New Zealands's amateur hunters, told they could shoot the Puekoko bird have been killing the near extinct Takahe bird - possibly because they look the same as each other.

The Climate institute reported that NZ is behind Australia on climate reform. Not really. But they do have to stop those cows from farting.

President Obama has revealed his carbon emissions targets – a 32 percent cut on 2005 levels by 2030. But Obama is facing opposition, as you’d expect, with 15 states intending to go to court to try and block the new target.

Tony Abbott is set to announce new emissions targets, whilst electricity generators have reversed the downward trend

European economists are having a go at New Zealand for falling short on emission reductions. Harder to do, though, when the problem largely comes out the back end of farm animals.