Oil addiction: Obsessed with black gold

We just can’t help ourselves. When it comes to cars, we’re suckers for gas-guzzling hunks of steel. New Zealanders love cars; the gruntier, the better.

Like it or not, we are addicted to oil. New Zealand’s lust for black gold is insatiable, outstripping economic growth. And like junkies who can’t kick a drug habit, it’s making us go crazy – just ask those at the coalface.