Industry news and information across three sectors

Recognising excellence and achievement across the energy sector

Daily news, articles, expert columns, features, and exclusive interviews

Providing real insight into the mood of the sector and informing strategic business decisions

News and information to develop and implement growth opportunities between organisations

Facilitating industry education and networking through conferences and events

Online news and information service for the legal sector including latest judgment summaries and updates on legislation and law

Comprehensive databases of mining and quarrying sector organisations and resources

Comprehensive databases of over 500 sector organisations and energy resources

Industry news and information across three sectors

Freeman

The experienced and savvy information services provider to the New Zealand corporate community.

Publications

New Zealand's online news and information service for the energy sector including a comprehensive industry participant and energy asset database. Energy News was launched in 2008. Readers from more than 300 subscribing organisations visit the site more than 4,500 times weekly. Its readership consists of New Zealand energy sector organisations and services companies spanning the electricity, oil and gas, petroleum and alternative energy value chain.

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New Zealand's review of administration, legislation and law. Capital Letter provides court judgment summaries from New Zealand's High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and Environment Court. It also provides updates on legislation, statutory reviews, general reviews and news. It enjoys a wide subscription base ranging from large law firms through to sole practitioners; in-house counsel within the corporate sector; and, central and local government entities.

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New Zealand's online news and information service for the mining and quarrying sectors including a comprehensive industry participant, and, mine, quarry and permit database. Inside Resources was launched in September 2013 and has been growing rapidly.

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Upcoming events

Oceania Renewable Power Summit

7–8 October 2026

The Oceania Renewable Power Summit, a two-day conference and exhibition set in Auckland, New Zealand for renewable electricity generation across Oceania.

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Future Roads

25–26 November 2026

Future Roads is the premier event for the New Zealand roading industry, bringing together road owners, influencers, and decision-makers.

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Energy Trader Forum

9 December 2026

The Energy Trader Forum is an exclusive event for the energy and carbon trading and energy markets community, held three times a year.

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Downstream

10–11 March 2027

Downstream is New Zealand’s leading event for everyone involved, directly or indirectly, in the energy industry.

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New Zealand Energy Excellence Awards

19 August 2027

The New Zealand Energy Excellence Awards provide an annual opportunity to recognise excellence and achievement across the energy sector.

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Maps

New Zealand Energy Infrastructure Map – North Island

The popular New Zealand Energy Infrastructure Map is now two separate maps, one for each island. The new maps will display all previous generation datasets and points plus some new datasets from the discontinued Smart Energy Technology Map.

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New Zealand Energy Infrastructure Map – South Island

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New Zealand Quarry Map - North Island

The New Zealand Quarry Maps are designed to give an insightful and comprehensive snapshot of the local quarrying sector.

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New Zealand Quarry Map - South Island

The New Zealand Quarry Maps are designed to give an insightful and comprehensive snapshot of the local quarrying sector.

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New Zealand Roading Map

More than $2 billion of government funding is committed annually to New Zealand transport infrastructure of which roading makes up a substantial component.

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Understanding and reaching our audience

Freeman serves three distinct business audiences.

Energy sector: Our primary audience in this sector includes the electricity, oil and gas, transport fuels, renewable energy, energy efficiency and carbon industries.

Extractives sector: Our primary audience in this sector includes the mining, quarrying, roading, contracting, concrete and cement industries.

Legal sector: Our primary audience in this sector includes legal practitioners spanning small legal firms and chambers to large corporate law firms. It also includes all of the main courts and tribunals.

Within these key industries it reaches over 90 per cent of industry participants (in some cases near 100 per cent) at a decision-maker, professional, and C-suite level.

Freeman's secondary audience captures service providers to these industries – professional services firms, consultancies, engineering companies, technology companies, central and local Government, regulators, product importers and distributors.

A further tertiary audience includes many of New Zealand’s top 200 organisations at a specialist or company director level.

Company news

Roading award finalists named

16 Sep 2026

The future of New Zealand's roading industry is in good hands, with four exceptional professionals named as finalists for the 2026 New Zealand roading industry Rising Star Award. Daniel Erard of the Tararua Alliance, Ellie Huang from Auckland Transport, Stephanie Kirk from HEB Construction, and Teinaki Marsters from Auckland Airport have been selected as finalists, with the judges commenting on the high standard of entries received.

The Future Roads 2026 programme is now live!

2 Sep 2026

Discover the people, projects, and ideas shaping the future of New Zealand's roading sector. Across two days, road owners, councils, contractors, consultants, policymakers, and industry leaders will explore the challenges and opportunities influencing how safer, more resilient, and higher-performing networks are planned and delivered. Explore the programme: https://futureroads.co.nz/845151/programme

2026 Energy Awards winners

20 Aug 2026

Contact Energy was the big winner at the Energy Excellence Awards, taking four of the 10 categories. The gentailer - which last week reported a record full-year earnings result - was named electricity retailer of the year at last night's awards ceremony in Wellington. Its Glenbrook 100-megawatt battery project earned Contact the energy project of the year title, and its efforts to tackle the sector-wide skills shortage saw it take the FutureForce award as well.