{"id":366797,"date":"2026-04-06T21:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/366797\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:06:08","slug":"christopher-luxon-speaks-as-fuel-crisis-takes-toll-at-pumps-trump-threatens-to-take-out-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/366797\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Luxon speaks as fuel crisis takes toll at pumps, Trump threatens to \u2018take out\u2019 Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

But Luxon this morning rejected the idea of whipping people into a frenzy over the fuel crisis to gain political capital, telling Hosking that \u201cit\u2019s not Covid – it\u2019s not life and death\u201d.<\/p>\n

Asked if New Zealand was hustling, like Australia, to get fuel shipments from different sources, Luxon pointed out Australia had started with lower fuel stocks in the country and did not have the regulatory frameworks New Zealand already had in place.<\/p>\n

The Government was talking to fuel importers every day, often several times a day, and all were saying they had no risk to future orders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re finding sources of oil from other places \u2026 some of it\u2019s coming from Canada, some of it will be coming from Peru, Chile, Suriname, West Africa, other places as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the repercussions of the war continue to ripple outwards, Foreign Minister Winston Peters is in Washington DC where he will meet with officials, including United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That meeting will be dominated by calling for a winding down of the conflict, Luxon said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really a chance for Winston to say, look, this is having huge impacts around the world, it\u2019s obviously having huge impacts for us at home, and to encourage the US and Iran to de-escalate as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

Finance Minister Nicola Willis on Sunday acknowledged increased fuel costs were affecting Kiwis, saying it was \u201ca tough time for the country\u201d and calling for de-escalation in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Willis said yesterday she was seeing \u201cnormal flow of fuel\u201d into the country, while the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) said fuel stocks remained stable. <\/p>\n

Petrol and jet fuel had seen a slight increase, while diesel stocks had dropped slightly, from 52.2 days\u2019 worth to 51.5 days\u2019 worth.<\/p>\n

Luxon\u2019s media appearance also follows Thursday\u2019s Cabinet reshuffle, which saw Chris Bishop lose his party campaign chair role to Simeon Brown.<\/p>\n

Though Bishop\u2019s demotion is widely seen as a punishment for perceived disloyalty<\/a>, Luxon said it was purely because Bishop already had a massive workload and he \u201cabsolutely\u201d trusted his minister.<\/p>\n

Brown, who is Minister of Health, also gained the energy portfolio, swapping with Simon Watts, who picked up Brown\u2019s previous role as Minister for Auckland. Luxon also promoted Chris Penk and Penny Simmonds to Cabinet.<\/p>\n

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