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Govt plans standalone, independent tapwater czar
The government will legislate for the creation of a new stand-alone drinking water regulator, possibly before next year's general election.The decision marks the end of a three-year process that began when contaminated tapwater made more than 5,000 people in Havelock North ill in...
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Heavy lifting ahead for emissions partnership
Farming groups will spend at least $25 million a year to develop tools and technologies for measuring and reducing agricultural emissions while working with government to develop an on-farm emissions pricing system by 2025.The five-year agreement, heralded as a “world-first” part...
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Venture capital funding gap is real - David Parker
Associate Finance Minister David Parker insists there's a funding gap in New Zealand to support new ventures, particularly technological ventures, and that his planned $300 million Venture Capital Fund will address that gap.The bill establishing the fund, with the money coming fr...
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Give Climate Commission real powers - Norman
The soon-to-be-formed Climate Change Commission should be given the power to influence carbon prices by setting volumes for emission credit auctions, exemption rates for trade exposed industries and the level of exposure to global carbon markets, Greenpeace executive director Rus...
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