What Should Be In the Plan for New Zealand’s Upcoming Oil Crisis? « The Standard

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advantage – Date published:
11:31 am, March 11th, 2026 – 35 comments
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With more time to plan than the Labour government had with COVID, a responsible government should be planning the whole of New Zealand for 91 petrol at $4 a litre and potential supply constraints beyond existing supply on shore and within the EEZ.

In the short and medium term, what should this government do as a plan?

And in the long term, what should a future government do?

Clearly they need help forming a plan because they don’t have one, so let’s set down our suggestions.