NZ imported more than a million tonnes of dirty coal last year Wed, 14 Jul 2021, 10:27AM
New Zealand s imported more than a million tonnes of dirty coal from Indonesia only twice in the last 20 years - 2020 and 2006. (Photo / File)
NZ imported more than a million tonnes of dirty coal last year
By Jordan Bond, RNZ
In the same year that the Government declared a climate emergency, imports of an especially dirty type of coal from Indonesia topped a million tonnes for the first time since 2006.
Last year, 235kg of overseas coal was imported for every New Zealander in order to power homes and businesses. This is also only imported coal; the country also produces coal domestically.
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The major nurses union says the Government s decision to freeze large swathes of the public sector s pay could push many of its members into voting for strike action. Hospital corridor - stock image. Source: istock.com
By Jordan Bond of rnz.co.nz
Following a meeting with unions, the Government said that it will now consider cost-of-living increases for public servants and review pay increases before the end of next year.
But that climbdown may be too late for nurses who have until tomorrow to decide whether months of stalled pay negotiations should result in industrial action.
RNZ spoke to a senior nurse who last year was terrified of dying from Covid-19 or at least giving it to her family, so she lived separately from them in a sleep-out, sacrificing family life so she could care for sick people.