A major new report … Our Marine Environment 2025 from the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ [found] that New Zealand's oceans are warming faster than the global average, marine heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense, the risk of invasive species and marine disease is increasing with climate change, and wetlands, dunes and native vegetation are being degraded.
… 91 percent of New Zealand's seabirds and 35 percent of its marine mammals were threatened or at risk
Via: $180 billion of homes sitting on flood-prone land, government report finds | RNZ News.