Fuel Crisis Response - NZ

Budget 2026 spends more on roads, less on rail and nothing on walking or cycling. It also raids bus decarbonisation to fund a review of pipes.

A partnership to get green hydrogen trucks up and running in New Zealand says there is renewed interest in the technology as diesel prices remain high.

NZ could achieve electricity security, affordability and sustainability by breaking the power sector’s reliance on gas, economic forum advises

Interesting developments. I wonder how well it’ll hold up if the going gets tough.

The Wellington City Council’s most recent annual plan pushes out the Paneke Pōneke bike network project completion from 10 years to 20 years, and decreases the budget from $115 million to just under $67 million.

An open letter with 470 signatures - lead by Cycle Action Network and Bike Auckland - is urging Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Finance Minister Nicola Willis, and Transport Minister Chris Bishop to support road controlling authorities to make changes to enable travel without the use of a car.

The Green Party is calling for a national plan to electrify homes, transport and industry with natural energy, as a response to the fuel crisis.

Our government’s claim that business as usual will continue for the foreseeable is now bordering on delusional.

The importers obviously have this data, but we don’t. The forward picture, aggregated where needed for commercial confidentiality, is what is needed to plan. Maybe we are all good, but we just dont know. If we knew this, my gripes might all be unnecessary.

Having built a political brand around the idea that the previous government overreacted and overspent during an emergency, the coalition now faces its own crisis. But it has encouraged voters to distrust the kind of rapid, interventionist measures that might be most effective.

“pretty dismal”

Trains, trams and buses will be free in Victoria from March 31 until the end of April, a temporary measure …

As a country with plentiful food and electricity primarily generated from renewable sources, our main difficulties in coming months will be logistical rather than a shortage of basic calories or electricity - we live at the ends of the earth far from where most products are made and most of our transport and freight is still fossil-fuel based.

This is a practical briefing covering ten areas where communities can organise now to meet basic needs if fuel imports fall to zero or near-zero for weeks or months. It covers food production and distribution, water, energy, transport, health, economic alternatives like timebanking and local currencies, communication, governance, and the specific needs of vulnerable populations.