Some Pacific nations ‘won’t survive’ if NZ and world drop the climate ball
By Hamish Cardwell
There is “is much to win by trying” to take action on climate change — that is a key finding in a...
Mediawatch on Cyclone Gabrielle: ‘I’m proud to be working on this newspaper’
RNZ Mediawatch
New Zealand’s media were in emergency mode yet again this week, offering hours of extra coverage on air, online and in print.
Outlets in...
Cyclone Gabrielle triggers more destructive forestry ‘slash’ – NZ must change how it grows trees
ANALYSIS: By Mark Bloomberg, University of Canterbury
The severe impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on the North Island, and the five severe weather events experienced by...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Severity of damage ‘not seen in a generation’, says PM Hipkins
RNZ News
At least 2500 people have been displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle this week, says Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty.
About 1000 of those are in...
NZ declares national emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle unleashes fury across North Island
RNZ News
A national state of emergency has been declared today after Cyclone Gabrielle unleashed fury across the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.
There has...
Why Pacific Islanders are staying put even as rising seas flood their homes and crops
ANALYSIS: By Merewalesi Yee, The University of Queensland; Annah Piggott-McKellar, Queensland University of Technology; Celia McMichael, The University of Melbourne, and Karen E McNamara,...