Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee accused the Labour Party of hypocrisy yesterday when he revealed the previous government approved 218 permits for mining on conservation land.

Up to six Government departments face investigation in the hunt for the sources of leaked Cabinet papers.

Toxic sea slugs could be living in the waters around New Zealand but money to study them is proving harder to find than the slugs themselves.

A new wind farm in Antarctica is expected to cut diesel use by nearly 500,000 litres a year at Scott Base and McMurdo Station.

The New Zealand Government is taking a passive role while Kiwi lives are put at risk and Japan's whalers get a green light, says Labour MP.

Anti-whaling protesters say Japanese whalers ignored distress calls after the Ady Gil was severely damaged during a collision.

John Key will be offered $4781 by Lucy Lawless and Jim Salinger in an attempt to get him to a climate change conference in Denmark.

A council committee will today consider its response to a recent law change that allows trees to be trimmed without a resource consent.

Top public servants received substantial pay rises in the past year, while there was also a big jump in civil servants earning over $100,000.

NZ will make progress on its agricultural emissions initiative in talks with the US in 10 days, Tim Groser said yesterday.