New Zealand’s ambitious goal of presenting a net-zero carbon emissions budget by 2050 depends on progressively phasing out fossil fuels as an energy source. Recently we started the Green Hydrogen Technology Platform aimed to deliver transformative technologies that will drive New Zealand’s future as a globally connected ‘green-hydrogen’ economy. The Platform’s focus is on technologies that sustainably produce hydrogen to replace fossil fuels for electricity generation and transportation, as well as creating smaller-scale green-hydrogen applications suitable for distributed generation. Our research themes (Electrocatalysis, Direct photocatalysis and Plasma Catalysis) are focussed on developing technologies for green hydrogen production that will transform both New Zealand and global hydrogen production. An overview of our recent research activities will be presented as well as our latest findings on one-step Fabrication of Earth-Abundant Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution and Ammonia Production.