Climate

Explainer - E-scooters are increasingly popular and increasingly speedy. What are the rules they need to follow, and do they need updating? RNZ explains.

This week, Phil Vine dives into the science of climate attribution. How much is climate change affecting extreme weather events? And how can this new science prepare us for the future? 

One KiwiSaver manager is both topping the table, with an annual return of 150.4 percent in one fund, and a huge loss in another. What's going on?

National scrapped a fund for companies to switch from coal. Now NZ might not meet emissions targets, officials say.

NEMA did not have enough trained staff when Cyclone Gabrielle hit - just one of a litany of failures a review has uncovered.

Offshore wind companies have told the government the industry is not compatible with seabed mining in the Taranaki Bight - but the mining industry disagrees.

A new steel-making furnace will reduce emissions so much, environment officials have pitched reducing the whole country's supply of carbon credits.

They stand by New Zealand's 2050 carbon reduction targets, but are open to adding international aviation and shipping emissions.

The tank is being used to test prototypes of mobile marine farms in a bid to help the sector adapt to climate change.

A searing heat wave has prompted blackouts nationwide and pushed the power grid to the brink.

Labour Party climate spokesperson Megan Woods said climate change "know no partisan politics".

Fears that New Zealand is relying too heavily on low-cost forests to absorb its carbon dioxide emissions have been reignited by a report from the OECD.

Job cuts at Crown-owned science company NIWA could cull a team of New Zealand's top climate modellers, RNZ understands.