New Zealand targets carbon neutrality by 2025

New Zealand has joined 32 other nations in formally acknowledging a climate emergency. NZ's Prime Minister pledged that New Zealand would have a carbon-neutral government by 2025.

New Zealand just got its first International Dark Sky Park

The International Dark Sky Association provides an opportunity for local groups to register specific sites for dark sky preservation. The latest park to join is the one located on the South Island of New Zealand.

New Zealand Vows to Stop Emitting Carbon by 2050

The country will pursue 100% renewable energy by 2035, overhaul public transportation, invest in electric cars, plant 1 trillion trees, and stop permitting oil and gas exploration.

New Zealand whale stranding leaves more than 140 whales dead

Scientists have an imprecise understanding of the obscure phenomenon of mass whale strandings, when large numbers of the marine mammals suddenly beach themselves — often their final acts.

New Zealand Just Announced an Ambitious Ban on Plastic Bags

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that the ban will go into effect in six months, and retailers found in violation of it will be fined up to $65,000.

Massive sinkhole opens up in New Zealand

One scientist and several nearby dairy farmers said that the sinkhole was the largest they had ever seen, and the earth at the bottom dates back to the paleolithic era dating 60,000 years ago.

New Zealand to house country's entire homeless population

New Zealand's government has vowed to get the country's entire homeless population off the streets before winter hits the country next month.

New Zealand Launches Dramatic Ban on All Future Off-Shore Oil Exploration

“Unless we make decisions today that will essentially take effect in 30 or more years’ time, we run the risk of acting too late and causing abrupt shocks to communities and our country,” said NZ Prime Minister.

New Zealand considering special visas for climate refugees

New Zealand is thinking about "an experimental humanitarian visa category" for people uprooted from their homes because of climate change.

New Zealand Government Announces Plan to Plant 1 Billion Trees

The government of New Zealand has just unveiled an ambitious set of environmental policies that are destined to take an aggressive stance against climate change in the future.

Extreme geothermal activity discovered beneath New Zealand’s Southern Alps

Unusually high temperatures, greater than 100°C, have been found close to Earth’s surface in New Zealand – a phenomenon typically only seen in volcanic areas.