Letters: I'm nearly 80 – and ready to change for the planet's sake
OPINION: 'Our Government is intent on doing what we as a country have always done.'
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
Latest fromMining
Letters: Cancer patients don't have time to wait; why I marched down Queen St
OPINION: 'The Government would be wise to stop prioritising potholes.'
Letters: Environmental protests won't pay the bills
OPINION: 'If we mine the land, it will heal, just as it has in the past.'
‘Dreaming’: Greenpeace labels Govt plans to reverse oil and gas exploration ban a ‘pipe dream’
Legislation to undo the 2018 ban will be introduced to Parliament later this year.
Editorial: Tension between environment and economic development looms
OPINION: 'We've got unavoidable trade-offs to make,' says Shane Jones.
Shane Jones’ secret lunches with West Coast mine bosses not publicised
Regional Development Minister says he wanted to avoid a media circus.
Shane Jones talks mining on The Country
Shane Jones, Samuel Whitelock, Dan Hodgen, Phil Ropiha, Toby Williams.
Act says 'drill baby, drill' as Govt unveils new mining strategy
Jones says mining could be 'a vehicle for New Zealand’s transformation'.
Kiwi music stars fight against gold mine plan beneath conservation land
It could be among the first such projects approved under Govt bill.
Political Roundup: Can Shane Jones be trusted in making fast-track decisions?
OPINION: Cabinet minister has become the best advertisement against the Government’s bill.
Aussie billionaire rages against unflattering portrait
The gallery has declined to pull the unflattering painting from display.
Iwi leaders meet with ministers over oil and gas exploration
'We need to make sure our rights and interests are protected.'
The small West Coast town sitting on a valuable mineral
It's used in everything from mobile phones to solar panels and electric vehicles.
Patrick Phelps: Is mining the reason Australia is richer than New Zealand?
OPINION: Patrick Phelps responds to Liam Dann's column.
Claire Trevett: Luxon and Stanford visit the 1980s; method in Shane Jones' fast-track madness
Stanford's education shift has shades of the 1980s about it, but it might work.
Is NZ bringing in 'dirty' coal from Indonesia?
ANALYSIS: MPs turned a blind eye while NZ imported Indonesian coal.
Stock exclusion, winter grazing, and SNA changes in RMA reform
Federated Farmers says the changes “mark the end of the war on farming”.
Seabed mining company pulls out of hearings; opponents furious
The company wants to mine 36km off the coast from Pātea in the South Taranaki Bight.
Pātea seabed mining fight continues
Today is the first of an eight-day hearing to reconsider the application.
Illegal gold mining? West Coaster denies $200k gold charges
The Crown says Peter Morrison was trying to extract as much gold as he could.
Trans-Tasman Resources backs fast-track consent bill
The company wants to mine ironsands from the South Taranaki seabed.
What Fletcher Building might declare in half-year result next week
Gearing could be at the top end of the range and dividends to shareholders could drop.
Former mining boss admits false statements, settles case with FMA
The case relates to anonymous posts allegedly made on a sharemarket chatroom.
More than 70 dead after an unregulated mine collapses in Mali
'The state must bring order to this artisanal mining sector to avoid these accidents.'
$9b Central Otago gold discovery ‘largest in four decades’
An Australian mining company touts NZ's 'new pro-mining government' in its announcment.
'He’s been sent to us by God': Disgraced lawyer Chris Harder and his remarkable quest for Pike River justice
Former barrister Christopher Harder claims Pike River truths have never emerged.
Best of Premium 2023: $140k for five months' work: Meet Kiwis working in Aussie mines
Kiwis are cashing in on job opportunities over the ditch.
Australia bans engineered stone - will NZ follow?
One lung expert says silica dust from engineered stone 'is our new version of asbestos'.
Is Indonesia finally set to become an economic superpower?
Financial Times: Jokowi has guided strong growth, rapid development, and has bigger plans.
Australia’s richest person raises stake in lithium producer, threatening $7.1b takeover
Financial Times: Gina Rinehart company muscling in on major mine proposal.
Deep-sea mining tussle pits some against China
Financial Times: Crunch talks amid drive to extract critical minerals from ocean depths.
Workers have unacceptably high exposures to carcinogens, study finds
58 per cent of workers in NZ are exposed to at least one cancer-causing agent at work.
NASA opposes lithium mining in Nevada desert
Opposition to mining one particular desert tract is coming from unusual quarters: space.
More human remains found at Pike River: 'They may even be my boy' - father
Latest find means 12 of the 29 men killed in 2010 disaster have now been located.