Chatham Islands

While there is still some diesel available, Chatham Islanders are in urgent need of more fuel (file image). Photo / RNZ / Matt “Big Tuna” Theunissen The Chatham Islands have run out of petrol and its diesel supplies are running low…

Chatham Islands. Photo / Flickr / Ville Miettinen A fuel crisis has gripped the Chatham Islands, after their only petrol station ran dry. The shortage threatens to grind daily life to a halt for the island’s roughly 650 residents, with…

The Department of Conservation (DOC) has proposed to reduce and restructure its Chatham Islands team. The proposal would see the Chatham Islands team merged with the Wairarapa district, and the number of full-time employees on the islands halved. Budget savings…