The Kawerau facility, pulp and paper manufacturing, now accounts for 56% of the national geothermal direct-use. It is also the largest industrial use in the world and is set to expand further to adjacent industrial users.

Geothermal heat pumps are only just taking off in the country. There are now multiple companies in the country that can supply the necessary services for both residences and commercial users. The majority of the applications appear to be water source installations. Most installations are in the colder part of South Island at Queenstown, though there are installations in Auckland with the luxury housing market. Commercial buildings owners are recognizing that geothermal heat pumps should be considered, and an initial project has been installed at the Dunedin airport (South Island).

The various applications are:

19 MWt and 181 TJ/yr for space heating;
24 MWt and 379 TJ/yr for greenhouse heating;
17 MWt and 273 TJ/yr for fish farming; 224 MWt and 6104 TJ/yr for industrial process heat;
74 MWt and 1,733 TJ/yr for bathing and swimming;
28 MWt and 843 TJ/yr for other uses (irrigation, frost protection, geothermal tourist park);
7.22 MWt and 39 TJ/yr for geothermal heat pumps.

The total for the country is 393.22 MWt and 9,552 TJ/yr