PUBLICATIONS
Please find below media releases, submissions, reports and newsletters from GasNZ.
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Report “unrealistic” about $60b switch to electricity
A claim by electricity enthusiasts Rewiring Aotearoa of cost savings by switching from gas requires owning two electric vehicles and taking on over $100,000 in debt.
Survey shows strong support for biomethane and LNG
Over half of New Zealanders support importing LNG to New Zealand, and 75 percent support using biomethane to gradually replace natural gas, according to a Talbot Mills survey conducted for GasNZ.
Biomethane Strategy and Action Plan
Biomethane strategy and Action Plan - summary document (2026)
Loan scheme for businesses switching from natural gas welcome
GasNZ has welcomed the Government’s announcement of a guaranteed bank loan programme for companies to reduce their natural gas use by 15% or more..
Health & Safety at Work Amendment Bill 2026
This Bill aims to clarify requirements and simplify compliance, particularly for smaller businesses – with the end goal of reducing harm. GasNZ supports those aims, but is concerned that some of the measures proposed will not achieve those aims – and indeed might achieve the opposite.
Biomethane strategy and action plan presented to government
Biomethane could meet half of New Zealand’s natural gas demand by 2050, a new report from GasNZ says.
“Gas decline” stories are not about LPG supply
Despite the diminishing supplies of natural gas in New Zealand, there is no shortage of LPG, GasNZ says.
Households should be able to choose the energy they prefer
Households should be able to choose the energy they prefer, based on facts, not fear, the chief executive of GasNZ, Jeffrey Clarke, says.
Keeping gas is far cheaper for consumers study shows
Switching customers off gas and on to electricity would be more expensive for consumers in the medium to long-term unless the price of electricity drops significantly, a new study shows.