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Our mission is to provide research, policy analysis and educational programmes to help business and government confront energy issues of national significance.
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Our research is focused on three broad areas: energy markets, resource and environment markets, and transport economics.
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We offer several postgraduate scholarships and post-doctoral fellowships, funded by the Energy Education Trust NZ.
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Take a look at the energy economics courses and other learning opportunities available.
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