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The Auckland Gas Company is a company providing gas for residential or commercial customers in the Auckland area, New Zealand. It is one of the oldest still existing brand names in New Zealand, having been established as Auckland Gas Company Ltd in 1862 or 1863.Why The Auckland Gas Company?
(from the official company website. Accessed 2008-02-20.) It is owned since 2004 by
(from the Addendum 2 February 2006 of the Vic Park Tunnel project documentation, Transit New Zealand, Page 13. Accessed 2008-02-20.) In the late 1960s the Kapuni gas fields were opened, providing natural gas which was cleaner and cheaper than the locally produced
The Auckland Gas Company is a company providing gas for residential or commercial customers in the Auckland area, New Zealand. It is one of the oldest still existing brand names in New Zealand, having been established as Auckland Gas Company Ltd in 1862 or 1863.(from the official company website. Accessed 2008-02-20.) It is owned since 2004 by
Nova Energy
The Todd Corporation is a large private New Zealand company with a value of $4.3 billion, owned and controlled by the Todd family and headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand. The corporation is currently led by chairman of the board, Henry Tait ...
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History
The Auckland Gas Company was formed in 1862 as the firstjoint stock company
A joint-stock company is a business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders. Each shareholder owns company stock in proportion, evidenced by their shares (certificates of ownership). Shareholders are ...
in New Zealand. It was also the first private services provider in Auckland. In the 1870s, the company bought and developed a large site in Freemans Bay to build a gasworks (roughly on and east of the site of the current New World supermarket), with further buildings (mainly workshops) and offices on Beaumont Street.Auckland Gas Company Offices and Workshops Buildings(from the Addendum 2 February 2006 of the Vic Park Tunnel project documentation, Transit New Zealand, Page 13. Accessed 2008-02-20.) In the late 1960s the Kapuni gas fields were opened, providing natural gas which was cleaner and cheaper than the locally produced
coal gas
Coal gas is a flammable gaseous fuel made from coal and supplied to the user via a piped distribution system. It is produced when coal is heated strongly in the absence of air. Town gas is a more general term referring to manufactured gaseous ...
variant, and the company stopped producing gas and became a supplier only. This led to most of the buildings in the Freemans Bay are being demolished.
References
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