A new Government-funded mapping programme has started to lure more oil and gas explorers to New Zealand by putting results on Google Earth.

Mercury Energy blames the Emissions Trading Scheme for its planned increase in prices from July.

Meridian Energy and DOC have filed a joint memorandum in the Environment Court requesting the appeals relating to the Mokihinui hydro proposal be put on hold.

Vodafone has joined up with a Canadian company in a bid to take part in the Government's $1.5b broadband plan.

Tax increases could add another 10 cents a litre to the price of petrol by the end of the year, says the AA.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has withdrawn his support for a plan to expand oil drilling off California, citing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Australian govt is shelving plans to start its ETS for at least three years, but the NZ Government says it has no plans to delay the scheme here.