This is also only imported coal; the country also produces coal domestically. Ninety-two percent of the imported coal was from Indonesia, and the vast majority of that was a low grade, high emissions type - sub-bituminous coal. Natural gas supply has been inconsistent. New Zealand's imported more than a million tonnes from Indonesia only twice in the last 20 years - 2020 and 2006. Woods said there has been an unexpected reduction in natural gas supply from at the Pohokura gas field, recently the country's largest.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 13, 2021 21:11 UTC