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Study energy at Otago University:

Energy studies at Otago, including a list of energy related topics completed in post graduate and honours research and papers recently completed by staff of the physics department.
Energy Management, the only under graduate course in energy management available in New Zealand, offered by the University of Otago Physics Department.
Microeconomic theory is used to investigate local and global environmental issues in Environmental Economics ECON207 and to address the challenges of natural resource depletion in Natural Resource Economics in ECON 312

OERC and the Waitati Energy Project

The Otago Energy Research Centre has established a research relationship with Blueskin Resilient Communities Trust in the nearby transition town of Waitati to provide research capability and assist in documenting Waitati's transition to greater resilience and sustainability

Other University energy research centres:

Centre for Energy Research (Massey University)
The Energy Centre (University of Auckland)
Energy Research Group (Waikato University)
College of Engineering (University of Canterbury)
Advanced Energy and Material Systems (University of Canterbury)

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority

EECA works with businesses, government, local government, communities and individuals to integrate energy efficiency and renewable energy into their everyday activities.

Energy in New Zealand Government and Crown Research Institutes

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA)
National Energy Research Institute
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
Science New Zealand (Energy) A summary of the latest research from New Zealand's eight Crown Research Institutes
Industrial Research Ltd
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
Crop and Food Research

Policy guiding documents

New Research, Science and Technology funding priorities as at December 2009
New Zealand energy efficiency and conservation strategy (2007)
New Zealand energy strategy to 2050 (2007)
Energy research, roadmaps for science (2006) Ministry of Research, Science and Technology