Offshore Oil Drilling NZ: Inside the Massive One Billion Dollar Survey Policy

Offshore Oil Drilling NZ: Inside the Massive One Billion Dollar Survey Policy

July 19, 2026 · 44 min

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Duncan Garner interviews Resources Minister Shane Jones about New Zealand First's proposal to spend one billion dollars on surveying for oil and gas during a cost-of-living crisis.

New Zealand First wants to spend one billion dollars surveying what lies beneath our oceans to find oil and gas. Is this total madness during a cost-of-living crisis, or is it common sense to audit our resources? Duncan gets the hard answers from Resources Minister Shane Jones on how we fund it and if the big rigs are coming back Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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