UPDATE: Crucial carbon reduction recommendations due tomorrow

UPDATE: Crucial carbon reduction recommendations due tomorrow
Pattrick Smellie
(adds Dairy NZ comments on methane target at the eighth par) By Pattrick Smellie July 15 (BusinessDesk) - Crucial recommendations affecting the New Zealand farming and electricity sectors are due for release by the government's Interim Climate Change Committee tomorrow (Tuesday) in Wellington. The ICCC recommendations will coincide with the final day for lodging submissions on the government's flagship climate change legislation, the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill, which seeks to enshrine in law the country's comm...

More Policy

Foreign investors show ‘increased interest’ in NZ
Policy

Foreign investors show ‘increased interest’ in NZ

Pension funds are reportedly cooling on the US. Could NZ stand to benefit?

Rise in liquidations compounded by IRD crackdown
Economy

Rise in liquidations compounded by IRD crackdown

The IRD filed two-thirds of creditor applications in the March quarter.

The cost of over-regulated banking: $10b to $14.4b a year
Finance

The cost of over-regulated banking: $10b to $14.4b a year

Critics claim a huge annual cost from 30 years of regulatory creep.

Pattrick Smellie 16 Apr 2025
Fast-track panels not out of blocks yet
Policy

Fast-track panels not out of blocks yet

The first three projects to go through the process are still waiting on panels.

Oliver Lewis 10 Apr 2025