The government's drive for new investment in oil and gas development in New Zealand has suffered another blow.

Editorial: The Prime Minister's first instinct over the recovery of the 29 men killed in the Pike River mine tragedy was the right one.

A mining sector group says New Zealand should be doing more to capitalise on the use of pollution-soaking clay to clean up dairy land.

Having a middleman able to absorb the criticism and stay immune to the moral and emotional elements of the Pike tragedy makes sense politically, writes Gerard Morris.

Whistleblowing saves lives but for it to be effective there must be a mechanism for timely disclosure as well as protection of the whistleblower, writes Gehan Gunasekara.

Australia could face a recession within two years unless the dollar and interest rates fall and major labour market reforms are introduced, an economist warns.

The ramifications of an inquiry's findings into Pike River are potentially huge.

Solid Energy is largely to blame for the "dumbing down'' of mining industry standards that allowed the Pike River disaster to happen, MP Damien O'Connor says.

Prime Minister John Key is squarely blaming the Pike River Coal Company for the disaster that killed 29 West Coast workers two years ago.