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New Zealand could make its fuel supplies last about three to four weeks if supply was completely cut off.
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) data shows that, on 1 March, there were 49 days' worth of petrol, 54 of diesel and 50 of jet fuel in New Zealand.
But that total includes "stock on water" that has shipped but not yet arrived here. That is more than half the diesel stock, and 22 of 49 days' supply of petrol.
War between the US, Israel and Iran has created significant disruptions to the price and supply of fuel and oil around the world, particularly due to the closure of the crucial supply route thr
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