Expert Reactions

2019 NZ’s fourth warmest year on record – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 January 202010 January 2020

Last year was New Zealand’s fourth warmest year since recording began in 1909, according to the 2019 Niwa Annual Climate Summary. Annual temperatures […]

Australian bushfires continue to blaze – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 06 January 202015 January 2020

Fires continue to rage across south-eastern Australia and three blazes may join forces to create a mega fire on the Victoria-New South […]

Environmental impacts of tourism – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 December 201918 December 2019

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) Simon Upton warns that increasing numbers of tourists are eroding the very attributes that […]

Whakaari/White Island eruption – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 December 201916 December 2019

Steam and gas jets are still coming out of the active vent on Whakaari / White Island, following the eruption […]

Rethinking plastics in Aotearoa – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 08 December 201909 December 2019

Reducing the burden of plastic is the theme of a new report from the Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor […]

Draft cannabis legislation – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 04 December 201911 August 2020

The Government has released the first draft of the cannabis legislation that New Zealanders will vote on in next year’s referendum. The draft Bill sets out […]