Shane Jones Weakens Oil Polluter Clean-up Liability
The culture war screams about trans people, Māori and vaccines. Meanwhile Shane Jones is making it easier for oil companies to leave taxpayers with the clean-up bill.
The culture war screams about trans people, Māori and vaccines. Meanwhile Shane Jones is making it easier for oil companies to leave taxpayers with the clean-up bill.

Eight tonnes of coral and sponges. Four endangered Hector’s dolphins. More than 1,000 seabirds. This is the real cost of bottom trawling.

The Government spent two years insisting more fossil gas would save us. Now it is underwriting loans to help businesses escape gas dependence. Russel Norman says the fairytale has collapsed.

Anti-war protesters will gather in Auckland demanding New Zealand reject US-led wars, militarisation and deeper involvement in global conflict.

Greenpeace says New Zealand risks becoming part of the US military supply chain through a controversial new minerals agreement.

The coalition flunked Greenpeace’s fuel crisis test, but Labour’s hesitant middle-ground approach also came under scrutiny.

Greenpeace says nitrate contamination in Lumsden’s water supply has risen above the level associated with increased preterm birth risk.

Greenpeace says private bore water testing in Ōtautau revealed nitrate levels linked to bowel cancer and preterm birth risks.

A new international study linking nitrate contamination to stomach cancer is adding pressure on the Government to tighten New Zealand’s outdated drinking water standards.

The Government is moving to protect Fonterra and major polluters from climate lawsuits just as floods, droughts and climate chaos hammer New Zealand harder than ever.