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"The real plague is uncertainty": Govt considers giving businesses extra info amid fuel crisis

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 16 Apr 2026, 8:47am
Photo / Mark Mitchell
Photo / Mark Mitchell

"The real plague is uncertainty": Govt considers giving businesses extra info amid fuel crisis

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 16 Apr 2026, 8:47am

The Government’s looking at ways to give businesses long-term certainty about fuel. 

Latest figures show we have 56 days of petrol, 45 of diesel, and 47 of jet fuel either here or en-route.  

Associate Energy Minister Shane Jones told Mike Hosking officials are considering what additional information they can release. 

He says the real plague is uncertainty, and it's not a bad idea to further mend the uncertainty in the business community. 

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