1+ week, 3+ day ago  (523+ words) The nationwide average temperature in February 2026 was 16.9C. This was 0.5C below the 1991-2020 February average, and it was the coolest February since 2012. The month started with tropical air moving over the northern half of the country, with the highest air temperatures and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (919+ words) Christopher Cornwall, Te Herenga Waka " Victoria University of Wellington and Orlando Timmerman, University of Cambridge A recent report on global tipping points warned that coral reefs face widespread dieback and have reached a point from which they cannot recover. But…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (486+ words) Hawke's Bay's coastline faces real and growing risks from coastal erosion and coastal flooding. A new survey is asking people how the work needed to respond to these hazards should be funded. The survey is open to all residents, including…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (999+ words) In 2025, global media coverage of climate change fell 14 percent. This happened during one of the warmest years ever recorded, as wildfires destroyed neighborhoods, heatwaves killed tens of thousands, and floods displaced entire communities. The crisis intensified, but the coverage shrank....

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (728+ words) A New Zealand co-led international team has drilled the longest-ever sediment core from under an ice sheet, providing a record stretching back millions of years that will help climate scientists forecast the fate of the ice sheet in our warming…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (611+ words) Forgive the clich, but professional sport has become what religion used to be. Clichs aside, sport is one of the few remaining realms of public life to offer a widely shared set of meanings, in which rival allegiances are recognised,…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (717+ words) Prominent lawyer, Tiriti advocate, and community leader Tania Waikato today announced that she will stand as a candidate in the 2026 general election for the Green Party of Aotearoa, citing a growing need for courageous leadership, economic justice, and a renewed…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (555+ words) Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble of the University of Auckland has been honoured for her contribution to world chemistry by the Royal Society of Chemistry (London). She was named an Honorary Fellow, the organisation's highest accolade, for "decades of drug…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1118+ words) An industry-first renewable energy initiative is set to help one of New Zealand's largest bottled water exporters as part of a multi-million dollar expansion into luxury hotels across North America, Asia and Australasia. Bay of Plenty manufacturer Oravida has installed…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1327+ words) Te P'ti M'ori co-leader Rawiri Waititi says the government's $1 million to reimburse marae that provided welfare in response to severe weather events is "not enough". He said, "We don't need money for a response, we need money for resilience, and…...