New Zealand Energy Corp. to Present at Canaccord Genuity Global Energy Conference

New Zealand Energy Corp. ("NZEC" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:NZ), an oil and natural gas company that is developing and exploring prospects in New Zealand, will be presenting at the Canaccord Genuity Global Energy Conference on Thursday, October 13 at 2:20pm EST. Bruce McIntyre, NZEC's President, will provide an update on the Company's Copper Moki-1 discovery well and the Company's exploration and business plan.

NZEC's presentation will be webcast and available for viewing through a link on the Company's website at www.newzealandenergy.com.

About New Zealand Energy

NZEC is an oil and natural gas company engaged in the development and exploration of petroleum and natural gas assets in New Zealand. NZEC's property portfolio collectively covers nearly two million acres of conventional and unconventional prospects in the Taranaki Basin and East Coast Basin of New Zealand's North Island. The Company's management team has extensive experience exploring and developing oil and natural gas fields in New Zealand and Canada, and takes a multi-disciplinary approach to value creation with a track record of successful discoveries. NZEC plans to add shareholder value by executing a technically disciplined exploration and development program focused on the onshore and offshore oil and natural gas resources in the politically and fiscally stable country of New Zealand.

On behalf of the Board of New Zealand Energy Corp.

John Proust, Chief Executive Officer & Director

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as such term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Contacts: New Zealand Energy Corp. Rhylin Bailie Vice President, Communications & Investor Relations [phone] New Zealand Energy Corp. Bruce McIntyre President & Director [phone] [phone] (FAX)[e-mail]