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Sea to provide power for 250,000 homes

A tidal power station on the Kaipara Harbour seafloor could be providing power to a quarter of a million homes by the end of the decade.

Sharemarket begins year on a high

NZ sharemarket closes higher

NZ market little changed on light news day

<i>Green Business:</i> Clean Green Cars - five years on

An ethical attitude towards business motivated Stephen Pollard to get out of the corporate game and open a second hand car yard.

<i>Editorial:</i> Brownlee's reforms on the right track

S&P rates power reforms

Restrictions on lines companies too tough, says group

Electricity re-jig model's last chance - Consumer

The Government's shake up of the electricity sector could be the last chance the competitive pricing model has, says Consumer NZ chief executive Sue Chetwin.

Brownlee can't promise power prices will drop

The Government is confident its shakeup of the electricity market will slow increases in power prices ... but it is making no promises about them coming down.

<i>Cartoon:</i> An arm and a leg

Power sector brought into line

The electricity sector is in for the most comprehensive overhaul since the late 1990s.

Brownlee delivers major electricity market shake-up

Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee says a big energy company shake-up is designed to give more power to consumers.