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Senior NZ lawyers call for Treaty Principles Bill to be abandoned
21 hours ago · Members of the King’s Counsel, some of New Zealand’s most senior legal minds, say the controversial Treaty Principles Bill “seeks to rewrite the Treaty itself” and are calling on the prime minister and the coalition government to “act responsibly now and abandon” it. More than 40 KCs have written to the prime minister and attorney ...
COP29: Does NZ have the credibility to lead carbon trading talks?
22 hours ago · By APR editor -. November 13, 2024. 7. NZ Climate Change Minister Simon Watts will be be co-leading talks on international carbon trading at COP29 next week. Image: RNZ/Samuel Rillstone. By Eloise Gibson, RNZ climate change correspondent. New Zealand’s Climate Change Minister Simon Watts is going to the global climate summit in Baku ...
‘Don’t mistake Pacific leaders AUKUS ... - Asia Pacific Report
May 6, 2024 · By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist. A Pacific regionalism academic has called out New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters for withholding information from the public on AUKUS and says the security deal “raises serious questions for the Pacific region”.
COP29: Pacific countries cannot be conveniently pigeonholed
3 days ago · This is our Pacific Way in action: state parties and civil society working together to remind the world as we approach a “finance COP” with the upcoming COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11-22 that we cannot be conveniently pigeonholed. READ MORE: Year 2024 to be the first to breach 1.5C warming limit.
Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific
Mar 19, 2021 · John Key pledged to provide up to $200 million in climate aid over the next four years. Most of this was focused on the Pacific. The Paris Agreement recognised that the Pacific was indeed one of the world’s most vulnerable regions when it comes to the effects of climate change – this is for a multitude of reasons.
Ramos-Horta challenges Pacific’s biggest threat to media freedom ...
Jun 5, 2022 · Small victory, big tick A small victory maybe. But it got a big tick from Timor-Leste Journalists Association president Zevonia Vieira and her colleagues.
and it’s getting worse, says report - Asia Pacific Report
Nov 16, 2021 · Asia Pacific Report newsdesk. Pacific Islanders believe corruption is a big problem in both their governments and the business sector, says a new report. About one third of 6000 interviewees across the region believe that most or all members of parliament and staff in heads of government’s offices are involved in corruption, says Transparency ...
IPCC report: ‘Last gasp’ warning on climate response for NZ, …
Aug 10, 2021 · RNZ News. The climate is changing, faster than we thought – and humans have caused it. Last night, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the most comprehensive report on climate change ever – with hundreds of scientists taking part.. It says human activity is “unequivocally” driving the warming of atmosphere, ocean and land.
Pacific Islands Forum launches new 2050 strategic blueprint
Jul 14, 2022 · RNZ Pacific. The Pacific Islands Forum has launched a new longterm strategy to address present and future challenges faced by Pacific peoples. The “2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent” was endorsed by regional heads of governments as the curtains fell on the 51st Forum Leaders’ summit in Suva. “As Pacific leaders, our vision is ...