PremiumOpinionOpinion byRoger PartridgeNZ Herald·13 May, 2026 09:00 PM5 mins to readRoger Partridge is the chairman and a co-founder of the New Zealand Initiative.Parliament has moved to curb the Supreme Court's role in climate change law. Photo / Getty ImagesThis week, the Government moved to reassert Parliament’s authority over the courts. Two years ago, in Smith versus Fonterra, the Supreme Court revived a climate change claim the Court of Appeal had unanimously struck out.
The claim included a proposed new tort of “damage to the climate system” recognised by
