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Energy is the double-edged sword at the root of the climate crisis. Cheap energy has improved lives and underpinned massive economic growth. But because most of it comes from burning hydrocarbon fuels, we’re now left with a legacy of high atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and an emissions-intensive economy.

Climate expert Kevin E Trenberth runs his eye over the Government's emissions reduction plan, putting it in a big picture context, and giving it a qualified thumbs up

A judge in New Zealand has cleared the country's emergency management agency of safety breaches over the 2019 White Island volcanic eruption.

A running club at the heart of rural NZ is making big strides in gender equality, encouraging girls and women of all ages to run cross country with them, Merryn Anderson discovers. 

Terence Wood: Talk of a Chinese military base in the islands shows the impact of politicians stoking our fears of the world – when it's NZ and Australian soldiers actually been called in.

Mystery Sixtus was deported alone to NZ as a teenager and separated from family, one of the increasing number of non-citizens removed under the Migration Act

As housing prices surge, nearly half of Kiwis are relying on parents to get a foothold on the property ladder, eating into their retirement plans and savings

GDP is a seriously flawed indicator of human wellbeing. We have been conditioned to mistake dollar value for things that really matter, argues Jack Santa Barbara

NZ's poet laureate celebrates a milestone in NZ writing