? Test your general knowledge with ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/06/newsroom-daily-quiz-friday-6-december/
Newsroom daily quiz, Friday 6 December
Black Stick eyeing comeback after ball shatters dream: A shocking smash to the eye left Black Stick Anna Crowley reeling but she's fighting her way back ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/06/black-stick-eyeing-return-after-ball-shatters-dream/
Black Stick eyeing comeback after ball shatters dream
This week's bestselling books - December 6: The latest Nielsen BookScan chart of NZ bestsellers, plus win a salad
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This week's bestselling books - December 6
Time for action on the Seriously Flawed Office: Comment: A stinging court judgment on the unlawful behaviour of the Serious Fraud Office needs serious political ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/05/time-for-action-on-the-seriously-flawed-office/
Time for action on the Seriously Flawed Office
Raw Politics: Throwing in the towel on climate and the foreshore: This week on the Raw Politics podcast: what voters want on climate change policy ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/06/raw-politics-throwing-in-the-towel-on-climate-and-the-foreshore/
Raw Politics: Throwing in the towel on climate and the foreshore
Climate Commission recommends carbon negative 2050 target: A stronger methane target and a carbon negative goal would be 'affordable and achievable' ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/06/climate-commission-recommends-carbon-negative-2050-target/
Climate Commission recommends carbon negative 2050 target
OUT NOW: In Episode 7 of Powder Keg, we look into where AG1 is produced. AG1 has boasted of being ‘Made in New Zealand’. But where is its mystery factory? We ... Show more
NZ has shown after emergencies how it can pull together and advance transformational infrastructure projects, but the same result is possible in routine times ... Show more

‘We know what we need to do, now let’s make it happen’ - Newsroom
Ministers have agreed to provide Lester Levy a 'letter of comfort' guaranteeing a billion-dollar bailout if needed. Jonathan Milne investigates. 👉 Health NZ commissioner loses $130m battle with Auditor-General - Newsroom
'We are shocked that BlackRock has walked away from a $257m investment and didn't pay accrued holiday pay or any redundancy to people a month before Christmas ... Show more

Secret process to liquidate SolarZero began with exit of CEO – sources  - Newsroom
Comment: The Government's decision to cut humanities and social science research from its major funding stream is both breathtakingly bad policy and ... Show more

Anne Salmond: Govt de-funding the mind - Newsroom
The birth of a city: Today from The Detail: Developers are moving at pace to turn the south Auckland township of Drury into our next city.
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/05/the-birth-of-a-city/
The birth of a city
Book of the Week: 'Does she really need to be such a bitch?': Linda Burgess on the funniest writer on the planet (the headline was the author's ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/05/book-of-the-week-does-she-really-need-to-be-such-a-bitch/
Book of the Week: 'Does she really need to be such a bitch?'
Politicians must avoid defence spending 'train wreck': A top official advises 'deep breaths' on potential NZ involvement in Aukus ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/04/politicians-must-avoid-defence-spending-train-wreck/
Politicians must avoid defence spending 'train wreck'
Can you copyright a rowing machine?: From the University of Auckland – analysis: A UK copyright ruling may have future implications in New Zealand as another ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/05/can-you-copyright-a-rowing-machine/
Can you copyright a rowing machine?
Anne Salmond: Govt de-funding the mind: Comment: The Government's decision to cut humanities and social science research from its major funding stream is ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/05/anne-salmond-govt-de-funding-the-mind/
Anne Salmond: Govt de-funding the mind
Seabed mining left out of regional plan for Taranaki: Today from The Detail: There's a clash of wills going on between central and local government in ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/04/seabed-mining-left-out-of-regional-plan-for-taranaki/
Seabed mining left out of regional plan for Taranaki
Trump Presidency will do more harm than good to NZ – bar one tech-nicality: Opinion: If President-elect Trump’s supporters convince his administration to set ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/trump-presidency-will-do-more-harm-than-good-to-nz-bar-one-tech-nicality/
Trump Presidency will do more harm than good to NZ – bar one tech-nicality
School drop-out to sport knock-out: Wootten keeps her eye on the prize: A long and glittering career in sports and events had its roots in a rural West Auckland ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/04/school-drop-out-to-sport-knock-out-wootten-keeps-her-eye-on-the-prize/
School drop-out to sport knock-out: Wootten keeps her eye on the prize
Levy's challenge to up-end Health NZ's top-down culture: Opinion: Acute hospital discharge data reveals better communication between medical practices ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/what-a-surprise-for-good-health-outcomes-follow-the-data/
Levy's challenge to up-end Health NZ's top-down culture
Collapsed SolarZero's shortage of capital reaches the capital: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the energy firm's liquidation is a 'massive ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/collapsed-solarzeros-shortage-of-capital-reaches-the-capital/
Collapsed SolarZero's shortage of capital reaches the capital
Govt's coastline dilemma: Follow Supreme Court or fishing industry: Why it’s unlikely the Govt will abandon its urgent law to restrict Māori coastline ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/04/govts-dilemma-supreme-court-or-fishing-industry-and-resource-consents/
Govt's coastline dilemma: Follow Supreme Court or fishing industry
PM on the most ‘emotionally challenging’ part of his year: Christopher Luxon talks about job losses and the confronting report from the Royal Commission of ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/04/pm-on-the-most-emotionally-challenging-part-of-his-year/
PM on the most ‘emotionally challenging’ part of his year
NZ Super is a taonga, not a burden: Opinion: NZ Super’s design is internationally envied, but it’s going to face some challenges with an ageing population ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/nz-super-is-a-taonga-not-a-burden/
NZ Super is a taonga, not a burden
NZ's greatest ever polyethylene geomembrane installation technician author: An author's yarn of working on a remote dairy farm in the heart of the ...
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NZ's greatest ever polyethylene geomembrane installation technician ...
The urgency to increase immunisation against whooping cough in pregnancy: From the University of Otago – Analysis: Despite pertussis vaccine being available free ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/the-urgency-to-increase-immunisation-against-whooping-cough-in-pregnancy/
The urgency to increase immunisation against whooping cough in pregnancy
Bumps may lie in wait on road to economic recovery: Business & investing: Economic sentiment improves but there is still plenty of caution ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/bumps-may-lie-in-wait-on-road-to-economic-recovery/
Bumps may lie in wait on road to economic recovery
The quantity of spending does matter, not just the quality: Opinion: The implication that public spending is inevitably or probably lower quality than a private ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/the-quantity-of-spending-does-matter-not-just-the-quality/
The quantity of spending does matter, not just the quality
Public sector job losses lower than suggested – Willis: Public sector impartiality and the impact of budget cuts on government departments came to the fore as ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/public-sector-job-losses-lower-than-suggested-willis/
Public sector job losses lower than suggested – Willis
The niggle that could trip up an India trade deal: Today from The Detail: There's already plenty of doubt that we'll get an India trade deal signed in ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/the-niggle-that-could-trip-up-an-india-trade-deal/
The niggle that could trip up an India trade deal
All of Govt's 2024 coal earnings spent treating damages at a single mine: The Stockton mine is hoping for a fast-tracked 25-year extension ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/all-of-govts-2024-coal-earnings-spent-treating-damages-at-a-single-mine/
All of Govt's 2024 coal earnings spent treating damages at a single ...
Historical revisionism on Covid threatens NZ's pandemic preparedness: Comment: The Royal Commission report fundamentally validates the strategic and ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/historical-revisionism-on-covid-threatens-nzs-pandemic-preparedness/
Historical revisionism on Covid threatens NZ's pandemic preparedness
OUT NOW: In Episode 6 of Powder Keg, we look into how much influencers are paid to promote AG1, a popular green supplement ... Show more
Unemployment to hit pandemic-level highs in 2025: As SolarZero shuts down with the loss of 160 jobs, international ratings agency S&P Global warns NZ’s labour ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/unemployment-to-hit-pandemic-level-highs-in-2025/
Unemployment to hit pandemic-level highs in 2025
Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 2 December: Who was the first female newsreader to regularly anchor TV news bulletins in New Zealand? Test your general knowledge ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/newsroom-daily-quiz-monday-2-december/
Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 2 December
All hail the social media X-odus: Today from The Detail: Following the US election and a change of terms, users have left the social media platform X in droves ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/all-hail-the-social-media-x-odus/
All hail the social media X-odus
Epic fail at RNZ: A stinging report from NZ's Society of Authors on RNZ's failure to uphold its charter obligation to support local writing
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/epic-fail-at-rnz/
Epic fail at RNZ
Holdin’ on - the NZ housing market stirs: The housing market is slowly thawing, and falling mortgage rates will keep the recovery warm maintaining our long-held ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/holdin-on-the-nz-housing-market-stirs/
Holdin’ on - the NZ housing market stirs
Two more awards for The Boy in the Water podcast: Melanie Reid’s multi-award-winning investigation The Boy in the Water adds two more honours to its collection ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/two-more-awards-for-the-boy-in-the-water-podcast/
Two more awards for The Boy in the Water podcast
Hipkins hopes to defy history as Labour takes stock: Labour’s first conference since losing office last year offered little in the way of policy specifics but ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/hipkins-hopes-to-defy-history-as-labour-takes-stock/
Hipkins hopes to defy history as Labour takes stock
Sharp-shooter McKenna leads a remarkable basketball surge: Mid-Northern Whai has a modest five-win, six-loss record in the Tauihi Basketball League but with four ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/01/sharp-shooter-mckenna-leads-a-remarkable-basketball-surge/
Sharp-shooter McKenna leads a remarkable basketball surge
A river has its day in court: After years of sideline squabbling, a court will decide how water conservation orders are monitored and enforced.
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/29/a-river-has-its-day-in-court/
A river has its day in court
'Counting down' on climate implies an end point: Opinion: What might the 'new phase' of the Lancet Countdown, steered by Helen Clark ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/01/counting-down-on-climate-implies-an-end-point/
'Counting down' on climate implies an end point
An Ode to .. King Luxon: Bard Billot celebrates the Ruler of Botany
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An Ode to .. King Luxon
Short story: A New Zealand Elegy, by CK Stead: A revised version of the classic New Zealand short story set against 'the ink-blue Waitakeres'
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Short story: A New Zealand Elegy, by CK Stead
The good, the bad and the ugly of mumfluencing: Today from The Detail: Mumfluencing can be a lucrative business, but making a living off children can come at a ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/30/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-mumfluencing/
The good, the bad and the ugly of mumfluencing
Barbara Edmonds on guiding Labour's tax 'journey': Labour's finance spokeswoman says it must improve its sales pitch on tax reform to succeed ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/29/barbara-edmonds-on-guiding-labours-tax-journey/
Barbara Edmonds on guiding Labour's tax 'journey'
Judges slam SFO overreach and oppressive orders - prosecutions now in doubt: Politicians must decide what to do about the Serious Fraud Office ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/29/judges-slam-sfo-overreach-and-oppressive-orders-prosecutions-now-in-doubt/
Judges slam SFO overreach and oppressive orders - prosecutions now in ...
NZ's Prime Ministers ranked: Today from The Detail: Historians talk to The Detail about the good, the bad and the grumpy of 23 past Prime Ministers of New ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/29/nzs-prime-ministers-ranked/
NZ's Prime Ministers ranked
Cutting ‘mad’ booze ban at hairdressers: Members’ bill seeks to overhaul antiquated laws prohibiting salons and barbers from serving drinks, writes Alice Peacock
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/28/bid-to-chop-mad-ban-on-alcohol-at-hairdressers/
Cutting ‘mad’ booze ban at hairdressers
This week's bestselling books - November 29: The latest Nielsen BookScan chart of NZ books, plus win the year's best cookbook
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This week's bestselling books - November 29
Daily crossword, Friday 29 November: Test your smarts with Newsroom's daily crossword.
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Daily crossword, Friday 29 November
Govt doing better than other global first-term govts: Opinion: The Government is keeping the voting public largely on side but the combination of increasingly ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/28/govt-doing-better-than-other-global-first-term-govts/
Govt doing better than other global first-term govts
Review suggests super-ministry shakeup: MBIE - the ministry of ministries - might yet need to be broken up after becoming too big and unwieldy, a review finds
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/29/review-suggests-super-ministry-shakeup/
Review suggests super-ministry shakeup
Unified Labour targets health crisis to hold Govt to one term: Labour leader Chris Hipkins on how his party has changed during a year in opposition ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/28/unified-labour-targets-health-crisis-to-hold-govt-to-one-term/
Unified Labour targets health crisis to hold Govt to one term
Raw Politics: Labour's year of living anonymously: This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Remembering Nikki Kaye, assessing the Labour Party one year on ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/28/raw-politics-labours-year-of-living-anonymously/
Raw Politics: Labour's year of living anonymously
Daily crossword, Thursday 28 November: Test your smarts with Newsroom's daily crossword.
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/28/daily-crossword-thursday-28-november/
Daily crossword, Thursday 28 November
Methanol and inaccessible medical care - a lethal combination: Today from The Detail: Facing methanol poisoning in a place like Laos means hurdles to getting ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/28/methanol-and-inaccessible-medical-care-a-lethal-combination/
Methanol and inaccessible medical care - a lethal combination
Merkel’s 16 years of tactical drift: Opinion: The former German Chancellor Angela Merkel remains unrepentant about her mistakes showing how she governed without ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/26/merkels-16-years-of-tactical-drift/
Merkel’s 16 years of tactical drift
Housing treated as a commodity is not helping LGBTIQ+ people: From the University of Otago – Opinion: New research on housing instability in the LGBTIQ+ ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/28/housing-treated-as-a-commodity-is-not-helping-lgbtiq-people/
Housing treated as a commodity is not helping LGBTIQ+ people
Kmart NZ nears billion dollar revenue as Warehouse flounders: Growing competition with Kmart and online retailers is putting pressure on already thin margins at ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/27/kmart-nz-nears-billion-dollar-revenue-as-warehouse-flounders/
Kmart NZ nears billion dollar revenue as Warehouse flounders
NZ-India trade: 'Step, don't jump': While the Government insists a free trade deal with India this term is attainable, New Delhi’s representative ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/27/nz-india-trade-step-dont-jump/
NZ-India trade: 'Step, don't jump'
Book of the Week: The book of the greatest show on earth: The wide reach of Māori art is laid out in a manner that is impossible to resist.
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/28/book-of-the-week-the-book-of-the-greatest-show-on-earth/
Book of the Week: The book of the greatest show on earth
'Eyes wide open' – one year of Luxon-speak: Opinion: Asked if he would have negotiated anything differently, the PM says he's compromised; ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/27/eyes-wide-open-one-year-of-luxon-speak/
'Eyes wide open' – one year of Luxon-speak
Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 28 November: The Queen album A Kind of Magic is based on the soundtrack of which film? Test your general knowledge with ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/28/newsroom-daily-quiz-thursday-28-november/
Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 28 November
Minister seeks 'urgent advice' on $115m at risk in SolarZero collapse: The climate finance contagion has spread to the government green bank that ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/28/minister-seeks-urgent-advice-on-115m-at-risk-in-solarzero-collapse/
Minister seeks 'urgent advice' on $115m at risk in SolarZero ...
The rise and rise of Generative AI: The development and adoption of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) has been the most dramatic step-change in the ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/27/the-rise-and-rise-of-generative-ai/
The rise and rise of Generative AI
Nothin' but blue skies from now on: From the University of Auckland – Opinion: For the X-iles leaving Elon Musk’s online sewer, there’s a social medium ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/27/nothin-but-blue-skies-from-now-on/
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
How rough sex became normal: Today from The Detail: Rough sex is becoming normalised in pop culture, and more common in real life - whether or not people want to ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/27/how-rough-sex-and-strangulation-entered-the-nations-conversations-and-bedrooms/
How rough sex became normal
Newsroom daily quiz, Wednesday 27 November: Which country imports the most New Zealand cheese? Test your general knowledge with Newsroom's daily quiz.
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/27/newsroom-daily-quiz-wednesday-27-november/
Newsroom daily quiz, Wednesday 27 November