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However, on a per capita basis, New Zealand is a significant emitter, the sixth highest within the Annex I countries, whereas on absolute gross emissions New Zealand is ranked as the 24th highest emitter. [26] [27] More than half (53%) of New Zealand's gross greenhouse gas emissions are from agriculture, mainly methane from sheep and cow belches.
23 March – COVID-19 in New Zealand: New Zealand is placed at alert level 3. [14] 25 March COVID-19 in New Zealand: A State of National Emergency is declared in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [15] COVID-19 in New Zealand: New Zealand is upgraded to alert level 4 at 11:59 pm, and the country enters lockdown for a period of at least four weeks.
New Zealand Estimated $13,000,000,000 From Sunday 12 February to Wednesday 15 February, Cyclone Gabrielle struck the North Island, resulting in significant damage and flooding, and a national state of emergency being declared, the third time in the nation's history.
The NIWA Invertebrate Collection (NIC) [31] is the largest repository of marine invertebrate (animals without a backbone) specimens from the New Zealand region, southwestern Pacific, and the Ross Sea (Antarctica). It holds representatives of almost all phyla in the New Zealand region. Collected over the last 50 years and still growing, the ...
MetService operates a data collection network within New Zealand. It complies with recognised international standards as prescribed by the WMO over and around New Zealand. In particular, data are collected through: Surface observations over New Zealand; Upper air observations using a variety of means ground-based equipment, aircraft, weather radars
World map showing several marine heatwaves at different locations in August and September 2023. The marine heatwave west of South America is a prominent example. A marine heatwave is a period of abnormally high sea surface temperatures compared to the typical temperatures in the past for a particular season and region. [1]
WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand's national radio broadcaster said it has set up an independent review of its editorial processes after it published a range of stories on its website, including ...
In October 2015 New Zealand submitted its first international target to 2030 under the Paris Agreement (NDC), [127] which was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. [126] In October 2021 the Government announced a more ambitious target; "a 50 per cent reduction of net emissions below our gross 2005 level by 2030".