Chinese companies are big winners in the competition among foreign bidders for stakes in Abu Dhabi's largest oil concession.

COMMENT: Dame Fiona Kidman's submission to the select committee on Pike River was study in empathy, writes Audrey Young.

Trans-Tasman Resources is proposing to mine 50 million tonnes of iron ore per year off the coast of Patea in south Taranaki. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Trans-Tasman Resources is proposing to mine 50 million tonnes of iron ore per year off the coast of Patea in south Taranaki. Made with funding from NZ On AIr.

Pike River families are meeting with Prime Minister Bill English for the first time this afternoon.

New Zealand Oil & Gas, which is on the prowl for new investment opportunities, has sold its 27.5 per cent stake in the Tui oil fields.

Contact Energy shareholders can expect an increase in annual dividend policy later in the current financial year.

Contact Energy posted a 12 per cent gain in first-half underlying profit and trimmed capital expenditure in the face of weaker sales.

A Broadlands Forest resident blames fluctuating river levels on the Waikato River - caused by practices at the dam upstream - for destroying the natural habitat. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Infrastructure investor Infratil is still upbeat about its investment in US renewable energy despite Donald Trump's promise to boost coal.

Contact Energy, which last year said it would focus on reducing debt, is considering a $100 million offer of bonds it plans to list on the NZX debt market.

Mercury Energy boss Fraser Whineray is trying to make customers feel better about the power they buy.

The battle of what's being touted as a tax on the sun is heating up as an independent appeals authority prepares to review an Electricity Authority decision.

Energy Minister Judith Collins has signalled there could be announcement made next week about an inquiry into rising petrol margins.

Genesis Energy, the country's largest energy company by customer numbers, says electricity retail connections fell by 1.2 per cent.

Donald Trump took steps to advance construction of the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines.

Todd Corporation has won backing from the Western Australia government for a $6 billion iron ore mining and transport project.

Labour leader Andrew Little is proposing a new solution to recover bodies in the Pike River coal mine.

A trial of the fully autonomous vehicle will begin at Christchurch International Airport.

Many women who do the recommended amount of exercise may be harming themselves by eating too little, a survey indicates.

Transport Minister Simon Bridges has bought two electric cars, and is trying to convince other National MPs to do the same.

What is 2017 looking like for your business? I am expecting 2017 to be a year of positive change for Genesis Energy. In my first

NZ Herald Business Leader of the Year has pulled off one of the big deals of the decade and is a petrol retailer determined to fight climate change

Coalminer Bathurst Resources is being sued for US$40 million by L&M Coal Holdings.

The Pike River Mine controversy took yet another turn today with Parliament's Commerce Committee agreeing to hear submissions on the sealing of the mine.

It will be a dark and quiet night for some people in Manurewa, after a crash toppled a power pole and cut power.

New Zealand Oil & Gas says it's considering an offer to buy its 27.5 per cent interest in the Tui oilfield.

The very health and safety changes which the Pike River disaster prompted make re-entering the mine difficult, Prime Minister Bill English says.

Transport Minister Simon Bridges has declared his bid for Deputy Prime Minister.

Fewer than half of councils have enough staff trained to respond to marine oil spills.