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Media statement from Hon Gerry Brownlee, Minister of Energy and Resources

A high profile television campaign has been launched to help New Zealanders increase the energy efficiency of their homes and businesses, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.

The new prime time campaign, called The Energy Spot, will screen three nights a week (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday) at 6.50pm, on four television channels, as well as 13 other times during the week.

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Press release from the Minister of Energy and Resources

More than 180,000 New Zealand homes will have access to grants for insulation and clean heating over the next four years, as part of a major investment in household energy efficiency.

"A large number of New Zealand homes are cold and damp because they are inadequately insulated. This scheme is an important step towards warmer homes as well as invigorating the retrofit industry," Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee says.

A proposal to generate electricity from wave energy has been awarded $760,000 under the government's Marine Energy Deployment Fund, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority announced today.

The WET-NZ project put forward by Power Projects Ltd and Industrial Research Ltd is the second project to gain funding under the $8 million fund.

"New Zealand has some of the best marine energy resources in the world. This fund is a way of finding out how we can make the most of that resource," EECA chief executive Mike Underhill said.