Fuel

Aucklanders might soon be saving more money at the petrol pump, but some residents are wondering at what cost. The Government will end the city's regional fuel tax in June, saving drivers eleven and a… Video, Audio

Hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric cars are not nearly as fuel efficient as their manufacturers claims, according to a new trial by Consumer NZ. The trial found, when measured at the pump, PHEVs used… Audio

Z Energy boss MIke Bennetts says they have a shipment of aviation fuel coming to NZ and arriving 12 December at the latest. 

Aviation fuel is being rationed after a bad batch of fuel couldn't be… Video, Audio

The travel plans for thousands of holiday-makers could be up in the air due to a bad batch of imported jet fuel.

Airlines have been told they will receive 75 percent of what they'd planned to use out… Audio

The government has sent a firm message to the fuel industry. It has anounced it is giving the Commerce Commsision the power to set petrol prices if it thinks companies are acting in a way that keeps… Video, Audio

Environmental advocates say the government's plan to introduce biofuel into petrol and diesel is greenwashing and will actually contribute to an increase in global emissions. From next April, all… Audio

The price of petrol has skyrocketed to more than $3 a litre across most of the motu - is it going to keep going up? Audio

Earlier this week Nine to Noon looked at the big change on the way to how we get fuel into, and around, New Zealand. After nearly 60 years, the Marsden Point Refinery will shut down its processing… Audio

Big changes are coming to the way we get fuel into, and around, the country - and there are warnings about the huge implications of getting it wrong. The price of petrol is already burning a hole… Audio

A gap has been identified in why New Zealand businesses are way off the pace when it comes to reducing their carbon emissions. DETA carbon and engineering consultant Jonathan Pooch talks to Jesse. Audio

Start shutting the door on petrol cars and prepare to go electric. That's one message from the Climate Change Commission in a major new report that outlines a plan to address rapidly rising emissions.

A study out of Stony Brook University has found cognitive ageing starts earlier than expected. That's the bad news. The good news is that it looks like this process can be prevented - or even reversed… Audio

The government is promising to push through new laws to help force down the price of petrol by mid next year.

A final report by the Commerce Commission into the retail fuel market has found industry… Video, Audio

The Commerce Commission has completed its year long study into fuel retailers, at the request of the Government out of concerns that motorists were being fleeced at the pumps.  Audio

Major fuel sector players are defending their use of loyalty discounts - schemes the Commerce Commission has found to be a poor substitute for more competive pricing. Audio

This week's drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities caused global prices to spike, but they have since fallen again. Why then have some fuel companies here put prices up as much as six cents per litre… Audio

The Automobile Association says the fuel companies that hiked their prices in response to an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, need to explain why they did so when others didn't. BP and Z… Audio