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Today the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Jan Wright, fronted up to the finance select committee to talk about the financial and economic risks of climate change, particularly sea level rise. International banks, insurers and investors have well and truly … Read More

Last year the Ministry for the Environment released Environment Aotearoa 2015. This was the first state of the environment report under the new Environment Reporting Act. Today the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has released her review of that report. … Read More

Last week ECan was given a ‘wake-up call’ by Forest and Bird when they pointed out there were 376 serious breaches of water consents in the 2013/14 year. Yesterday Forest and Bird followed that up by showing that ECan also … Read More

An independent expert has claimed that DOC funding has been cut by $40m, but DOC denies the claim. The fact is that DOC’s budgets are opaque and difficult to follow on a year on year basis, so nominal funding cuts … Read More

On Wednesday the Million Dollar Mouse team left for Antipodes Island to carry out their mission of ridding the island of mice. This infographic gives you a sense of the immense logistical task they have ahead. Our ability to carry … Read More

It isn’t often that turkeys vote for Christmas, but the tourism industry has done just that, stating they are open to charging visitors to fund infrastructure. This is no doubt in the face of public pressure at the ever mounting … Read More