SharesShareholders plan action against gold minerAustralia's largest gold miner is facing a class action from shareholders over its massive financial writedown.23 Dec 04:30 PM
EconomyBleak forecast for the lucky countryThe Australian budget bottom line is looking bleak, and a weaker economy isn't going to help the situation.17 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandOfficials reject landfarming claimsOfficials in New Zealand's leading oil and gas region are rejecting claims that cows are being allowed to graze on land polluted by waste from mining and fracking operations.17 Dec 04:30 PM
WorldWellington Zoo ready to welcome Tasmanian DevilsWellington Zoo is making a home for four Tasmanian Devils which are due to arrive there this week.04 Dec 06:33 PM
New Zealand'Funeral' for Maui's dolphinA 'funeral procession' for New Zealand's endangered Maui's dolphin species is currently winding though Wellington's inner city streets.04 Dec 12:08 AM
OpinionMatt McCarten: Selling our future for $75 eachDeep-sea oil drilling interests claim our Government could receive $300m from it. Is our "clean, green reputation" worth trading in for that, Matt McCarten asks.30 Nov 07:05 PM
New ZealandAnti-mining groups plan to block SH1 todayAnti-mining groups in Northland are planning to block State Highway 1 for two hours today in a protest against an Australian exploration company's plans to begin prospecting for gold and silver.27 Nov 06:35 PM
New ZealandAsk Phoebe: Pike River families got about $217,000 from public donationsIan Young, the manager of corporate services at Grey District Council, says donations to the Pike River Disaster Relief Trust came to $8,065,727.25 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandSitting on a time bombBy November 18, 2010, there was just enough progress at Pike to reassure some workers that the operation could yet be a success, but not enough to ease the dark fears held by others.15 Nov 11:09 PM
EconomyWaihi miners out of work ahead of next ChristmasMiners in Waihi will be out of work for several months' next Christmas before Newmont Waihi Gold's controversial Correnso mine starts production.14 Nov 08:43 PM
SharesForest & Bird won't appeal mine decisionForest & Bird (F&B) has pulled the plug after a two-year legal battle to stop Bathurst Resources' new Buller coal mine.12 Nov 04:06 AM
Banking and financeMining boosts Oz walletsAustralia is nearing the end of a mining boom which has largely insulated the economy from the travails of the global financial crisis.27 Oct 04:30 PM
SharesMayor: Mine approval great for WCGrey District mayor Tony Kokshoorn says the resource consent approval for Escarpment coal mine on the West Coast's Denniston Plateau is great news for the district.24 Oct 10:24 PM
New ZealandPike River: Mine victim's mate on jobBernie Monk and his son's best schoolmate have been reunited during an operation to recover the bodies of the 29 men who died in the Pike River mine disaster.21 Oct 04:30 PM
CommoditiesSeabed mining bid stirs protestThe first marine consent application for seabed mining on the North Island's west coast is about to be lodged.21 Oct 04:30 PM
New ZealandSticky (gold)fingers: Theft from mineA former Central Otago goldmine worker has admitted stealing gold-bearing sand, which police later found in a plastic lunchbox at his home.16 Oct 10:54 PM
CommoditiesMining tycoon makes $65m donationAustralian mining magnate and long-time philanthropist Andrew "Twiggy"Forrest has donated A$65 million ($NZ73.9m) to universities in Western Australia.14 Oct 11:00 PM
WorldRinehart saga back on stageThe absorbing, bitter drama of the life of Australia's richest family will resume in Sydney today, after last-minute wrangling over a key change in its exclusive cast.08 Oct 04:30 PM
New ZealandWritedowns see miner's value plummetAiling state-owned coal miner Solid Energy's net value to the taxpayer has plunged from more than half a billion dollars to less than $100 million in three years, its annual result yesterday revealed.04 Oct 10:12 PM
