From October to December 2025, New Zealand set a record high of 96.4% of electricity generation coming from renewable sources.

New Zealand firm Todd Energy has been selected as the preferred lead contractor to drill New Zealand’s first exploratory superdeep, superhot geothermal well, which – if successful – could bring about a step change in New Zealand’s energy supply.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has made a submission to the Environment Select Committee on the Environment (Disestablishment of Ministry for the Environment) Amendment Bill.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment wrote to Hon Simon Watts, Minister for Energy, outlining his concerns about the Government’s proposal to support the construction of a liquefied natural gas import facility.

New Zealand’s first national wastewater environmental standards became law late last year. As the standards begin to be implemented, some questions and misconceptions have emerged.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment underscored the importance of communicating environmental complexity effectively in his address to the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.

The Environmental Defence Society has launched a series of investigative pieces into how environmental laws are being made in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Government has introduced legislation to Parliament to establish the new Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT), a key step in delivering its ambitious reform agenda across housing, transport, urban development and the environment.

An assessment of the Whangamarino Wetland in north Waikato confirms decades of ecological decline and offers a clear roadmap for collaborative action to restore this internationally significant site.

The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has lodged its final submission on the Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill with Parliament’s Environment Select Committee, including detailed tracked-change drafting to address significant weaknesses in the legislation.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has submitted on the Government’s Simplifying Local Government proposals.