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Government-Fuel Company Trust

4 items · 3 aliases · peaked week of 10 May 2026 · first seen 10 May 2026

A podcast discussion with Shane Jones, Associate Minister of Energy, addresses rising concerns about fuel supply uncertainty, the government's efforts to improve transparency with oil importers, and the planned expansion of storage at Marsden Point to ensure long-term energy resi

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In the press Methodology →

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12-week press volume 2 articles
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  • Well, if we were to ring, for example, Channel, they can easily tell us what vessels are docked and booked to bring fuel and discharge the fuel at Marsden Point. And if that's the nature of information that petrol industry bodies would like to see and hear to give them some certainty as to how they cope over the next two or three months, a lot of that information already exists. We've just got to work through with the fuel companies how much of it can be provided. And look, although there's no clear legal obligation for them to be exhausted in the info they give us. public trust trumps their anxieties.
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kiwiblog Right

unprecedented scale for emergency readiness

Managing the fuel crisis
17 May
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