Energy and natural resources

This page provides an overview of current and closed consultations and reviews on energy sector issues.

• Amendments to the Electricity Safety Regulations to expand the permitted voltage range for electricity supply
• Improving our diesel resilience
• A draft critical minerals list for New Zealand – Summary
• A draft Minerals Strategy for New Zealand to 2040
• 2024 Proposed amendments to the Crown Minerals Act 1991
• Consultation document: Advancing New Zealand’s energy transition
• 2020-23 Review of the Crown Minerals Act 1991
• Investigation into electricity supply interruptions of 9 August 2021
• Electricity Price Review
• 2018-2019 Electricity Price Review
• 2017 energy consultations and reviews
• 2016 energy consultations and reviews
• Older energy consultations and reviews

We model future energy supply and demand, and produce a range of useful energy data resources and publications.

• Energy statistics
• Energy modelling
• Publications and technical papers
• Data release calendar
• Subscribe to energy data alerts

The government’s energy strategies set the policy direction and priorities for the New Zealand energy sector and focus on transitioning to a net zero carbon emissions by 2050, while building a more productive, sustainable and inclusive economy.

• New Zealand Energy Strategy
• Hydrogen in New Zealand
• Gas Transition Plan

This section is about our work to improve energy efficiency, including lowering greenhouse gas emissions and fostering growth in renewable energy.

• Emissions Reduction Plan
• Energy efficiency in New Zealand
• Decarbonising process heat
• NZ Battery Project
• Carbon capture and storage

There are a number of initiatives underway across government that are helping address energy hardship. This section includes some initiatives MBIE is progressing based on recommendations in the 2019 Electricity Price Review.

• Support for Energy Education in Communities Programme
• Defining energy hardship
• Energy hardship expert panel and reference group

We have a central role in monitoring and advising on energy markets to ensure that electricity, gas and liquid fuel are delivered in a safe, efficient, fair, reliable and environmentally sustainable manner.

• Electricity market
• Electricity transition
• Liquid fuel market
• Gas market
• Geothermal energy generation
• Offshore renewable energy

We contribute to a number of international energy fora that aim to develop a better understanding of underlying energy issues affecting the world.

• New Zealand's participation in the International Energy Programme
• APEC Energy Working Group
• APEC Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Peer Review

The Government has developed a Resource Strategy for minerals and petroleum.

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The NZ Government is managing the decommissioning of the Tui oil field assets in the wake of the financial problems affecting the permit operator Tamarind Taranaki Ltd.

A quarterly update for iwi and hapū with interests in the energy and resources sector