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KiwiRail loses world-first shipping loan certification after ferry project dumped

A globally-recognised certification issued to KiwiRail for a $350 million green loan has been revoked due to the cancellation of the purchase of the new inter-island ferries. Climate Bonds Initiative Head of Certification Marina Strovolidou confirmed the certification was removed just over a week ago. Subscribe to continue reading Already…

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Erika Fairweather wins world championship

Otago middle distance swimmer Erika Fairweather can now call herself a world champion, after winning the 400m freestyle title at the World Aquatics championships in Doha yesterday; also qualifying for the Paris Olympics in a New Zealand record time. Until yesterday, nobody from New Zealand had ever won gold at…

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Rating agency downgrades viability of NZ’s biggest credit union

It’s taken more than half a century to merge 20 credit unions into New Zealand’s biggest, Unity. But just two more years of forecast operating losses could unravel those generations of work, an international ratings agency warns. Fitch Ratings has downgraded Unity credit union to a B credit rating, with…

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Rob Campbell: We can’t leave the climate up to Kiwi ingenuity

There are exciting opportunities in new energy and transition for all parts of the economy if it’s treated as a national priority. Failure to make these big shifts will condemn us to failure.

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As temperatures become unendurable, we won’t be the only ones to suffer

What will it take for us to question our belief that 40 million sheep and just under five million dairy cows are able to survive temperature extremes of heat, as well as cold?

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Moko Tepania: Far North not just the birthplace of the nation

5 wishes for 2024: In a cultural and metaphorical sense, the 'Tail of the Fish' should be steering the country where we need to go. To do that, the Far North needs to be delivering for the Far North - not central government.

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Dame Anne Salmond: Will the real Christopher Luxon please stand up?

If the new PM holds fast to the environmental values he articulated as chief of Air NZ, his legacy will be worth celebrating. Unfortunately, that's not what we're seeing so far.

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NZ’s ‘most unwanted species’ invading Hauraki Gulf

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is warning boaties to check their gear over the summer to avoid exacerbating the spread of exotic seaweed that poses a serious threat to the Hauraki Gulf ecosystem. The recent detection of two species of invasive seaweed caulerpa, described by the Ministry of Primary Industries as…

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Saving South Dunedin from going under

Sixteen ideas have made the shortlist in South Dunedin's "plan for a plan" over regular flooding

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NZ cities drop down The Economist ‘cozzie livs’ rankings

If cost of living increases are hurting Auckland and Wellington, they can take some perverse consolation that other global cities are feeling the pain worse. Food prices continue to soar in NZ cities, but other cost rises like utilities, personal care and clothing are slowing, Jonathan Milne reports.

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The stadiums that could have been contenders

The media is being used to encourage politicians to accept as inevitable the idea of a waterfront stadium in Auckland

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A distance-learning course in how to win friends and influence people

The more distance we create in any sphere of life the more likely gaps in empathy arise and persist. 'Let’s do this' beats 'In it for you' hands down

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How to increase EV uptake in developing countries

Getting the supply chain right is key to encouraging consumers to buy Electric Vehicles

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NZ First haunted by ghosts of past coalitions

Hold-up in coalition government talks is likely because NZ First doesn’t want to repeat the mistakes of coalitions of the past

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A new dawn for Chch council after mystery and mayhem

Chief executive Dawn Baxendale is gone but why did Christchurch City Councillors back her for so long?

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Short story: Apple Wine, by Claire Gray

Ōtautahi writer Claire Gray has won third place at the 2023 Sargeson Prize for "Apple Wine"

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‘This isn’t a life’: The crushing burden of Long Covid

The first report from the Long Covid Registry research project reveals the heartbreaking impact of the illness on patients in New Zealand.

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The tumbledown cottage that bust its auction reserve by half a million

Vendors not afraid to live dangerously have picked the bottom of the housing market – and made handsome profits as it picks up again

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NZME gets to explain its sinking feeling

MediaRoom column: Herald and NewstalkZB owner's profit projected to slump

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Gore ‘bullying’ target applies for council top job

After quitting an unhappy work environment at Gore District Council more than a decade ago, the former finance head is applying for the job being vacated by his nemesis.

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NZ's film industry wants a slice of the Netflix pie

New Zealand's $3 billion screen industry could shrivel up without some drastic improvements in funding - like asking the big streamers to cough up

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Wood wants to learn from gravity of ‘shocker’ defeat

Outgoing Labour MP Michael Wood says it’s time for Labour to listen and take stock if it wants to rebuild before the next general election

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'Mum ticks a lot of the boxes that put her at risk of loneliness'

On the isolation of single elderly people in New Zealand

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Tech reinvention helps NZ manufacturers grind back into action

After years of poor performance, the manufacturing sector believe it's turning a corner as 'the back office to a technology company'. Emma Hatton reports.

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Surprise at Canterbury council’s ‘misleading’ court withdrawal

A court case on river protection has been halted but might yet be revived

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