Flotilla to protest deep sea oil exploration
A flotilla of boats will leave from Auckland this afternoon on a mission to show solidarity with an East Coast iwi.
A flotilla of boats will leave from Auckland this afternoon on a mission to show solidarity with an East Coast iwi.
In the high-stakes game of oil exploration New Zealand is frontier country.
Middle East tension poses a threat to the delicate global recovery.
Petrol prices have risen sharply overnight, nearing record highs.
Gold hit a record high on world markets overnight, but equities fell as investors worried about the impact on consumer spending and corporate profits of high oil prices.
Petrol and diesel prices are on the up - but not in Christchurch.
A substantial petrol price rise is expected to increase the cost of living for earthquake-hit Christchurch residents in the coming days.
The bloody events in Libya have sent oil prices climbing and share prices falling. It could be the harbinger of worse to come.
There is an extraordinary disconnect between what the experts write about oil prices, and what is likely to happen in the real world.
Political unrest in Egypt could mean Kiwis paying more at the petrol pump, after oil prices climbed to their highest point in 28 months.
Rising gas levels have again stopped workers trying to recover the bodies of 29 men trapped inside the Pike River Coal mine today.
Temperatures inside the Pike River Coal mine continue to fluctuate, frustrating those charged with retrieving the bodies of 29 men killed in a series of explosions since November 19.