About Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Ballance Agri-Nutrients operates the Mt Maunganui anhydrous-ammonia and superphosphate works (Hewletts Road) and the Kapuni urea/ammonia plant in South Taranaki. Their sites carry buried natural-gas, ammonia and process-water lines.
Ballance Agri-Nutrients owns and maintains the reticulated gas pipework that delivers natural gas to homes and businesses in their service area. They manage the pipeline assets — separate from gas retailers, which sell gas to consumers.
Ballance Agri-Nutrients is one of 9 utility operators active in Bay of Plenty. Most building or landscaping work in this area touches multiple operators' networks at once — power, water and communications cables routinely share the same trench. The list further down shows the other utilities you'll likely need to contact alongside Ballance Agri-Nutrients.
Where Ballance Agri-Nutrients operates
Before you dig in Bay of Plenty
Striking an underground pipe can cause injury, large repair bills and outages for your neighbours. Three steps to do it safely.
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Find every operator that serves your site
Map your worksite on UtilityFinder to find every operator that serves the area — power, water, gas and comms in one view — so you don't miss anyone when sending locate requests.
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Request a locate from Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Contact Ballance Agri-Nutrients and any other operators in your area to confirm the position of their underground assets before excavation.
Locate request page - 3
Mark, protect, dig carefully
Mark the locate paint or pegs on site, hand-dig within 0.5 m of marked assets, and never assume a clear trench means clear ground.
Other utilities serving Bay of Plenty
Most building or excavation work touches more than one operator's network. Here's who else you may need to contact.
3 Waters
2Communications
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Gas
3Natural gas reticulation
1Fuel pipelines & terminals
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