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A better electric building at Parliament and an innovative heating system in affordable Arrowtown housing development Tewa Banks; more Australian envy as Queensland landlords incentivised to put on solar to reduce bills for tenants; first Auckland, then Ireland, and now Vessev heads to Taupō; Octopus gives us a reminder that gas in homes is dumb and hydrogen is even dumber; and Alex Honnold's mission to give impoverished communities access to cheap solar energy.

"When you look at how much people are paying now, and the fact grid electricity keeps going up, it’s very hard to argue a solar installation isn’t economic.”

Whether you're looking for an electric fruit picker, a farm workhorse, a high-end golf cart, a food and beverage hauler, a mobility scooter or a fold-up e-bike, Barry Hillyer could be the man you need to talk to. The E-motors showroom in Queenstown is home to an impressive collection of smaller electric machines and, while the big electric stuff like diggers and loaders creates plenty of attention, the small end of town is where the rubber is hitting the road in many other markets, where a lot of the innovation is happening and where the options are increasingly making economic sense.