Prime Minister John Key said this afternoon that the Government was considering providing naval protection to Brazilian company Petrobras so it can carry out its oil exploration work off East Cape.

Soaring wholesale power prices last week have prompted complaints from 14 organisations, including ASB bank, Telecom, Vodafone and the owner of the Marsden Point oil refinery.

As nuclear fears rise around the world, Robin McKiere visits the scene of Ukraine's 1986 explosion.

Scott Technology has bought a controlling stake in a local electromagnet maker and said it is looking at a rights issue to help fund the deal.

The Government says Petrobras is following DOC guidelines to minimise the disturbance to marine mammals while it looks for oil off the East Cape.

Tsunami has swamped one energy trend but the sea is ushering in another.

New Zealand researchers have shed new light on the phenomenon which causes black holes to explode.

My anti-nuclear friends are having a field day debunking my myopic view that a modest nuclear power plant would sensibly take care of New Zealand's energy needs for the next 100 years.