Document Actions Gas market The Ministry has a lead role within government on the regulatory framework for the gas industry.  Our work ensures gas is delivered safely, efficiently, fairly, reliably and environmentally sustainably. We monitor and advise the government on: gas governance and industry arrangements to promote a smooth transition to the post-Maui environment In October 2011 an outage of the Maui gas transmission pipeline occurred. The government undertook a review of the outage to ensure that the lessons learned are captured and that appropriate steps are being taken to strengthen the gas system.