This year distributions are down on last year - Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Contact Energy is enticing customers off Fly Buys with 50 cents a litre off fuel.

KCEPT will keep its shares in King Country Energy - Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Will he save coal? Will he doom the planet? Does the US care?

COMMENT: The Shareholders' Association is on the warpath.

COMMENT: Report points to a big change in the way we use the land.

Energy Minister Judith Collins expects oil and gas exploration activity will return.

NZ's economic growth is "approaching its environmental limits", a once-a-decade environmental report card says.

Previously classified footage of nuclear explosions tested during the Cold War have been rescued from high-security vaults.

A union is linking a linesman's injury to its call on Top Energy to halt its plan to lay off 17 workers.

Vector acquired HRV and solar power firm PowerSmart for undisclosed sums.

Keep an eye on your local petrol pump. Prices shouldn't be rising soon, thanks to an oil price slump.

Dutch researchers have found that electronic energy meters can be wildly inaccurate.

Elon Musk just wagered he could solve Australia's looming energy crisis.

Todd Corp deputy chairman Malcolm Whyte has retired after 30 years as a director of the holding company for New Zealand's wealthiest

Far North power company says planned cuts due to combination of factors.

A grant from the Heartland Fund has helped the latest Kawhia beach cleanup. But, an ownership review of King Country Energy could mean the future of the community fund is at risk. Made with Funding from NZ On Air

Gareth Morgan's The Opportunities Party would ban subsidies on fossil fuels, increase the price of carbon and overhaul energy efficiency efforts under a climate change policy launched this evening.

New Zealand's power system will need some "modest investment" to shore up the security of supply.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index dropped 18.68 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 7148.78.

New Zealand Oil & Gas narrowed its loss in the final six months of 2016 ahead of the Kupe sale.

Cheap oil and a wet spring kept wholesale prices low, offsetting better retail margins.

Energy Minister Judith Collins has put the petrol industry on notice to cooperate with a fuel inquiry but says she is reluctant to intervene in the market.

Energy Minister Judith Collins says a fuel price inquiry will assess whether New Zealand petrol companies are raking in more profits than international counterparts.

Vector's gain was driven by stronger sales, lower finance costs and a one-time gain after a Court of Appeal ruling on a tax claim.

A solar powered electric vehicle charger is opened to the public in Tauranga and will provide free charging for the next year.

The local bottler of Coke-branded drinks ramped up sales volumes in 2016.

New Zealand shares rose as Scales and Mercury gained and Comvita dropped after its earnings report. The S&P/NZX 50 Index rose 16.19

Mercury NZ increased first-half profit 53 per cent, bolstered by favourable North Island hydro conditions and lifted its full year guidance.

Businesses in a small Northland town lost tens of thousands of dollars in revenue after a power cut lasted up to 54 hours.