Press Release – Green Party

Today in Piha the Green Party launched a major campaign to stop the Governments planned expansion of risky deep sea drilling, including offering New Zealanders the opportunity to join a counter bid to protect our oceans and beaches. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party

The National Government is using urgency to extend a controversial ban on protesting against deep sea drilling, says Labours Energy spokesperson Moana Mackey. Read more »

Press Release – Green Party

The Government is trying to pass legislation under urgency which would make the Anadarko Amendment which limits protest at sea apply to an additional 1.7 million square kilometres, the Green Party said today. Read more »

Press Release – The Breakfast Club

Andrew Knight, CEO of New Zealand Oil and Gas shared the experiences of his journey full of challenges and opportunities that led him to where he is today CEO at the age of 43 – with the AUT Breakfast Club yesterday. Read more »

Press Release – Generation Zero

As the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit the symbolic milestone of 400 parts per million (ppm), youth climate change organisation Generation Zero says it is time for New Zealand to rise to the challenge of building a zero … Read more »

Press Release – Z Energy

10 May 2013 Z Energy turns two Z Energy today celebrates its second birthday as standalone New Zealand company operating under its own brand, and to celebrate, Z is giving motorists eight cents off per litre at all Z service stations on Friday 10 May only. … Read more »

Press Release – Gull Petroleum

Auckland, 9 May 2013 Following a recent promotion that saw motorists enjoying the lowest fuel prices in more than two years*, Gull today announced that it would repeat the promotion for 29 hours, from Thursday morning. Read more »

Press Release – NZ Industrial Fuel Duty Agency

Excise duty tax is built into fuel costs to help with the upkeep of NZ roads therefore if businesses are using fuel for off road purposes they will be entitled to a fuel duty refund. Read more »

Article – Businesswire

May 8 (BusinessDesk) – Shell New Zealand has announced it will start preliminary exploration for oil and gas in deep ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, in a 50/50 joint venture with the Chinese state-owned oil company. Read more »

Press Release – EnergyNZ

American geologist and energy expert Mark Myers is attending ENEX, New Zealands oil and gas event next month, to share his expertise in handling the commercial, political and social challenges of exploration in environmentally sensitive regions. Read more »

Press Release – The Nation

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce is continuing to insist petroleum exploration is one of the keys to economic growth in regions like the East Coast. Read more »

Press Release – Te Wakameninga o nga hapu Ngapuhi

Today te Wakameninga o nga hapu Ngpuhi and Forest and Bird say the Government are offering the worst options for Northlands future with a large dollop of spin. Representatives reacting to the opening of tenders for deep sea oil off Northlands … Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

(corrects pars 6 and 7, where guidance figures in original were wrongly interpreted as being forward-looking) Read more »

Press Release – Centre for Sustainable Practice

The latest report warning that fossil fuel companies are running towards a financial cliff edge has prompted a call to New Zealand businesses to focus on the future and shock proof their business. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

May 3 (BusinessDesk) – Z Energy’s second full year of operation since its sale to local investors by Shell has produced a 13.1 percent lift in operating earnings, although sales have fallen as the transport fuels distributor cut out loss-making … Read more »

Press Release – The Orange Group

Delivered by Orange Exchange, the conference attracted worldwide interest with attendance of international delegates at 20%. Read more »

Press Release – Environmental Defence Society

The Environmental Defence Society has expressed doubt at comments by Prime Minister John Key at an oil and gas conference this week that he is confident new environmental rules will keep cowboy operators out of New Zealand waters. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

April 29 (BusinessDesk) – The government is courting controversy with Northland iwi over deep-sea drilling in new acreage being offered for oil and gas explorers in the 2013 block offer announced at the AdvantageNZ petroleum conference in Auckland. Read more »

Press Release – MBIE

The areas to be included in the petroleum Block Offer 2013 permitting round have been announced to the Advantage NZ: 2013 Petroleum Conference in Auckland today. Read more »

Press Release – Green Party

The Government is putting Aucklands popular and pristine west coast beaches at risk of an oil spill from dangerous deep sea drilling, the Green Party said today. The upper West coast of the North Island is postcard New Zealand. Read more »