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Sky’s the limit for Rod Oram Essay Prize winner

Plummeting towards the ground after her parachute failed to open last month has given Angela Fang, 19, a unique perspective

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Winning essay: Building houses that we can call homes

The 19-year-old winner of the 2026 Rod Oram Memorial Essay Prize, Angela Fang, proposes an economic model in which we value housing for the warmth and stability it provides our families, and not just as an investment asset.

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Revolutions in farming and food must inspire Fonterra farmers to move faster

Talking to dairy farmers after the co-op announced new on-farm emissions targets at its AGM in Methven, Rod Oram describes the fear that climate action triggers for many.

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Climate optimist loses faith in oil and gas industry

When Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres says she no longer believes the oil and gas industry will do the right thing around climate change, it’s a big deal, including in New Zealand. Ditto when Al Gore says the same thing.

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The Week in Detail: Wallabies, AI, and the NZ Steel deal

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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What next for NZ's big emitters?

NZ Steel's done a deal with the Government that'll cut its carbon emissions. Will the country's other big emitters follow their lead?

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Rod Oram: Anxiety into action

‘Anxiety into action’ is the theme of this 10th and last episode in our Newsroom video series The Way Forward about the ways we are tackling the climate crisis in Aotearoa.

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The crucial missing advice for next Emissions Reduction Plan

Whichever parties form the next government must commit to deliver our collective plan rather than cherry-pick what's politically expedient for them, writes Rod Oram

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The Way Forward: Making tourism better

Watch video: In our series The Way Forward, Rod Oram investigates a fundamental shift in tourism strategy from volume to value.

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The planet burns on a bonfire of farming regulations

Many are rising to the challenges of making all our economic activities climate compatible in ways that also restore our natural environment. But the main bodies in the dairy and meat industries are draggers, rather than drivers, of that vital work, argues Rod Oram.

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Māori knowledge can help us combat climate change

Watch video: In part eight of our 10-part video series, The Way Forward, Rod Oram looks at big new ideas that can lead our response to climate change

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The road to water recycling

Watch video: In part seven of our 10-part video series, The Way Forward, Rod Oram looks at big new ideas that can lead our response to climate change.

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Great tasting new foods that can save the environment

Watch video: In the sixth of our 10-part video series, The Way Forward, Rod Oram looks at big new ideas that can lead our response to climate change

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Trees: Our ultimate renewal resource

Watch video: In part 5 of our video series, The Way Forward, Rod Oram looks at big new ideas that can lead our response to climate change and improve sustainability.

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Farming: The next steps

Watch video: In part 4 of our video series, The Way Forward, Rod Oram looks at big new ideas that can lead our response to climate change and improve sustainability.

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Our electric future

Watch video: In the third of our 10-part video series, The Way Forward, Rod Oram looks at big new ideas that can lead our response to climate change

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Why NZ must integrate nature and urban design

Watch video: In the first of a new 10-part video series - The Way Forward - Rod Oram looks at big new ideas that can lead our response to climate change

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Rod Oram: Floods and strikes should shock NZ from complacency

We can avoid a recession if companies invest wisely in their future; our mood will be the crucial determinant.

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The risks for the future are overwhelmingly environmental

NZ has caused one of humanity’s fastest depletions and degradations of land and water and one of the fastest rates of species extinction. We need a great leap forward from the politics of ping-pong platitudes, writes Rod Oram

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COP27 and the fraught reality of climate change negotiations

Delegates from almost 200 countries have been meeting in Egypt for COP27 - how do we measure their success or otherwise?

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North and South far apart at COP27

At Sharm el-Sheikh, a strong vow to put right the wrongs of the world is not, sadly, the final word from the climate summit. That will be bland and unprogressive.

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Will this be the COP that loses the 1.5 C target?

"The pace of things has been incredibly slow." Rod Oram at the global climate summit finds a vibe of inaction that's worrying some attendees

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Climate summit desperate and delayed

Newsroom columnist Rod Oram reports from Egypt as the world gathers, again, to wrangle solutions to climate change

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Rod Oram: We're light years from the change we need

Columnist Rod Oram is struck by an encouraging summit on food and our futures, and a discouraging week from politicians and farmer leaders.

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What does the future of New Zealand’s circular economy look like?

A circular future requires bold government leadership, a shift in mindset about our relationship with the natural world, and collaboration on a scale never seen before, writes Alina Siegf

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