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Revellers in Dunedin during Earth Hour.The city was amongst 47 New Zealand centres taking part in Earth Hour, WWF's global climate change initiative.

Thank you New Zealand!

1.25 million of you switched off for Earth Hour

Colmar Brunton polling revealed that 42 per cent of the adult population took part on Saturday 27 March by switching off their lights and/or unnecessary appliances for one hour .

“The fact four out of ten Kiwis felt inspired to take part in Earth Hour is a fantastic result,” said Chris Howe, WWF-New Zealand’s Executive Director.

“This demonstrates that New Zealanders care about climate change, and are prepared to take personal action to get the message across."

New Zealand joined a record 128 countries and territories in the global display of action for Earth Hour 2010, making it the world's largest ever global climate change initiative. Results are still coming in from across the world - we'll keep you  posted.

Earth Hour is a community event - you made it happen.

Check out the photos in our Global and NZ Flickr streams below



Earth Hour...every hour

You can make every hour Earth Hour by taking three simple actions.

Based on Landcare research, if every New Zealand household took these simple steps it could have a big impact on energy saving, and on reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.

Find out how to make every hour Earth Hour here

Save power... every hour

Saver power every hour with PowerSaver

Check out the new PowerSaver online tool

It helps you see  - in real time  - how much power your household is using and how best  to reduce it.  Over 400 Kiwis are already switched on to PowerSaver - click here to see who is saving the most....

Earth Hour National Partners

Toyota New Zealand, supporting WWF for 25 years

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