Gas stove pollution linked to hundreds of annual deaths in New Zealand

Wednesday 24 September 2025 · 4 outlets · 2 reports · updated Wed 24 Sep 2025, 5:00am

In this story Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority

A report commissioned by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority associates gas stove pollution with hundreds of premature deaths and increased childhood asthma cases each year. This follows findings that PM2.5 pollutants from wood burners and vehicles cause approximately 1,300 annual deaths in New Zealand.

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1. StuffWed 24 Sep 2025, 4:00am

   Pollution from gas stoves linked to hundreds of deaths a year in New Zealand (opens in new tab)

2. Waikato Times via The PressWed 24 Sep 2025, 5:00am

   An invisible killer: 1300 NZ deaths a year linked to unregulated fine particle pollution (opens in new tab)

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