Photo: RNZThe government will be hearing from officials later this week on possible steps towards "demand restraint", Associate Energy Minister Shane Jones says. On RNZ's Morning Report programme today, Jones said New Zealand consumed 24 million litres a day - nearly half of which was diesel, a third petrol and the rest aviation fuel. Channel Infrastructure chief executive Rob Buchanan and Shane Jones atop a 30-million-litre jet fuel tank. "If we are to increase and store more diesel fuel in New Zealand, we need to increase the storage. Following Jones, Labour leader Chris Hipkins told Morning Report it was a "private decision made by the fuel industry" that would not have hindered New Zealand's fuel security.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 23, 2026 22:24 UTC