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<i>Editorial</i>: Key missed bipartisan opportunity

Half of insulation scheme users low-income - Govt

More than half of the 8000 houses insulated under the Government's scheme belong to low-income earners, Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee says.

Business backs emissions plan changes

Business lobby groups welcomed proposed changes to the emissions trading scheme agreed by the Government and the Maori Party yesterday.

Rich keenest on hand-out for insulation

Big earners are lining up for the home insulation subsidy, a survey suggests, prompting fears middle income earners will miss out.

Key insists on power company profits

Amended emissions scheme 'could be law by December'

The Maori Party has come to the Government's aid to get a new emissions trading scheme (ETS) in place.

Retail sales fall as fuel sales decline

Petrol and diesel prices drop

Carbon deal lifts taxpayers' bill

A Govt and the Maori Party deal on emissions trading legislation will halve the impact on power and petrol prices over the first two years of the scheme.