Today it was announced that a deal had been reached at Copenhagen between the big polluters.

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The Government must have an open mind and be ready to join forces with world leaders at Copenhagen and make bold, fair and binding commitments to fight climate change, said the Green Party today.

Over the next two weeks at Copenhagen, starting at official level, and culminating with the arrival of some one hundred Heads of Government, including both the British and New Zealand Prime Ministers, we hope to see the shape of an agreement emerge to counter the threat of anthropogenic induced c

The rural property market is a slow slog for sellers, with cashed-up buyers thin on the ground and differing price expectations, First National Group's quarterly rural survey shows.

Criticism in today's Guardian is a reminder of the risk to New Zealand of not taking climate change seriously and ensuring our actions match our words, Minister for Climate Change Issues Nick Smith says.

A government decision to make big companies pay for some of their greenhouse gas emissions when using wood pellets and other biofuels is seen as the last straw by many in the forest industry.

A new survey shows eighty-two percent of the population believe that emitters should pay for their excess emissions, a clear rejection of National's plan to force taxpayers to pick up the tab, the Green Party said today.

The road to Copenhagen is paved with potholes, and the Government seems intent on driving us into every one of them.

Te Ururoa Flavell, MP for Waiariki

Thursday 24 September 2009

[acknowledgements to the passing of Sir Howard Morrison; Professor James Ritchie and Tikirau Stevens]

Today I would like to talk to you about jobs and families.

The most pressing issues confronting New Zealand at the moment are jobs, and the pressure on families who are trying to make ends meet and have something left over at the end of the week.