Where to buy 'white gas' fuel for MSR Whisperlite?

You are correct - wrong stuff. Take it back and replace with shellite : https://www.bunnings.co.nz/diggers-1l-shellite_p00309654

Every hardware sports shop and most garages sell it. Look for the names Coleman fuel, Fuelite, Calcite, and shelite. The Coleman fuel here will look different to USA. Here it does not have the green anti corrosive added so all the above brands are the same. If you want lots have a look on line at the oil company websites for bulk suppliers of the above brands. You can buy 20L for about 10x the price of the 1L. Do think about how you store it though. A few people commented about me having it right next to the ark welder

Hi there, Where can I buy this in bulk in the South Island? It is a scandalous price these days at $17.50 a litre.

https://www.bunnings.co.nz/search/products?q=shellite&sort=BoostOrder&page=1 Still 12 a litre though

A better price but there is a catch. $8.50 a litre with free shipping if you buy 20 litres. Might have to go parts with a few friends https://chemmate.co.nz/fuelite.html#154=9

Fuelite is even sold at many supermarkets.

It's extraordinary the markup/packaging/distribution costs for these portable stove fuels. It's just low octane petrol without the additives or presumably transport excise tax, so the fuel cost component would be under $2 per litre. Similarly with the butane/propane canisters which cost at least $7 per 230 g canister or $30 per kg when bulk LPG costs less than $2 per kg I think. I guess it's just low volume products where they charge what they can and for customers it's a small proportion of their overall trip costs so they don't care so much. Interesting though that you can get 4 of the [longer skinny 220 g canisters](https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/number-8-butane-gas-canisters-pack-of-4-220g/p/243728) for only $5.28 so $6 per kg. Be good to figure out an adaptor from those 220 g canisters into a lightweight burner...

That adapter is available on aliexpress so no need to figure out. However do consider those canisters are straight butane with a boiling point of -0.5. Not great in cold weather