More faultlines in the coalition
There are more fault lines emerging in the coalition, once again over climate change.
Public consultation closed a week ago on a proposal for a...
The heat is starting to go on Luxon
The Government is coming under increasing pressure to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Accord.
It is caught, alone and at odds with its...
National v ACT for the farmer vote
As what is clearly part of National’s bid to reclaim the farmer vote from ACT, they are proposing to relax the regulations governing discharges...
Environmental conference debates the economy
In a shift that may reflect the political mood of the times, the Environmental Defence Society's conference in Auckland yesterday focused on economic solutions...
Possible gridlock for Auckland’s congestion charging
The Government’s plan to ease congestion on the Auckland motorway system may well hit its own gridlock.
In contrast to the “gone by lunchtime” legislative...
Cracks appear in landmark Government policy
Cracks have begun to appear in one of National’s landmark campaign promises to liberalise the use of gene technology in farming.
National promoted the idea...
Surprise at the GE Committee
The debate over relaxing the current restrictions on genetic editing has now taken a surprising turn, with some farmer organisations expressing reservations about the...
Taking the politics out of government
Both the Prime Minister and Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis have made it pretty clear they are not interested in bipartisan solutions to the...
Finger wagging at the Blue Greens
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton, wagged a metaphorical finger at the National Party on Saturday, and RMA Minister Chris Bishop wagged...
It’s not easy being green
As Kermit the frog said, it isn’t easy being green.
A Select Committee yesterday heard how difficult it was for the country's electricity grid operator,...
Government stops water cleanup plans
Hostilities have resumed in one of politics' longest-running battles.
The question of how clean fresh waterways should be has occupied hours of political time as...
Bishops answers the call
Those business leaders who were calling last week for some indication of an economic plan from the Government got their answer yesterday.
In what amounted...
Yawning gaps in RMA proposals
The Government's overriding principles for resource management reform, released on Friday, are likely to be widely welcomed by some and resisted by others.
Minister Chris...
Luxon’s first crisis
Transpower has begun "creative" work on an electricity conservation campaign that it fears could be needed by late January if it does not get...
Fast track to more electricity generation
The Government is now pulling out all the legislative stops as it attempts to deal with the energy crisis.
There is intense pressure on it...
