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UNAids is set to close in 2026 – four years early. Are experts right to be alarmed?

The move to shut the agency comes as aid budgets are being slashed, leading to fears that global progress on HIV may be reversed

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The quiet hot-water revolution: why heat-pump water heaters are New Zealand’s fastest household energy win

Hot water quietly eats a big slice of the average Kiwi home’s energy pie—around 30%. And unlike lighting or appliances, there’s usually just one machine behind it: the hot-water cylinder. Swap that one appliance and you can wipe out most of the slice.

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If New Zealand subsidised hot-water heat pumps, households would feel it—fast

Hot water is an invisible giant in New Zealand’s energy story. About 30% of the average household’s electricity bill flows into keeping cylinders topped up. Swap one appliance, though, and most of that demand disappears.

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The most Māori in Parliament ever. Significant? Or so what?

The final election results last Friday moved the dial bringing in two more Te Paati Māori MPs and with that electing the highest number of number of Māori MPs in a parliamentary term

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The little EV pilot with global potential

A Hyundai light electric vehicle has been quietly touring New Zealand’s roads for the past six months gathering data around battery life to help companies prepare a business case for a switch from combustion engines to EVs.

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'Rebound effect' puts CO2 targets at risk

Researchers worry more than half of global efforts to cut greenhouse gases by using energy more efficiently could be wiped out by a sneaky efficiency paradox called the 'rebound effect'.

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The government art of 'hiding the cheese'

Did the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority withhold advice it received on value of low-carbon tech subsidies? 'Categorically not,' insists chief executive Andrew Caseley.

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Cabinet approves Eastern Airport City

The cabinet on Tuesday approved the allocation of 1,032 rai of land in the Eastern Airport City (EECa) project to create a free-trade zone within the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), in a move to attract investors and businesspeople.

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