A quarterly update that covers relevant information for iwi, hapū and Māori with interests in the energy and resources sector.
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Nau mai, haere mai ki Pānui – Energy and Resource Markets
This is a quarterly update that covers relevant information for iwi, hapū and Māori with interests in the energy and resources sector, and provides opportunities to share your views directly with the Energy and Resource Markets branch.
The Energy and Resource Markets branch is part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
Energy initiatives win Budget funding
MBIE received funding in Budget 2022 in order to improve iwi engagement as the regulator of the petroleum and mineral permit application processing and administration.
Part of the new funding will provide the petroleum and minerals regulator with the resources, processes and systems to improve and sustain how it engages with iwi under the Crown Minerals Act and related Crown Mineral Protocols and Relationship Agreements.
Elsewhere in the Budget, the existing Warmer Kiwi Homes programme administered by the Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority was provided with $73 million to extend the programme for 1 year. This extension will deliver an extra 26,500 insulation and heating retrofits for low-income homeowners.
Warmer Kiwi Homes Programme — Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority
Following the success of the Māori and Public Housing Renewable Energy Fund, the Climate Emergency Response Fund has committed $16 million over 4 years to extend and expand this programme.
The funding will deliver community-based energy projects to support access to secure, renewable and more affordable energy in low-income communities and/or communities with insecure access to energy.
More details about this new funding will be available on the Māori and Public Housing Renewable Energy Fund webpage in the coming months.
Agreement with Te Kāhui o Taranaki Trust renewed
In early May 2022, Te Kāhui o Taranaki Trust renewed its agreement with MBIE for engagement within Taranaki Iwi on the project to decommission the Tui oil field.
The agreement, originally signed in March 2021, was re-signed by Aroaro Tamati on behalf of Te Kāhui o Taranaki and by Paul Stocks, Deputy Secretary, Building, Resources and Markets on behalf of MBIE.
Under the agreement extension, MBIE will partner with Te Kāhui o Taranaki Trust to engage within the iwi and externally with the Ministry on the Tui decommissioning process.
The second phase of the Tui decommissioning is already underway, with work commencing in March this year to remove all the subsea infrastructure. This work is expected to be completed in June.
The third phase of the work, the plugging and abandoning of 8 wells, is expected to begin next summer.
More details on decommissioning Tui oil field can be found on our website:
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