Campaigners are celebrating their victory in a long-running battle to preserve a world-famous Coromandel summer destination, with a public-backed charity buying the northern headland of New Chum Beach for $2.15m. The sale of the 30ha piece of land in Wainuiototo Bay to the New Zealand Coastal Trust means the area will be protected from development. […]

Hyundai New Zealand will commence trial for their first hydrogen powered truck, the Xcient FCEV due to land later this month. Hyundai New Zealand general manager, Adny Sinclair says, “As a Kiwi owned company, we are big believers of implementing alternative fuel technology here in New Zealand.” “We have championed this through the introduction of […]

Korean automotive giant has announced that it will convert its entire range of vehicles sold in Europe to electric power by 2035. The “Blue Carbon” project will focus on restoring and preserving the ecosystems off the coast of Korea. To assist, Kia plans to reduce it carbon emissions by 97 per cent by 2045. “For […]

The head of the world’s leading electric vehicle maker has heaped praise on New Zealand for its efforts to electrify the country’s vehicle fleet and cut emissions. Robyn Denholm of Tesla has told the APEC chief executive summit that the incentives for new electric vehicles, and the proposed vehicle emissions standards currently going through Parliament […]

New Zealand climate experts say the shock China-US climate cooperation agreement is a game changer that could eclipse outcomes from the COP26 summit, and help clinch agreements there too. In a surprise announcement the two major powers say the will work together to reduce emission – including methane – and try to keeping warming to […]

Many pest-free islands are sucking noticeably more carbon since introduced predators were removed, according to a study that looked at 130 New Zealand islands. Researchers used remote satellite sensing and artificial intelligence to track whether removing invasive pests from islands had boosted tree cover and density on 460 islands globally, including Little Barrier, Motiti, Raoul, […]

Five fishermen were caught with 99 snapper, including 38 undersize fish in east Auckland on Saturday night. Ministry for Primary Industries Auckland fishery officers seized a recreational boat after the group were found at the Half Moon Bay boat ramp in east Auckland. As the daily bag limit for snapper in the Hauraki Gulf is […]

Power distribution company WEL Networks and renewables developer Infratec are in the final stages of assessment for what will be New Zealand’s first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS). WEL Networks, one of 29 electricity distribution entities in the country, said that the 35MW project in the Waikato District of New Zealand’s upper North Island […]

New Zealand’s energy system has performed strongly against the rest of the world, but concerns remain over its energy security. It ranks ninth equal out of 127 countries in the World Energy Council’s Energy Trilemma Index, which compares how nations balance energy security, equity and sustainability. Business NZ said the country’s energy system continues to […]

Waikato based infrastructure company has been selected to develop Lodestone’s five solar power stations in the upper North Island. The farms in Northland, Eastern Bay of Plenty and Coromandel, will eventually generate 400 Gigawatt hours – enough power for about 55,000 households, the equivalent of Hamilton. The first plant will be near Kaitaia, with further […]