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Law & Regulation
Industry split on Auckland jet fuel options
By Gavin Evans June 6 (BusinessDesk) - Extra jet fuel storage can be provided for Auckland International Airport, but suppliers are split on whether an additional pipeline from the Wiri fuel terminal is needed to improve supply resilience. The partners in the Wiri facility...
Law & Regulation
New protocols on fuel stockpile data agreed
By Gavin Evans June 5 (BusinessDesk) - Government officials have agreed new protocols with the country’s fuel suppliers to ensure they can get daily data on terminal stocks during emergencies. Gareth Wilson, principal advisor with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Em...
Tiwai Point smelter's annual net profit plummets amid volatile pricing
By Jenny Ruth June 4 (BusinessDesk) - The owner of New Zealand’s sole aluminium smelter says it has delivered a significantly lower profit for calendar 2018 and that it remains vulnerable to a volatile market this year. Pacific Aluminium (New Zealand), which is 80 percent-o...
Law & Regulation
Better protection needed for national infrastructure, pipeline inquiry told
By Gavin Evans June 4 (BusinessDesk) - The lack of sanctions for people damaging national infrastructure and covering it up needs to be addressed, Refining NZ chief executive Mike Fuge says. The company operates the Marsden Point oil refinery and its contractors use a combi...
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Oliver Lewis won the local government reporting category at the 2023 Voyager Media Awards. He is part of our investigations unit and also covers infrastructure, housing and employment issues. Formerly with Stuff/The Press, Oliver has also written for the Guardian and North & South.
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