With domestic production of LPG supplying around 60 percent of demand, New Zealand’s LPG supply situation is less affected by the Iranian conflict than some countries. 

Parliament spent the Saturday of King’s Birthday weekend under urgency – passing the Gas (Market Transparency) Amendment Bill in the process.

A government-backed bank loan scheme for industrial users of natural gas to reduce consumption in favour of other energy, including electricity, LPG or renewable gas was announced last week.

‍Up to $10,000 is available per year per individual applicant to support study of benefit to New Zealand’s gas industry.

New Zealand’s energy security is entering a more complex and constrained phase, with supply and demand now emerging as the country’s top energy concern, according to the World Energy Council’s World Energy Issues Monitor.

After 47 years’ production, the once huge Māui gas field is nearing completion and could be closed by the end of this year, owner OMV announced recently.

With the aim of clarifying requirements and simplifying compliance, particularly for smaller businesses, the Health & Safety in the Workplace Amendment Bill closed for submissions recently.

Biomethane could meet half of New Zealand’s natural gas demand by 2050, a new report from GasNZ says.

With the recent decline in New Zealand’s natural gas reserves, there’s concern about gas’s future availability, leading to the question: Is it still responsible for gasfitters and architects to recommend gas to their clients?

Imports of LPG into New Zealand in 2025 ramped up close to 30 percent from the previous year.

While it hasn’t been the best of summers so far in many parts of New Zealand, expectations were certainly high for the barbecue season leading up to Christmas.

Taranaki company TIS is branching into biogas development, working with environmental engineering and manufacturing company, Armatec Environmental, and regional development agency, Venture Taranaki.

By strengthening its gas market, securing backup fuel for electricity and continuing to build renewables at pace, New Zealand could significantly lower wholesale electricity prices, according to a recent report by Boston Consulting Group.

New Zealand’s first ever hydrogen blending pilot was carried out in Te Horo on the Kāpiti Coast from June to October this year.  

GasNZ independent LPG trainer Campbell Hope travels to the tiny Micronesian island of Nauru every two years to provide training and certification for local LPG handling staff.

Work is now under way on Ecogas’s new Ōtautahi Christchurch Regional Organics Processing Facility.

With energy sector reform and energy shortages hot topics in New Zealand once again, former GasNZ board member Tony Bissell feels he has almost come full circle.

The Government released its response today to the Frontier Economics’ review of New Zealand’s energy system that it had commissioned earlier in the year.

GasNZ’s annual report for the 2024-2025 year was published prior to this year’s AGM last month.

The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) has launched its investigation of regional biogas potential, as announced by the Minister of Energy, Simon Watts, at the recent Biogas Bridge forum.