NZ First Misleads on Marsden Point to Deflect Fuel Crisis Blame
Debate over the closure of Marsden Point Refinery has resurfaced amid the fuel crisis, with critics challenging claims by Shane Jones and New Zealand First about its role in New Zealand’s fuel security.
NZ First’s claims about Marsden Point under scrutiny
Shane Jones says if Marsden Point was still open it could have held a large amount of refined oil in its storage tanks and he argues Labour limited our economic sovereignty by closing it down.
Why Marsden Point would not solve the fuel crisis
But the oil would have had to come through the Strait of Hormuz to Marsden Point anyway.
The role of global supply chains and the Strait of Hormuz
And because the Industry holds the surplus buffer, his argument completely falls over.
Political blame shifting ahead of the fuel crisis
NZ First are desperate to make this lie stand up because they desperately need to gloss over so much of their previous blunders on this issue, like Winston’s claim this would all be over soon…
…to Shane’s own comments at the time…
..and because NZ First followers are actually morons who don’t have the wit to know they are getting manipulated.
Why the fuel crisis debate is intensifying before Election 2026
NZ First are setting up the blame game so that when the enormity of the fuel crisis hits, they can pretend this is Labour’s fault.
When a crisis hits, narratives matter — but so do facts. The real question is whether the debate is about solutions, or simply about who gets blamed.
The odinary bloke blames them all. Its completely obvious the country needed a strategic oil reserve. If the refinery was still open the hydro carbon products produced here could have been leveraged or swapped for the other types of fuel we need to import.
Roof solar + big battery + EV is the solution. Govt needs to do a govt to govt deal with China for a million EVs at a deep deep discount. Along with the option for house solar set up on every house using interest free 20 year pay back loans (caveat on the property).
Moving all the houses to solar frees up the grid to reopen the wood mills, dry the milk powder, process the vege and data.
If we ever needed more evidence that focus on electrification and hydrogen etc needs to be increased, then we are f’ing stupid. Well more stupid than once thought.
Store more petrol here and the olil companies will moan they have too much cash tied up in inventory, and put the price up. Agree we don’t want to run out but it’s laughable to think oil production here would mean lower prices. The US is flush with oil but you will note their prices are high and climbing. It’s a con.
He’s such a useful idiot is Shane, until he isn’t, and then he’s just an idiot…
Another sensible, accurate posting from Grant et al. What is it with this corrupt Govt that their MPs continually LIE? Everyone with a brain knows Marsden Point Refinery was NOT closed by LABOUR and that it was a board decision by its private owners, BP, Mobil and Z. And even if it was still open, our crude oil would still have to come via the Hormuz Strait! Where are our honest Journo’s – oh no, not too many of them supporting the Left! I’m sick of the ‘Blame Game’ constantly being regurgitated by this Failed, Sick Govt. Again wake up NZ or you will end up with what you deserve in ‘truck loads’.
Yep …lying is the only strategy ‘The Coalition of Fake News’ are capable of, so bad has their handling of the economy, health, employment, loss of talent overseas, climate pollution, race relations…etc etc …
You name it …. they’ve fucked it up… and expect the lying to ramp up as the election closes in…
The weak infantile unimaginative catchcry of “blame Labour”
is even being called out by the media now.. seems like they are sick of it too.
Master of vacuity, Goldsmith , tried it on with one of his usual diatribe word salads on Tv 1 Breakfast the other morning with Kieran McAnulty….he got called out on the usual ‘blame Labour’ line that he was continuously using and looked like a possum in the headlights trying to explain himself.
Mark Mitchell was another one cowardly using it when trying to worm out of possible compensation for people affected by the major weather events…no money?…blame Labour.
Where’s the money Nikki – no – boats spent giving money to The Ben & Jerry’s Squeezed Middle Class?…clue…The Gold Coast & Raro
Where’s the money Nikki – no- boats spent on financing cigarette companies.
Where’s the money Nikki – no – boats sprayed at financing landlords?
Where’s the money Nikki- no – boats squandered on a massive $$$640 ,000,000 million dollar fine for cancelling the ferry deal of the century?
Where?…… shrug#….blame Labour!
Applying the same ‘logic’ that Jones is trying on re Marsden Pt, we could ask why this government hasn’t stopped corporates from closing down pulp and paper mills, food processing plants and all the rest. Just tell them they’re not allowed Jonesy, easy. Oh wait …
Matua Jones et al BS needs to be called out by serious journalists.
If, in a press briefing, a journalist’s question is deflected, then the next journalist must take up that same question thread.
Don’t let them wriggle out of the mess these clowns have created for us all.
In terms of economic sovereignty we have been betrayed by all of our governments since Douglas started the whole thing. None are innocent of the destruction. It suited Labour/Green policy for the refinery to close. They could have mandated larger reserves but didn’t. Nor did Jones.
As soon as level 2 is announced the supermarket shelves will be stripped bare within hours
Level 3 will make the covid lockdown look like a picnic. Australia have done a deal with south korea hoping to ensure fuel supplies. Have we? But if diesel hits $4-$5 it will sit in storage as the trucking companies go broke
Things are about to go bad very quickly.