Eloise Gibson

New Zealand

Climate Change Correspondent at Radio New Zealand (RNZ)

Climate Correspondent, RNZ Formerly Stuff, Newsroom, NZ Herald, etc. Profile pic is Empodisma Robustum, Queen of plants.

Articles

National

2 days ago | odt.co.nz | Eloise Gibson

The Tasman District Council is expecting rivers across the region to be running at high levels and is warning residents to prepare for flooding. Nine airport baggage handlers are among 18 people arrested in a $24 million drug-smuggling bust in Auckland. An Ashburton man fears a child will drown at a Tinwald playground built metres from stormwater drainage. Tributes are flowing for Tāmaki Makaurau MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp, who died early today at the age of 50.
National

2 days ago | odt.co.nz | Eloise Gibson

Victims to get final say over sex offenders' name suppressions New legislation that will ensure the courts cannot issue a permanent name suppression order for an adult convicted of a sexual offence, unless the victim agrees to it. Parts of Canterbury experienced "massive" 250kmh wind gusts overnight, as an active front moved up the South Island, and a slip has closed Haast Pass.
NZ pulls out of global coalition for phasing out fossil fuels

3 days ago | rnz.co.nz | Eloise Gibson

The New Zealand government has quietly pulled out of an international coalition for phasing out fossil fuels. The move follows the announcement of $200 million funding to support new drilling for fossil fuel fields at the Budget. Climate Change Minister Simon Watts said the catalyst for leaving the alliance was the government's decision to repeal the previous government's ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration.
How to get the best payoff from solar panels

4 days ago | rnz.co.nz | Eloise Gibson

Solar panels now stack up financially for many households in all three of the country's biggest cities, as well as Queenstown. A new in-depth study by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) says plunging panel prices and rising electricity bills have tipped the scales in favour of rooftop solar for many homeowners.
Climate Minister says gas shortage will lower greenhouse emissions

5 days ago | rnz.co.nz | Eloise Gibson

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says the gas shortage will lower greenhouse gas emissions, but at a cost for businesses that can't switch to electricity. Supply from existing gas fields has plunged since the government published its Emissions Reduction Plan in December 2024.
Ministers quizzed over bottom trawling, freshwater, axing Predator Free 2050

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Eloise Gibson

Environment Minister Penny Simmonds has defended deep cuts to environment funding at a sometimes scrappy scrutiny hearing, which also saw opposition MPs challenging the government over weakening freshwater rules, bottom trawling near Auckland, and axing funding for Predator Free 2050. Green MP Lan Pham asked Simmonds what risks she saw from about $650 million in cuts to funding for the Ministry for the Environment across the previous two Budgets.
Scientists may have found a big, mysterious carbon sink in the South Island

1 week ago | stuff.co.nz | Eloise Gibson

Scientists may have found a big, mysterious carbon sink in the South Island. But they caution more work is needed to solve the puzzle before New Zealand could claim the discovery as a climate win.
Scientists may have found a big, mysterious carbon sink in the South Island

1 week ago | radionz.co.nz | Eloise Gibson

Scientists may have found a big, mysterious carbon sink in the South Island. But they caution more work is needed to solve the puzzle before New Zealand could claim the discovery as a climate win.
Fieldays 2025: Farmers expected to come on board as methane science advances

2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Eloise Gibson

By Eloise Gibson of RNZThe Prime Minister’s new chief science adviser believes farmers will come around to technologies that cut their emissions. Some farming groups oppose inventions like methane vaccines, but John Roche says farmers will accept change once they see the products work. For a long time, one of the main concerns for farmers about tackling climate change was the lack of new technologies to lower emissions, without hurting productivity.
Fieldays: Farmers expected to come on board as methane science advances

2 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Eloise Gibson

The Prime Minister's new chief science adviser believes farmers will come around to technologies that cut their emissions. Some farming groups oppose inventions like methane vaccines, but John Roche says farmers will accept change once they see the products work. For a long time, one of the main concerns for farmers about tackling climate change was the lack of new technologies to lower emissions, without hurting productivity.