ISTANBUL New Zealand’s oceans are warming 34% faster than the global average, threatening damage of 180 billion local dollars (about $104 billion) to housing through flooding, the country’s Environment Ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry and Stats NZ’s latest report, Our Marine Environment 2025, warned that New Zealand’s oceans and coasts face worsening warming, rising seas, stronger marine heat waves, and increasing acidification due to global heating. The report highlighted multiple