5 December 2024
Ref: DOIA-REQ-0006166-Valerie Morse
Valerie Morse
Email:
[FYI request #29102 email]
Tēnā koe Valerie Morse
Thank you for your email of 7 November 2024 to the Ministry of Business, Innovafion and Employment
(MBIE) requesfing, under the Official Informafion Act 1982 (the Act), the fol owing informafion:
Air NZ announced the preliminary findings from a study into using woody waste residues and low-
value wood products in New Zealand to produce sustainable aviafion fuel - a form of alternafive
jet fuel commonly referred to as SAF. Here's the media statement:
hftps://aus01.safelinks.protecfion.outlook.com/?url=hftps%3A%2F%2Fwww.airnewzealandnewsr
oom.com%2Fpress-release-2024-new-study-shows-local-producfion-of-sustainable-aviafion-fuel-
could-support-fuel-resilience-and-security-in-aotearoa-new-
zealand&data=05%7C02%7CMinisterialServices%40mbie.govt.nz%7Cd446052c826c43c7201608dc
fec40c16%7C78b2bd11e42b47eab0112e04c3af5ec1%7C0%7C0%7C638665365247763097%7CUn
known%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIs
IkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6mCxU5BMxB2Bpz8w6yQarkxu7e
gs7kHOEoVi9vs0R6I%3D&reserved=0
This study was parfial y funded by MBIE.
I would like a copy of the findings.
Please find aftached one document we have idenfified within the scope of your request
Project Pūrākau
Feasibility Study Report. Please note that informafion within this document has been withheld under the
fol owing secfions of the Act:
9(2)(b)(ii)
to protect information where the making available of the information would be
likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who
supplied or who is the subject of the information; and
9(2)(ba)(i)
to protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which
any person has been or could be compel ed to provide under the authority of any
enactment, where the making available of the information would be likely to
prejudice the supply of similar information, or information from the same source,
and it is in the public interest that such information should continue to be
supplied.
I do not consider that the withholding of this informafion is outweighed by public interest considerafions
in making the informafion available.
Please note that this response and enclosed documents, with your personal details removed, may be
published on the MBIE website:
www.mbie.govt.nz/about/open-government-and-official-
informafion/published-official-informafion-act-requests. If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, or if you require any further assistance,
please contact
[email address].
You have the right to seek an invesfigafion and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Informafion
about how to make a complaint is available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
Nāku noa, nā
Dominic Kebbell
Manager, Gas & Fuel Policy
Energy Markets