Auckland Airport jet fuel crisis not likely to affect wildlife - DOCCHRIS MCKEEN/STUFF The pipeline that supplies the nation's oil and fuel supplies from the Marsden Point Refinery was breached on a farm near Ruakaka, 1km from a wildlife refuge area. A jet fuel leak that has affected dozens of Auckland Airport flights is not expected to pose a significant risk to the environment, the Department of Conservation says. BRIAN CHUDLEIGH/SUPPLIED The New Zealand fairy tern is one of the rare bird species found at the Ruakaka Wildlife Refuge. The leak site is just 1km from the Ruakaka Wildlife Refuge, which is home to many protected and critically endangered bird species. READ MORE:* Fuel pipeline cut 'outside our control', says Air NZ* List of flights cancelled due to Auckland Airport jet fuel supply shortage* Auckland's fuel supply vulnerability is well known, and serious* Digger 'scraped' and 'cut' crucial jet fuel pipeline, affecting thousands of Auckland Airport travellersThose include the fairy tern and the rare Bullers' shearwater.

Source: Stuff September 18, 2017 00:33 UTC