
Climate change
Earth likely exceeded 1.5C threshold in 2024
2024 was NZ's 10th hottest year since 1909.

Law & Regulation
Waikato could host second steel mill
A proposed 'green steel' plant slated for fast-tracking could create 200 jobs.

Technology
Best of BusinessDesk: Race for fusion energy hots up
OpenStar's test in Wellington reached several million degrees Celsius.

Retrospective
When Lincoln students 'kidnapped' the PM
Opposition leader Norman Kirk was also tied up and put on a hay bale.