GREENWASHED: Easter Delights and Climate Fights – A Witty Wander Through Eco-Madness
In this lively Easter-themed commentary, Jaspreet Boparai and Don [...]
RURAL REPORT: Methane Milk Tests, Forest Conversions & Green Shipping
In this week’s Rural Report, Don Nicolson and Jaspreet [...]
RURAL REPORT: Climate Special part 3: Scientist Ian McIntosh
In the final episode of Climate Talks with Jaspreet [...]
RURAL REPORT SPECIAL: Climate Special: Scientist Ian McIntosh
Don Nicolson and Jaspreet Boparai discuss climate change [...]
PHILIP DUNCAN: WeatherWatch NZ Owner & Head Analyst: Forecasting Trouble – The Niwa–MetService Merger and the Battle Over Weather Data
Paul Brennan and WeatherWatch’s Philip Duncan unpack the impending merger [...]
RCR360 Episode 7: MANAGED OUT: The Industry of Managed Retreat – An RCR Original Documentary by Alistair Harding
What happens when your home becomes "unviable"? When [...]
GREENWASHED: Unpacking the Green Grift: Climate Narratives & Policy Pitfalls
In the first Greenwashed of the year, Jaspreet [...]
ALISTAIR NEEDES: NZ Dog Trainer & Cyclone Survivor: Still Fighting Council for Fairness After Cyclone Gabrielle
Alastair Needes—dog trainer, community member, and survivor of [...]
MANAGED OUT: The Industry of Managed Retreat – An RCR Original Documentary
In this RCR2 InFocus full documentary, director Alistair [...]
RURAL REPORT: Water Costs, Council Debt, and Farming Challenges
This week's Rural Report dives into key issues [...]
MARK CAMERON: ACT MP: NZ’s Paris Agreement: Exposing the Hidden Costs of Climate Commitment
In a discussion with host Paul Brennan, ACT [...]
IAN WISHART: Investigative Journalist: RNZ’s ‘Hottest Days’ Debunked & Media Climate Bias Exposed
In an interview with Paul Brennan, investigative journalist [...]
RURAL REPORT: Climate Chaos, Costly Roundabouts & Property Rights Fight
This week’s Rural Report dives into a whirlwind [...]
KIWI FARM: Showy Sowbrick’s Udderly Ambitious Vision for Aotearoa Farm
At Kiwi Farm, Showy Sowbrick unveils a bold [...]
RURAL REPORT: Farmland Lost to Pines & Looming Energy Crisis
Covering a mix of big issues and lighter [...]
BRYAN LEYLAND: Consulting Engineer: Power Crisis Warning: Is New Zealand on the Brink of Blackouts?
Chatting with Paul Brennan, Bryan Leyland warns that [...]
LEGAL HUB: Sean Rush: Legal Battle Heats Up Over NZ Flood Management – Inside The Wairoa Class Action
Paul Brennan and barrister Sean Rush explore the [...]
RURAL REPORT: Unlocking Nature’s Value: Should New Zealand Monetise the Environment
With plenty of wit and insight hosts Don [...]
RURAL REPORT: From Seaweed to Sustainability: Key Insights On NZ Farming Challenges & Climate Solutions
Hosts Jaspreet Boparai and Don Nicolson discuss the [...]
MARK HOOPER: Federated Farmers Board Member: NZ’s Climate Target Clash – Farmers Challenge Government’s Paris Agreement Stance
Mark Hooper from Federated Farmers recounts a recent [...]
RODNEY’S REFLECTIONS: Trump’s Return, Politics And Cultural Shifts
Rodney champions Donald Trump's return, calling out the [...]
RURAL REPORT: Are Farmers Under Threat? The Truth Behind New Zealand’s Environmental Policies
In this episode premiere of the Rural Report, [...]
WELCOME BACK: JASPREET BOPARAI & DON NICOLSON: Welcome Back to RCR with Jaspreet and Don
Jaspreet Boparai and Don Nicolson are back for [...]
GREENWASHED 2024 WRAP UP: 2024 Wrap Up: Global Green Initiatives Unveiled, NZ’s Role In Climate Finance & The Net-Zero Banking Controversy Plus More!
Jaspreet Boparai and Don Nicolson delivered stark warnings [...]
DESNA BRUCE, PAUL REYNOLDS & ADRIANA DE RUITER-JAMES: From ‘Save Buller’: Fighting Back Against Buller District Council To Relocate Westport, Their Absence Of Data And Truth Behind Westport’s Flooding Crisis
Local Heroes Fight Back: Westport's Battle Against Forced [...]
JOHN: Owner Of Tross Publishing: His Many Controversial Book Titles, And Why He Wanted To Support RCR As A Strategic Sponsor
John dialled on to chat with Paul about [...]
DR GUY HATCHARD: Bovaer: A Controversial Methane Reducing Chemical Feed, Why New Zealand Could Be Exposed After Biotechnology Is Deregulated
RCR fan favourite, Dr Guy Hatchard, dialled in to [...]
OWEN JENNINGS & DEBORAH ALEXANDER: Methane Science Review: Was it a Sop?
Owen Jennings, former MP and Federated Farmers NZ President [...]
KERRY WORSNOP: Farmer & Former Councillor: The Government’s New Measures To Restrict The Conversion Of Farmland To Forestry, Will It Protect Production Land?
Kerry Worsnop, farmer, Nuffield scholar, and former Gisborne [...]
TOBY WILLIAMS : Chairman Of Federated Farmers: & Forestry Spokesperson: NZ’s Carbon Credit Shake-Up – Victory For Productive Farmland Protection
Toby Williams, Federated Farmers Chair and Forestry Spokesman, [...]
HON SHANE JONES: Associate Minister of Finance & Energy: Geothermal Power Push, Rising Energy Costs And Global Energy Security – The Path Forward
Shane Jones, NZ First MP and Minister for [...]
IAN PLIMER: Australian Geologist & Professor Emeritus: Breaking Down Why The Climate Change Disaster Narrative Doesn’t Hold Water.
Renowned geologist Ian Plimer joins us from Australia [...]
CLIMATE CRAZY NEWS: The UK Doesn’t Need Small Farmers, Organic Farming Fits Maori, Over 50,000 Attendees For COP29 At Baku To ‘Save the World’, And Prince Harry Receives An Environmental Award!
The Climate Crazy News doesn't let up, this [...]
DR. WILLEM DE LANGE: Honorary Research Associate, Waikato University: On His Research – ‘Coastal Hazard Risk Assessment For The Kapiti Coast’ And Implications For The Area’s Future Coastal Planning
Dr Willem de Lange, Honorary Research Associate at [...]
FRANCIS J MENTON: Commercial Litigation Lawyer & Author: The Dynamics Of The New Trump Team And Latest Blog Post – ‘Ideas For An Incoming Trump Administration: Climate And Energy Edition’
Francis J Menton Jnr is a Commercial Litigation [...]
CHRIS MORRISON: Environment Editor At The Daily Sceptic: Foul Forecasting? UK’s Met Office May Be Inventing Data From Over 100 Non-Existent Weather Stations!
Chris Morrison, Environment Editor at The Daily Sceptic, [...]
CLIMATE CRAZY NEWS: Rising CO2 Levels, Falling Academic Standards, And The $10 Billion Catch; Damn The Dams – How Removing And Not Replacing Dams Is Adding To The ‘Climate Crisis’; Just Before The COP29 Climate Conference, The UN Plays The Old ‘Essential Tipping Points Exceeded’ Card – Yawn; Earth Will Keep Warming For Centuries After Net Zero But Don’t Let That Stop You Heading Into Poverty Now!
Lunacy abounds this week with more Climate Crazy [...]
SALIMA PADAMSEY : Chair Of CRU: Kapiti’s Coastal Hazard Planning: Has The MoE Been ‘Misreading’ The Models?
Salima Padamsey, Chair of Coastal Ratepayers United, returned to [...]
HON ANDREW HOGGARD: The RMA Amendment Bill, SNAs, And Fish & Game NZ’s Clash With Environment Southland
Minister Andrew Hoggard, Minister for Biosecurity & Food Safety [...]
CLIMATE CRAZY NEWS: Jaspreet Gets Schooled By Al Gore In ‘Climate Reality Leadership Training’, KPMG Wants Indian 4-12 Year Olds To Get Climate Change Training, 25 EU Universities To Train 10,000 Doctors On The Impact Of Climate On Human Health, Climate Change Causes Miscarriages, BP Walks Back Its Climate Commitments & Language Barriers Impact Climate Education (UNESCO Has A Solution – Because Of Course It Does!)
This week, the Climate Crazy news is a ‘training’ [...]
SALIMA PADAMSEY: Spokeswoman For Kapiti’s Coastal Ratepayers United: Conclusions Of Report On Kapiti’s Coastal Risks
Salima Padamsey of Kapiti's Coastal Ratepayers United (CRU), [...]
CLAIRE BLEAKLEY & DR. GUY HATCHARD: Department Of Conservation’s Surprising Plan To Vaccinate Native Birds Against Bird Flu?
Claire Bleakley, President of GE Free NZ, and Dr [...]
HON PENNY SIMMONDS: Minister For The Environment: The RMA Amendment Bill & Government Intervention In Otago Regional Council’s Freshwater Policies
Minister for the Environment, Penny Simmonds, joined us to [...]
CLIMATE CRAZY NEWS: Kent Solar Farm Won’t Power Homes as Promised – Tesco/Shell Will, Big Spending on International Travel To ‘Climate Conferences’, Indian Diet Deemed Most Planet-Friendly While World War 2-Style Rationing Needed For The West, & 70 Kiwi Kindergarten Teachers Become Climate Change Experts!
It’s Climate Crazy News, where we round up the [...]
OWEN JENNINGS & PETER FOSTER: From The Methane Science Accord: The Government’s Pending Methane Science & Target Report – Science Or Straight Politics?
The Methane Science Accord's Owen Jennings and Peter [...]
DARAG RENNIE: Retired MD & Holistic Practitioner: New Insights For Diet And Assisted Living & Recommended Truth Movie Night Films
Darag called in for a chat about the [...]
MINISTER SHANE JONES: NZ First MP & Cabinet Minister: NZ First’s Economic Propositions for Geothermal Energy, Consolidating The Energy Market & A $100 Billion Future Fund
Shane Jones, NZ First MP and Minister for [...]
ALISTAIR HARDING: A Special Report From NZ First’s Annual Convention – Key Takeaways & What Was Said By Guest Jacinta Price, Shadow Minister For Indigenous Australians
RCR's own Alistair Harding swung by to give [...]
SIMON COURT: ACT MP And Under Secretary For Infrastructure & RMA Reform: Energy, The RMA Fast Track Projects & His Response To Climate Concerns
ACT MP, Simon Court, joined us for a [...]
MEDIA MATTERS: The Government’s Battle Between Needs Vs Nice, Climate Change Gone AWOL & The Reality Of The Census Numbers
Marty and Maree drilled down on the Government's battle [...]
CLIMATE CRAZY NEWS: The First Ever ‘Global Nature Positive Summit’ In Sydney Looks At Settings “To Value Nature”, Climate Czar John Kerry Says The Quiet Part Out Loud, The German Carbon-Neutral Ferry That Never Was, & The “Popular” Carbon Tax In Canada Under Threat!
Things keep getting nuttier on Climate Crazy News. [...]
STUART SMITH: Kaikoura MP & Chair Of The Finance & Expenditure Select Committee: The Banking Inquiry, Energy Security, Emissions & Fintech
Stuart Smith, Kaikoura Electorate MP and Chair of the [...]
PHILIP DUNCAN: Head Weather Analyst For Weather Watch: The Potential Merging Of MetService Into NIWA: Is There More Inclement Weather Ahead?
Our favourite weatherman and Head Weather Analyst for Weather [...]
JODIE BRUNING: Sociologist & Trustee Of Physicians & Scientists For Global Responsibility: The New Board Members Of The Environmental Protection Authority
Jodie Bruning, Sociologist & Trustee of Physicians & [...]
CLIMATE CRAZY NEWS: Green Party Staffer Moves House Via Bike, NZ Is Only Paying $325m A Year To Save The Pacific From Climate Change, Data Centre Emissions Up To 662% Higher Than Disclosed, Plans To Refreeze The Arctic, & Silicon Valley Renegades Selling Cooling Credits Release Sulphur Dioxide Balloons To Cool The Planet Each Month!
Think we’ve reached maximum madness? Not even close! Just [...]
MARK CAMERON: ACT MP: The Challenges Facing The Primary Sector – From Fresh Water Rulings, To Farm Plans, To Finance
Mark Cameron, ACT MP and authentic voice for [...]
CAROLYN EMMS: President Of Rainforest Reserves Australia: The Betrayal Of The Nation’s Biodiversity And The Huge Green Energy Paradox
President of Rainforest Reserves Australia, Carolyn Emms, dialled [...]
SIMON COURT: ACT List MP And Energy & Resources Spokesperson: RMA Reforms, And Restarting Oil & Gas Exploration
ACT List MP and Energy and Resources Spokesperson, [...]
LEGAL HUB: With Sean Rush: Reforms To The RMA. Are They More Protective Of Property Rights?
This week on our Wednesday feature, Legal Hub, Sean [...]
CLIMATE CRAZY NEWS: C40 City, Auckland, To Lose More Car Parks, UK to Close Its Last Coal-Fired Plant, UN Chief Wants The World To Back “His Vision” Of The Future, French News Channel Fined 20,000 Euros For Unchallenged Climate Scepticism, And Germany Continues To De-industrialise & More
More madness this week in Climate Crazy News… [...]
SEAN RUSH: Environmental Regulations As A Cash Cow For The Legal Profession, And The Ongoing Push Against The Kapiti Coast Hazard Management Plan
Sean Rush dialled in to discuss how environmental regulations [...]
BRYCE MCKENZIE: Groundswell NZ Chairman & Co-Founder: The Back Off Banks Campaign, And Councils Ignoring The Government-Mandated Pause On Freshwater Farm Plans
Groundswell NZ Co-Founder, Bryce McKenzie, called in to talk [...]
JULIUS RUECHEL: Canadian Writer: His New Book, ‘Plunderers Of The Earth: The Erosion Of Civilization, The Mad Crusade To Control The Climate, And The Untold Story Of C02.’
Canadian writer, Julius Ruechel, dialled in to talk about [...]
MEDIA MATTERS: Equality Making a Comeback, Climate Myths and the Willful Blindness of the Education, Health and Industry Sectors
Maree and Marty discuss how equality is making a [...]
COLIN HURST: Vice President Of Federated Farmers: Regional Council’s Push On New Freshwater Rules Despite Policy Changes. Should The Government Step In?
Federated Farmers Vice President, Colin Hurst, came in to [...]