About us

Sustainability.govt.nz is developed and maintained by the Ministry for the Environment for New Zealand households.

This site is designed to help you reduce your impact on the environment and save money, without compromising your lifestyle. It provides advice, tips, case studies, and a discussion forum on the key elements of living sustainably. It covers topics on rubbish, water, energy, building, transport, shopping, and gardening.

Additional interactive features of this website are available with a user account. By creating and logging into your user account you can:

  • Save a ‘Next Step’ Plan
  • Create new topics and comment on our discussion forum
  • Comment on our blogs
  • Rate your favourite pages on the site

You can find out more about what we do and why on the Ministry for the Environment's website.

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