New Zealand: All stories
Two smart grid companies with IPO implications
30 Apr 2010
By Nick Hodge. - By now, everyone knows of the smart grid. But few know about the smart grid.
Markit chief slams Kiwis' lack of carbon nous
23 Apr 2010
New Zealand risks missing the chance to reap the rewards of the emerging clean-tech economy because its leaders are fixated on the negatives, warns the head of the world's leading environmental exchange.
Gull might import ethanol to meet fuel demand
23 Apr 2010
Gull Energy says it is considering importing ethanol because of a lack of Government support to get the local industry moving.
We've got stamp costs licked, says NZ Post
23 Apr 2010
The cost of posting a letter – or sending a parcel by courier – is unlikely go up when the emissions trading scheme kicks in, New Zealand Post says.
We're putting $650b into renewable energy
23 Apr 2010
Global Investments in renewable energy are expected to reach $US653.35 billion by 2015, a new report says.
EXCLUSIVE: Business lobby eyes big role in ETS review
16 Apr 2010
Business New Zealand is telling members that it has the chance to influence the make-up of the panel that will review the emissions trading scheme next year.
What the emitters and minister are writing to each other
16 Apr 2010
Carbon News has the correspondence between the Climate Change Issues Minister and large emiters on the future of the emissions trading scheme.
Drought and slump trim our gas emissions
16 Apr 2010
Drought and the economic recession together pushed New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions down in 2008.
Why farming chief is turning his back on $30,000
16 Apr 2010
Federated Farmers boss Don Nicolson says he’s not interested in claiming carbon credits for his forest.
Three green stocks that could double your money
16 Apr 2010
By Jeff Siegel.- Every year, as Earth Day noisily approaches, the traffic to our site increases dramatically. And with that traffic comes an avalanche of e-mails and questions.
And the winners are ... sustainable buildings
16 Apr 2010
Sustainable commercial buildings have triumphed in the 2010 New Zealand Architecture Awards, with Auckland’s NZI Centre and Ironbank development winning five awards.
ETS delay comes at a cost, warn foresters
9 Apr 2010
Delaying the emissions trading scheme would cost the country more in the long run, say forest owners.
Countries expected to agree on animal-emissions action
9 Apr 2010
Senior government officials and scientists from 30 countries meeting in Wellington are expected to release a draft charter today for the Global Research Alliance on agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.
Solid Energy lawyers check out free credits
9 Apr 2010
Solid Energy is investigating whether it qualifies for free credits under the emissions trading scheme.
Air NZ looks at using CAP to cover emissions
9 Apr 2010
Air New Zealand is considering using the government CAP to account for its greenhouse gas emissions.
Forest owners flood ministry with returns
9 Apr 2010
The number of forest owners filing carbon emissions returns is up ten-fold on last year.
COMMENT: It makes sense to do something
9 Apr 2010
Commonsense and prudence says we should respond and not ignore the evidence about climate change as it currently stands; the risks of doing nothing are too great, warns Royal Society of New Zealand vice-president Keith Hunter.
Where the real investment action is in off-shore energy
9 Apr 2010
By Sam Hopkins.- A week after Obama's offshore drilling announcement, debate is running at full steam — even if new exploration and production haven't started
Govt stays silent over future of ETS
1 Apr 2010
The Government appears to have gone to ground over rumours it is considering postponing the entry of heavy emitters into the emissions trading scheme.
... meanwhile, the clock is ticking for big emitters
1 Apr 2010
Heavy industrial emitters of greenhouse gases have got a month to apply for free carbon credits from the Government.
Govt betrayed us, say angry fishermen
1 Apr 2010
Commercial fishermen facing big rises in their fuel bills from the emissions trading scheme say they have been betrayed by the National government that has taken millions of dollars worth of compensation off them and given it to quota holders.
Kiwi dollars might fund overseas research
1 Apr 2010
Part of the $45 million the Government has pledged to the Global Research Alliance on agricultural greenhouse gas emissions could be spent on research in other countries.
Cleantech investment: the numbers
1 Apr 2010
By Nick Hodge.- If you're a cleantech investor, perhaps the release of 2009 investment and installation data has something to do with your improving sentiment. I know it does mine.
Kiwis sticking to green values, despite recession
1 Apr 2010
Politicians ignore New Zealanders' concerns about the environment at their peril, says the Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Land lies idle as foresters fear conversion
26 Mar 2010
Thousands of hectares of recently deforested land is lying fallow because under the emissions trading scheme owners can’t afford to convert it to other uses.
Coal users count the cost - but how much?
26 Mar 2010
Coal users are about to find out just how much carbon could cost them.
Why Gull is happy to use NZ emissions scheme
26 Mar 2010
Gull Energy says the New Zealand emissions trading scheme is a good dry run for what might happen in Australia.
KiwiRail on track to operating green
26 Mar 2010
KiwiRail is out to make the most of its natural advantage as an environmentally friendly transport operator.
The best way to profit from the electric car movement
26 Mar 2010
By Jeff Siegel.- I remember a few years ago, at a conference in California, I got my first peek at the all-electric Tesla Roadster.
Europe shambles could boost value of NZ credits
19 Mar 2010
The value of New Zealand Kyoto credits could rise on the back of a European scandal over recycled CERs.
NZ pioneer sells first overseas clean-tech rights
19 Mar 2010
A New Zealand company has just sold the first overseas licensing rights for its clean-tech energy and communications technology.
Insurer backs off forest-damage protection
19 Mar 2010
Insurer NZI has put on hold plans to offer forest owners protection against accidental carbon loss while it waits for the carbon market to bed in.
EXCLUSIVE: Why it's not worth planting trees
12 Mar 2010
A consultant is calling on the Government to underwrite the risk of accidental harvest of trees and to guarantee forest owners a minimum price for carbon under the emissions trading scheme.
Get wise to green issues, expert tells employers
12 Mar 2010
A ruling by a British judge that environmentalism has the same weight in law as religious and philosophical beliefs should send a warning to New Zealand employers, a local expert says.
ETS first step will push inflation, says bank
12 Mar 2010
The entry of the first wave of emitters into the emissions trading scheme will push up inflation, the Reserve Bank predicts.
Broker moving carbon desk to Auckland
12 Mar 2010
OMFinancial is moving its carbon desk to Auckland.
Government (slowly) gets green-tech message
5 Mar 2010
The idea of a public/private taskforce to develop a New Zealand clean-tech strategy seems set to go before Cabinet.
Clean-tech: One day we won't give it a thought
5 Mar 2010
Clean technology will become so commonplace that we will no longer talk about it, says the head of an economic thinktank.
Registry stays silent on $19m share value drop
5 Mar 2010
The company which bought NZX’s voluntary environmental registry TZ1 is not commenting on a drop in share value.
Foresters begin to see wood for the trees
5 Mar 2010
Forest owners hope that they will soon have clarity around the way in which carbon credits will be allocated for pre-1990 forests.
Beehive still working through carbon free list
5 Mar 2010
The Government is still working out just which industrial activities will qualify for free carbon credits under the emissions trading scheme.
Marks and Spencer’s big green plan sends a message to Kiwi businesses
5 Mar 2010
A bold new bid by Marks and Spencer to become the world’s most sustainable retailer by 2015 sends an important signal to New Zealand businesses in the export supply chain, says a business lobby group.
Air NZ silent on damning biofuel report
26 Feb 2010
Air New Zealand is not talking about a damning report on its biofuel-of-choice – jatropha.
Others dither, but NZ certain about ETS
26 Feb 2010
The Government says it is committed to pressing ahead with the emissions trading scheme, despite uncertainty over whether two of our major trading partners will adopt cap-and-trade schemes.
Burning southern forest shows up carbon risk
26 Feb 2010
A forest fire burning near Dunedin is highlighting the risk of natural disasters to carbon.
Scientists aim to unlock ag-gas emissions secrets
26 Feb 2010
Understanding some of the trickiest aspects of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions is the first job of the new Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre, says its director.
Have your say on forest credits allocations
26 Feb 2010
Submissions open today on the way in which carbon credits will be allocated for pre-1990 forests.
NZ drags chain on clean-tech, says Crest director
19 Feb 2010
A five-year legal battle to get permission to build a tidal energy plant on the Kaipara Harbour shows why New Zealand is falling behind on clean-tech development, says one of its proponents.
US diddles while China sizzles
19 Feb 2010
By Nick Hodge.- The United States is rarely referred to as a silver-medal nation. But that's exactly what it's becoming with respect to the race for clean energy.
Pacific climate response in question as NZ finance remains unclear
19 Dec 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | With New Zealand's $1.3 billion international climate finance commitment set to end with no clarity on what follows, the Auditor-General says oversight of that funding remains patchy and long-term outcomes are unclear.
NZ hydrogen regulation to catch up with the world
18 Dec 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | The government has announced a regulatory reset for New Zealand’s emerging clean tech hydrogen sector.
State-owned farmer drives profit growth with emissions reductions
19 Dec 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | Government-owned Landcorp, trading as Pāmu, is one-third of the way to meeting its 2031 emissions reduction targets, with five years left to run to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30.3% against 2021 emissions.
Transport dominates NZ’s rising consumer emissions
10 Dec 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Transport pollution was the biggest contributor to an increase in New Zealand’s consumption-based emissions in 2023, with emissions from household travel up 12%, and consumption-based emissions totalling 58.3 million tonnes – up 1.6% from the previous year.
NZ could become ‘dumping ground’ for dirty vehicles: Commissioner
16 Dec 2025
By Liz Kivi | Simon Upton, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, has warned the Government that its changes to the clean car standard could turn the country into a dumping ground for high emitting cars, making future emissions budgets harder to achieve.
Uncertainty eroding confidence in forestry sector
5 Dec 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Warnings are mounting that tree planting is set to plunge to “very close to zero”, as new Ministry for Primary Industries data shows ETS registration applications falling sharply as confidence in forestry declines.
Investors must support positive climate-tech
28 Nov 2025
OPINION: We need better leadership than the current ‘climate opportunism’ that is rife in the Beehive, and we need to back a marketplace that will make it happen, writes Rob Campbell.
