Our Location

Inhabiting a sizeable piece of land as we do (1.195 square kilometres) at the mouth of the beautiful Whangarei Harbour, we are very conscious of any impact our operations may have on our immediate surroundings.

We are committed to managing these operations to avoid, remedy or mitigate any adverse effects on the environment and we achieve this through our Environmental Management System (EMS), which is certified to the ISO14001 standard. Our 
pipeline route to the terminal in Wiri, South Auckland has recently been certified to the same standard.

Steps to protect our surrounding environment:

• The New Zealand Refining Company was the first company to enter into a Negotiated Greenhouse Agreement (NGA) with the Government, putting us on a path towards world best practice in managing greenhouse gas emissions.
• Resource consents with strict limits are set and monitored by the Northland Regional Council to ensure discharges from the refinery, such as wastewater, do not cause unacceptable adverse environmental effects.
• We support regular beach clean-up campaigns and Project Crimson, which aims to protect New Zealand's native pohutukawa and rata trees.
• Our onsite laboratory also carries out environmental testing for the refinery.