As Kiwis, we love the benefits natural gas brings - instant heat, endless hot water, and cooking with a flame. It's an efficient and proven energy source that delivers instant energy. Through its pipeline networks, Firstgas connects natural gas to over 300,000 homes, businesses, and large industries everyday.
Firstgas supplies over 65,000 residential, business and industrial customers with natural gas every day. Through our extensive pipeline network, we’re able to supply a safe and reliable source of natural gas through our network of pipelines direct to factories, offices, restaurants, hospitals and homes in Whangarei, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Central Plateau, Gisborne and Kapiti.
If natural gas is not available, why not explore LPG options with Rockgas?
If you are in the Firstgas network area in Whangarei, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Central Plateau, Gisborne and Kapiti Coast then check for the availability of natural gas at your property. If you’re outside the Firstgas network you still may be able to get alternative energy sources.
As an energy for homes and businesses, gas has many advantages and benefits. From cooking, to keeping us warm and heating our water. Our news and blog hub will keep you up to date on the benefits of gas today and as we look to the future of renewable gas.
Since we first shared Milly’s journey toward the 2028 Paralympics, she has wasted no time turning ambition into action. The 2026 season is already shaping up to be something special, with records broken, milestones reached, and a new chapter about to begin.
Across New Zealand this Waitangi weekend, meals will still be cooked with gas, hot showers will be flowing and businesses that rely on continuous energy will keep operating. For most people, it all happens seamlessly.
An independent Boston Consulting Group (BCG) report, Energy to Grow: Securing New Zealand’s Future, finds that strengthening the gas market, securing backup fuel for electricity generation and continuing to build renewables at pace could lower wholesale electricity prices in New Zealand.
Fresh, seasonal vegetables are a joy to cook, and natural gas makes it easy to bring out their best flavour. With instant heat and precise temperature control, natural gas cooking helps vegetables caramelise quickly, retain their colour and texture, and taste naturally delicious.
While many professional chefs swear by cooking with gas, plenty of Kiwi home chefs love it too. From weeknight dinners to weekend feasts, natural gas delivers fast, precise heat and the control that makes cooking more enjoyable at home.
New Zealand’s first ever hydrogen blending pilot was carried out in Te Horo on the Kāpiti Coast from June to early October this year. Led by Firstgas (part of Clarus), the pilot involved blending green hydrogen with natural gas into the existing natural gas pipeline.
Renewable electricity supplies most of New Zealand’s power, but its availability can vary and as the energy system evolves, having a range of options will help support a smooth transition and ensure energy remains available, affordable, and reliable when it matters most.
Kiwis love the benefits gas brings – summer barbies, instant heat, endless hot water, and cooking with a flame. But Kiwis also want to protect New Zealand’s environment. Firstgas has been researching and monitoring international efforts and exploring how we can be part of making gas more efficient and renewable in the future.
