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A project to grow algae on polluted lakes in Rotorua may improve the quality of waterways in the Bay of Plenty area.
The pilot project on Lake Rotoiti aims to harvest the algae so it can be turned into useful products, as well as cleaning up the lake.
Uses for algae include biofuels, animal or [...]

BALI, Indonesia, 26 April (PRNewswire-Asia-AsiaNet) — New Zealand memperlihatkan kapabilitas geothermalnya di World Geothermal Congress (WGC) 2010, yang dimulai Senin (26/4) di Bali International Conventional Center.
New Zealand Geothermal Association (NZGA) bersama dengan delegasi besar yang terdiri atas ilmuwan, insinyur, konsultan, dan perusahaan-perusahaan terkait akan memperlihatkan beragam layanan profesional dan keahlian dalam pembangunan geothermal dengan dukungan [...]

International power plant designers and manufacturers are aiming to participate in the geothermal projects being prepared under the second phase of the governments electricity fast track program. Among these companies are Paris-based power plant equipment producers Alstom and New Zealand-based engineering consultants Beca, the companies executives said on the sidelines of the World Geothermal Congress [...]

Alan Koziarski, Singapore | Tue, 04/27/2010 8:39 AM | Opinion
Indonesia and New Zealand have been economic and trade partners for so long that there is no more significant partner for New Zealand in this region. Indonesia was New Zealand’s seventh largest export market for the year ending June 2009 and for the same period trade [...]

New Zealand highlights geothermal leadership at World Geothermal Congress 2010

Bali, Indonesia, 26 April 2010 – New Zealand showcases its geothermal leadership at the World Geothermal Congress (WGC) 2010 which opens today at the Bali International Convention Centre.
The New Zealand Geothermal Association (NZGA) and a large delegation of scientists, engineers, consultants and investors, [...]

A New Zealand-led global initiative to rein in agricultural greenhouse gas emissions gets down to work for the first time today as officials and scientists from 28 countries meet in Wellington.
The Global Research Alliance on agriculture greenhouse gases was formed late last year following a proposal by Prime Minister John Key at the United Nations [...]

Wellington doctoral candidate John Watt was today named the top emerging scientist in the Prime Minister’s science awards for his research aimed at reducing vehicle exhaust pollution.
Mr Watt, who last year won $10,000 as part of his MacDiarmid young scientist of the year prize, today collected $150,000 - including $100,000 to be used to further [...]

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.
The UK retailer is launching 80 major new commitments under a new eco and ethical plan. It will involve:
converting 2.7 billion food, clothing and home items [...]

Aquaflow working with Honeywell’s UOP on U.S. Department of Energy algal project
Kiwi clean tech company reports breakthrough in US market
New Zealand-based Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation announced today that it will be working with Honeywell’s UOP on a United States Department of Energy cooperative agreement project to demonstrate technology to capture carbon dioxide and cultivate algae for [...]

Hon Tim Groser
Minister of Trade
Minister for International Climate Change Negotiations
Address To Kea China
Beijing, China
I am delighted to join KEA China and your guests here in Beijing this morning. It is skilled professionals like you, not just the intrinsic strengths of the NZ economy, who count amongst our most successful exports to China. You represent a [...]