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Govt predicts gas-fuelled jobs surge

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Thu, 19 Jan 2012 7:16a.m.

Todd's McKee plant will need to be expanded

Todd's McKee plant will need to be expanded

The Government estimates a new Taranaki gas supply deal will create 500 jobs.

It also believes Todd Energy's 10-year agreement with methanol manufacturer Methanex will pump $860 million into the national economy.

Todd's McKee plant will need to be expanded.

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says there'll be a surge in jobs later this year.

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20 Jan 2012 01:14a.m.

Henry wrote:

@Chris - Socialist? Corrupt? Bitter, twisted, psychotic? I think you need to grow up and stop treating politics like some sort of playground argument.

19 Jan 2012 09:08p.m.

bOb wrote:

"not a corrupt socialist govt. - now move on and get a job and a life and stop being so bitter and twisted." leftie morons,pscyhotic rubbish, bitter, twisted? If any one here is a nutter it is you by the loaded language you use. Funny really.. because if it were Labour who provided these 500 jobs you'd be posting here doing exactly the same thing they are doing. Get off your high horse, you are no better than them. hypocrite.

19 Jan 2012 01:58p.m.

Chris wrote:

Don't you leftie morons get tired of the pscyhotic rubbish you all write ? good grief - listen carefully, as some of you appear to be thick - Labour lost,[big time by the way] National won - OK - simple really - normal thinking voters voting in a right leaning Govt. - not a corrupt socialist govt. - now move on and get a job and a life and stop being so bitter and twisted.

19 Jan 2012 12:56p.m.

Kim wrote:

Sooo does that mean that the govt will put in place relevent training courses?...or more likely these jobs will be filled by recruitment from overseas..

19 Jan 2012 12:04p.m.

Gary wrote:

500 jobs is hardly a surge. It is a fraction of the jobs lost to NZer's by this government.

19 Jan 2012 10:35a.m.

Neil wrote:

So if we deduct from this potential figure the number of jobs lost to the market over the last year that still leaves a massive deficit in jobs available - and these aren't even real yet....