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ELECTION 2020: NZ First wants exploration acreage protected
New Zealand First wants to find a way to halt the slide in the country’s offshore exploration acreage. The party had backed the government’s 2018 ban on new offshore exploration and was not seeking to have new permits issued now, energy and resources spokesperson Fletcher Tabu...
Primary Sector
Fonterra first customer for Microsoft's NZ data centres
Fonterra Cooperative Group has signed up to the new data centres Microsoft is establishing in New Zealand.The dairy giant is the first customer of the new centres being built in Auckland by Canberra Data Centres.The five-year deal is part of a broader partnership which will see F...
Policy
Pumped hydro plan a risk to generation investment
The pumped hydro project the government is considering in Central Otago could be as damaging for electricity generation investment as the exploration ban has been for the oil and gas sector, a leading energy analyst says.The $4 billion Lake Onslow proposal is a potential “1,000-p...
Vector, Amazon eye global potential of new platform
The new energy data platform being developed by Vector and Amazon Web Services is a “significant investment” for both firms but one that will have global applications, Vector chief executive Simon Mackenzie says. While the venture is initially targeting the Australian and New...
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