Where are we all going? Our population trends in 10 charts
1 day ago · NZ’s population increased by 1.8 percent in the year to June 2024 *. That’s still above average but a decent come down on last year’s 2.5 percent year-on-year. Net international migration inflows accounted for roughly 80 percent of this population increase. The Auckland region once again captured the vast majority of these and hence ...
NZ warned against ‘blood offsets’ from carbon credit breakthrough
1 day ago · The world’s foremost form of carbon removal – planting trees – has a much shorter storage length. ‘New Zealand’s Government must commit that it will never buy sham credits that don’t reflect actual emissions reductions or blood offsets that …
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Fuel importers ‘ready for international shocks’ - Newsroom
3 days ago · As the Government carries out a fuel security study, one of New Zealand’s largest fuel suppliers has done its own analysis of how secure our reserves are in the event of a worst-case scenario. Hughes is clear in his view that the move to a full-import model has been a net positive for the country. Photo: Supplied. Julian Hughes is tasked with ...
Is there a worse way of discussing te Tiriti? - Newsroom
1 day ago · Is there a worse way of discussing te Tiriti? The select committee needs to call for submissions from people who have constitutional, legal and Indigenous rights expertise, otherwise we will be condemned to a divisive political campaign based on a wilful misrepresentation of one of our founding documents. by Lianne Dalziel 1 hour ago13/11/2024.
Raw Politics: Act finally gets its shot at the Treaty - Newsroom
5 days ago · Raw Politics: Act finally gets its shot at the Treaty. This week on the Raw Politics podcast: David Seymour floats a new law with potential to be among the single greatest breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. Plus political editor Laura Walters joins us from the US. Each time the tide comes in, it comes further up the beach. Well, that appears ...
NZ no longer on track for net zero under Govt’s new climate plan
Jul 17, 2024 · Failing to hit net zero. According to the document, however, this new approach means New Zealand is no longer on track to meet its 2050 net zero emissions target, nor the third emissions budget in 2031 to 2035. That’s a marked change from the final projections released under Labour, which showed the country’s non-methane emissions falling ...
Raw Politics: When ministers know best - Newsroom
Sep 27, 2024 · Podcast: Raw Politics. Raw Politics: When ministers know best. The panel discusses the coalition’s forked tongue approach to ‘operational matters’ in government departments, plus sensitivities over NZ’s stance on the latest UN vote on Israel. by Newsroom Staff 27/09/202427/09/2024. Credit: Newsroom / Getty Images.
Milestone pushing open banking deals over the line - Newsroom
Aug 5, 2024 · Photo: Unsplash. Two months on from a key milestone in New Zealand’s push for banking innovation, fintech companies are cracking new deals with banks and looking for investment. The end of May marked a deadline, imposed by cross-industry body Payments NZ, for the four major banks to open up their systems to give third-party companies access.
Policy wins for Act, NZ First but Nats hold the reins of power
Nov 24, 2023 · Politics. Policy wins for Act, NZ First but Nats hold the reins of power. While National has held onto the powerful portfolios, it’s Act and New Zealand First that have notched up significant policy wins in the new coalition government. by Jo Moir 24/11/202324/11/2023. The shape of the new government has finally been revealed, with a three ...