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Wasting the world's food

Regulator takes its time on gas meter sale to Vector

Meridian tips sale of stake in Oz wind farm

Meridian Energy is considering the sale of its 50 per cent stake in the A$1 billion Macarthur wind farm in Australia.

Gwynne Dyer: US energy independence a sham

The whole Middle Eastern business is a red herring, because the US does not depend heavily on Middle Eastern oil, writes Gwynne Dyer.

Take care with listed companies, ministers told

New Zealand's ministers and officials have been given a new set of rules outlining how they can talk about listed companies.

Drive to clean up earns scholarship

Natasha King has already written her own obituary. Although it was only part of a management course run by her employer, Meridian Energy.

Ways to avoid sun, and capture it

NZ market rises to five year high

West Coast MP slams Solid Energy

Power saving house plan

Lightbulb firm's loss increases

Rise in fracking unlikely - industry

Oil and gas industry groups say they are not expecting a surge in fracking even though the process has been given a qualified tick by the government's environmental monitor.

Concerns, but fracking escapes ban

Fracking has escaped the threat of a ban in New Zealand for now, but the days of industry self-regulation could be numbered after a report found large holes in oversight of unconventional mining by energy companies.

Legal bid based on 'misconception'

The Maori Council's legal bid to block the Government's asset sales programme is based on a "misconception" about the Cabinet's role in advancing the plan, Crown lawyers argued in court yesterday.

Key: Do fracking properly

Fracking should not be banned in NZ, a report says. PM John Key said if NZ uses the procedure, it must use 'world class standards.'

Solid Energy chief's $1.1m pay packet

Solid Energy chief executive Don Elder received $1.1 million for the year to June 30 - the same year Solid Energy lost $40m and axed a quarter of its staff.