Discover our world-class geothermal and energy services for sustainable solutions.
Energy Services & Engineering Ratonga Pūngao & Pūhanga
Our Investment Ngā Haumitanga
As New Zealand’s only world-class, one-stop-shop, geothermal and energy solutions provider MB Century offers a full range of geothermal and energy services. Tūaropaki Trust purchased MB Century in 2015 to form New Zealand’s leading total-solution energy service provider.
MB Century is committed to health, safety and environmental management in the industry and has been working towards achieving the highest international standards regardless of country or location.
Services
MB Century offers a full range of services across the energy and industrial sectors allowing you to utilise their skills and expertise when and where you need them.
The services of MB Century include:
- Geothermal & Oil/Gas Drilling
- Steamfield Design & Engineering
- Reservoir Data Logging
- Hydro Engineering/Consultancy
- Process Engineering
- Geothermal & Hydro Power Station Maintenance
- Heavy Fabrication, Precision Machining
- Industrial Coatings
- Water & Geothermal Sampling Analysis
- Environmental Monitoring
- Construction

Sectors
MB Century offers a full range of geothermal and energy services across the drilling and power generation life cycle.
Sectors MB Century have worked with include:
This diverse breadth of knowledge and expertise allows MB Century to complement and support our other Trust businesses perfectly.

Careers with MB Century Ngā Tūranga Ki MB Century
Interested in a role at MB Century? We recommend visiting their careers portal for current vacancies.
MB Century’s Legacy
MB Century has a long and impressive history, dating back to 1950 when it started operations as a government department. Today, drawing on its long history and accumulated expertise, the business is proudly known as New Zealand’s only world-class, end-to-end service, energy solutions provider.
Our Offer: We deliver world-leading energy solutions based on our technical expertise, inventive thinking and our people’s capability to create economic value for our clients. And we build industry capability, develop strong communities and safeguard the environment.

Ownership
MB Century started life as the Ministry of Works and Development and operated from 1950-1987. From 1987-1996 the company traded as Works Geothermal Ltd, a fully owned NZ Government department responsible for all power development.
During 1996-1999, Downers Energy Services Ltd acquired the company, and from June 1999, it operated as Century Drilling & Energy Services (NZ) Ltd, trading as Century Resources.
In 2010 MB Holdings (Oman) purchased Century Resources from Downer EDI and traded as MB Century. Finally, in 2015, Tūaropaki Trust purchased MB Century from MB Holdings to form New Zealand’s leading total-solution energy service provider.
“We stand for what is right. Pono, doing the right thing, at the right time, for the right reason. Aroha, reflecting ways people relate to one another, including with respect, empathy, hospitality, generosity, and connections. Kaitiakitanga, acting as a guardian of the environment.”
Growth Sustainability Model
We are part of the Tūaropaki group, which owns and operates a geothermal power station, 11 hectares of geothermally heated glass houses, a milk powder factory processing products using geothermal heat. The group has also recently built New Zealand’s first green hydrogen plant. MB Century’s rig, drilling geothermal wells, makes a vital contribution to the group’s mission to help New Zealand’s energy sector achieve a low carbon future.
Our business ventures Ngā Pakihi
From geothermal power generation and pastoral farming to energy services and engineering, our array of enterprises embodies innovation, sustainability, and a commitment to excellence.

Ngaire George Sustainability Centre
The Centre integrates sustainable practices of the specific business units at Mōkai.
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Pastoral farming, one of the Trust's core activities, is carried out on 3,410...
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Temperature Controlled Horticulture
The geothermally heated glasshouse uses a hydroponic method where each plant is...
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