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Barry Soper: Govt opens new diesel storage at Marsden Point

New diesel storage tanks at Marsden Point will store 93 million litres of emergency reserve fuel.

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Editorial Team
July 7, 2026
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The Government's celebrating the new diesel storage tanks opening at Marsden Point. The Northland site will store 93 million litres emergency reserve, ordered at the peak of the fuel crisis, in April. It paid Channel Infrastructure to upgrade its tanks. Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says the Government's looking to boost up emergency supplies following the uncertainty of the Middle East conflict. LISTEN ABOVE

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