Newsroom | Independent New Zealand News and Current affairs
WEBpodcasts. Newsroom is an independent, New Zealand-based news and current affairs site covering politics, business, climate change and more.
Business and finance news from New Zealand - Newsroom
WEBRise in health insurance sign-ups despite cost-of-living crisis. Southern Cross, the country’s largest private health insurer, grew its membership base for an eighth straight year. Start your day with a curation of our top stories in your inbox. Catch up on the latest news, analysis and informed opinion on NZ business and economy from Newsroom.
Emissions Trading Scheme: NZ's carbon market explained
WEBMar 22, 2021 · Photo: Lynn Grieveson. Climate Change Minister James Shaw rang the NZX bell in Wellington to mark the start of the first ever auction of carbon credits under the Emissions Trading Scheme. By noon that day, some 40 participants had submitted bids for 11 million credits and a total of 4.75 million were auctioned off at a price of $36 per unit.
Recession to end but Govt surplus delayed a year - Newsroom
WEBSep 12, 2023 · New Zealand’s economy will keep growing after our very brief technical recession, the latest Treasury figures suggest. For the year to June 2023, GDP is expected to have increased 3.1 percent, despite a 0.7 percent contraction in the December 2022 quarter followed by a 0.1 percent decline in March which prompted recession fears.
Auckland's historic flooding explained in five charts - Newsroom
WEBJan 30, 2023 · Major storms in 1985 saw 161 mm of rain fall at the airport, setting a record that lasted nearly four decades. But Friday’s biblical shower broke that record, as the chart below shows. The 245 mm of rain the station received between 9am Friday and 9am Saturday towers over every single other day across more than 60 years of data.
Shareholders vote to close Marsden Point refinery, cutting 1 …
WEBAug 6, 2021 · The decision to shut down New Zealand’s only oil refinery was just “pandering to the Greens”, said one shareholder; it jeopardised the supply of diesel for farmers and truckies, said another; it exposed the country to the caprice of China; it made the economy as vulnerable as Venezuela … the concerns continued.
Our water problem in 15 worrying charts - newsroom.co.nz
WEBApr 27, 2021 · A state-of-the-nation water report had some tough lessons for the Government as it embarked on its massive reform of the three waters sector. Here is the problem in 15 charts. by Nikki Mandow 27/04/2021. Sewage overflows into our oceans are just one of the challenges facing the Government as it tries to …
Collins causes ‘shell-shock’ in small Christchurch hall
WEBAug 3, 2024 · She told invited guests, about 20 people, the coordinated, cross-agency response to the Royal Commission recommendations had ended. Eight of the 44 recommendations had been dropped, while the balance were either completed or would be absorbed into “ongoing work programmes”.
TV3 goes for yet another makeover - Newsroom
WEBNov 10, 2021 · Media. TV3 goes for yet another makeover. Discovery, the owner of TV3, has unveiled its programme line-up for 2022 and, as Mark Jennings writes, a show about sustainable farming and changes to the AM show seem to be the highlights. by Mark Jennings 10/11/202129/01/2024. Nadia Lim will appear on her own farming show on …
Survival, resilience and losing everything in Hawkes Bay - Newsroom
WEBFeb 15, 2023 · Photo: Catherine Wedd/Facebook. A couple rescued from the roof of their house in Hawke’s Bay’s rural Puketapu on Tuesday have finally made it to safety in Napier. Ant and Anna Sabiston managed to get a ladder from their garage and make it to the roof of their Omaranui home at around 6.30am on Tuesday as …