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Senior Political Reporter @NewsroomNZ covering climate change, health, energy and violent extremism | DM for Signal | #WearAMask | He/him ✡️📰
Special Report: Air pollution is behind one in every 10 deaths in New Zealand, shattering our self-perception as a clean, green nation. What are we going to do about it? newsroom.co.nz/the-invisible-…
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REVEALED: MBIE’s spine-chilling $500k bill for spine-straightening consultants The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal through an Official Information Act request that the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has spent $500,012 on consultants for posture training…
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Here are some of the Jan. 6 defendants who received a full and unconditional pardon from Trump tonight:
Electric vehicle sales cratered in 2024 to barely a third of the 2023 sales level and less than half of the number sold in 2022 – and aren’t expected to return to their previous highs for another two years. newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/16/two…
Reshuffle analysis: While Luxon and Willis are still talking about slashed government spending and last year’s tax cuts, neither seems to have shifted the dial on the economic mood of the nation. newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/19/lux…
A new @WWFNewZealand / Horizon Research poll, exclusively released to Newsroom, shows even the Government’s own supporters were ‘concerned’ and ‘disappointed’ by its track record on ocean protection and called for more marine sanctuaries. newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/20/pol…
Best of 2024: By lowballing the COP29 finance goal, developed countries have undercut global efforts to halt the climate crisis, Marc Daalder writes from Baku. newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/25/cop…
Three years on, we now know from the Royal Commission that there was no discussion about ending elimination before Jacinda Ardern effectively announced it.
Proactively released docs from Oct 4 - when the step system was introduced and elimination abandoned - are remarkably silent on the end of elimination. Either it was discussed verbally or never brought up - would explain muddled comms that week. #nzpol #Covid19 #Covid19nz
During the #Covid19 pandemic, New Zealand students lost fewer days of school than kids in almost any other country – including Sweden – the Royal Commission found.
In February alone, New Zealand will set a new Paris emissions target and repeal a ban on offshore oil and gas exploration, Marc Daalder reports. newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/14/nzs…
Two key events in February will set the direction of New Zealand’s clean, green reputation for the rest of the year – and perhaps even many years to come. newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/14/nzs…
Few iwi leaders turned up to a hui in Hawkes Bay to discuss a new deliberative body for Māori which would resist Government policies and speak with a unified voice. newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/10/rou…
Notable figures based on survey results from Transport for London: support went from ~40 to 60% in *just one month* before vs after the policy, perceptions of traffic reduction went from ~50 to 70%
Best of the Year: Ministers forged ahead with reinstating offshore drilling despite warnings from officials that it probably violates the European or British trade agreements, reports Marc Daalder. newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/01/gov…
