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Politician Monica Lennon tells PinkNews why LGBT+ Scots should vote for her to be the leader of the Scottish Labour Party

Brent Barrett's Home Planet: Climate Change Commission roadmap a start 22 Feb, 2021 05:05 AM 4 minutes to read School Strike 4 Climate students provided brilliant examples of people pressuring leaders to lead, such as these protesters in Palmerston North in 2019. School Strike 4 Climate students provided brilliant examples of people pressuring leaders to lead, such as these protesters in Palmerston North in 2019. Manawatu Guardian I'm back! For those with a penchant for such things, you may recall this column by the same pen but in The Tribune, a long-standing community paper now found only i...

The presentation was made by members of the All Aboard coalition, Paul Winton of 1point5.org.nz, David Robertson from Generation Zero, and Cooper from Lawyers for Climate Action. Cooper said an early legal test of whether councillors are meeting their legal obligations to act could come when Auckland’s draft Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP) is released. The RLTP is the $31 billion, 10-year plan work programme involving local and government-run projects, involving NZTA Waka Kotahi and the Ministry of Transport, and signed off by council agency Auckland Transport. Another coalition mem...

Wellington Airport (file image). Photo: 123RF While international air travel might have ground to a halt, Wellington Airport's $1 billion expansion plans are getting ready for takeoff. The airport is currently consulting with the public on some of the early development, which will see the airport grow out into the neighbouring suburbs. Public feedback is currently being sought on some of the early development. But Eleanor West, a Wellington-based volunteer for environmental group Generation Zero, said the plans did not make sense. "Our main opposition to the airport expanding is that that's ...

Our voices can unlock climate action Newsroom 2/02/2021 © Provided by Newsroom WWF-New Zealand's Livia Esterhazy explains why the Climate Change Commission’s very existence is proof that our voices matter COMMENT: The key takeaway from the Climate Change Commission report released this week is simple: Together, we can do this. Together, we can make it possible for Aotearoa to do our bit in the global work to confront the climate crisis and keep warming below 1.5ºC. This analysis has shown what we at World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have said for years: New Zealand isn't doing its bit,...