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NZ Oil & Gas slumps
New Zealand Oil & Gas has reported a 45 per cent fall in full year net profit.

Power payout set to top $320
More than 300,000 Auckland power customers could get money next month.

Shake-up in the country's boardrooms
On Monday, Fisher & Paykel Appliances will take its first steps towards a major boardroom shake-up.

Contact Energy profits halved to $117m
Contact Energy has unveiled full year profits of NZ$117.5 million, exactly half last year's NZ$237.1 million after a shocker year of coinciding negative factors.

Contact Energy profits fall 50pc to $117m
Contact Energy has reported a 50.4 per cent fall in full year net profit to $117.5 million, hurt by transmission constraints and the need to buy electricity at high wholesale prices in last winter's drought.

Power-switch campaign in the pipeline
A ministerial review has recommended setting up a $5m fund to promote the benefits of switching power companies.

<i>Grant Bradley:</i> Low power prices? Don't hold your breath
Today's Government review will not see a quick drop in electricity prices, says the Herald's energy writer.

Lines companies should be allowed to retail power - review
An energy review recommends overturning a ban on lines companies selling electricity, introduced due to fears they would abuse their market power.