OceanaGold Corp shares rose as much as 20c at $3.60 on good news emerging from its Reefton gold mine.

The New Zealand dollar dipped overnight against the major currencies but then regained the lost ground to be a little stronger at the local open than at the local close yesterday.

A Hong Kong listed company controlled by billionaire Li Ka-Shing is seeking damages from BlueScope Steel Ltd over a failed attempt to buy a New Zealand iron sands business.

"Always a possibility" is fast becoming the Prime Minister's stock reply when confronted with tricky-to-answer questions, writes John Armstrong.

As the Government pushes ahead with plans to open up conservation land for mining, Isaac Davison finds the combination is already causing trouble in the Bay of Plenty.

Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye's stance against her party's proposed mining on Great Barrier Island is not just political it's heartfelt.

John Roughan writes that the Coromandel peninsula's beauty is not exceptional and doesn't warrant particular protection.

KiwiSaver investors only pay 12.5 per cent tax on their investment income when their taxable income in either of the previous two years was $14,000 or less and combined with the income from your KiwiSaver scheme is below $48,000.

The Govt will try to justify mining in conservation land by putting other areas into protection when it announces its plans at 3pm, says Forest & Bird.

John Key appeared to hint at a watering down of proposals to open national parks to mining yesterday.

John Key says the public will have to wait for a discussion paper to be released to find out what conservation land may be mined and how.