Story: Oil and gas

More links and websites

• New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals

  New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals provides a summary of petroleum resources in New Zealand.

• Puke Ariki – Taranaki stories – Kāpuni

  This page from Puke Ariki, the Taranaki Museum, gives the history of the Kāpuni gas field.

• Synthetic fuel from Maui gas

  An account of the history of the ‘Think Big’ movement and the decision to manufacture synthetic fuel from Maui gas.

More suggestions and sources

• Judd, Warren. ‘New Zealand’s search for oil.’ New Zealand Geographic 23 (1994): 20–43.
• Lambert, Ron. In crude state: a history of the Moturoa oilfield, New Plymouth. New Plymouth: Methanex New Zealand in association with the Taranaki Museum, 1995.
• Nightingale, Tony. Mobil: 100 years in New Zealand. Wellington: Mobil Oil New Zealand, 1996.