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"Our geothermal resources are fascinating.
They are part of Maori oral tradition - a gift
from Ngatoroirangi. The colours, sounds, feel
and even smell speak to our senses, hearts and
minds about greater forces and life. Their rare
environment has drawn tourists to our shores for
as long as tourists have visited New Zealand.
 Geothermal
resources have soothed bodies, and warmed homes
and hotels and supplied process heat for commercial
and industrial applications. They supply an expanding
base of electricity generation. There are potentially
new applications in terms of minerals carried
with the fluids and the extreme life forms that
survive in its boiling fluids.
New Zealand scientists and engineers have pioneered
the process of turning the apparent unknowns from
the surface, into resource information and hard
commercial realities.
There is a recognition of the need for preserving
some areas, and of the value of developing other
areas.
After an initial surge, then quiet period, geothermal
energy is again at the forefront of commercial
and sustainable energy developments. Geothermal's
time is now."
Brian White
Executive Officer, NZGA
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