29 Nov: 0755  |  New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals has today initiated consultation with iwi and hapū on the proposed Block Offer 2018 release area for petroleum exploration permits.

A major potential investment into hydrogen technology in Taranaki shows the need for a re-think on oil and gas exploration, says the Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand (PEPANZ).

No other country appears to be following New Zealand’s ‘leadership’ in abandoning natural gas exploration, according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook for 2018.

The ‘Energy Voices’ public campaign will keep running to give voice to serious concerns over the end to new offshore oil and gas exploration permits, says the Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand (PEPANZ).

24 Oct: 0823  |New Zealand and Japan are working together to transition away from a reliance on fossil fuels with the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation on hydrogen, says Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods.

Government Ministers and energy sector leaders from around the Asia Pacific will meet at a Summit in Wellington this month.

02 Oct: 07:53 | A new public campaign Energy Voices has been launched today giving voice to public concerns over the end to new oil and gas exploration permits.

01 Oct: 12:36 | Commercial-scale solar is a renewable energy option the country should be making more of, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority says.

Eastland Group today began commissioning the firm’s 25 megawatt Te Ahi O Maui geothermal power plant at Kawerau . . .  read one>

27 Sep - 15:12 | Greymouth Petroleum, the second-largest New Zealand-based oil and gas producer, has started court action challenging the government’s plan to ban the offering of new offshore exploration permits