Decision on Trans Tasman Resources iron sand mining pushed back a week.

Simon Bridges has rebuffed claims of secret development plans for conservation land.

Conservationists say Govt will face a furious backlash if it changes conservation laws.

English says suggestions of a cover-up are nonsense.

Video shows wooden pallets and a pair of spectacles were not burned after the explosion.

Can this self-made billionaire push through Australia's most controversial mine?

COMMENT: It's little wonder that we weren't popping the champagne corks.

Jim Adams died five days before the 13th anniversary of his eldest son's mining death.

NZH Local Focus: Karangahake Gorge mine to reopen for testing.

Fitting town for Coaltown Blues performance. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Forest & Bird suspects the Government plans to open access to coal.

Mining in the Denniston Plateau is being discussed, says Minister Simon Bridges.

Investors wonder: Is oil the water of the coming Space Age?

Several people suffered arsenic poisoning at historic West Coast mine sites, says DOC.

Pike River families say they are being shut out of plans to re-enter the coal mine.

Legal action by Forest & Bird has prompted a U-turn over the proposed Te Kuha coal mine.

She's the fourth richest woman in Australia, worth A$1.8b, yet little is known about her

More than 5000km2 in Hawke's Bay is on the table for oil and gas exploration.

Energy Minister Judith Collins expects oil and gas exploration activity will return.

KiwiSaver is a fantastic long-term superannuation scheme but it has one major drawback: limited domestic investment opportunities.

A sinkhole in New Lynn could be bigger than it looks. So what causes them? We asked an expert.

From vulnerable blue cod to crying mokopuna - there were a variety of submissions to seabed mining hearings in New Plymouth on Tuesday. It

Ngati Ruanui weighed in on the seabed mining debate - as the hearing into Trans Tasman Resources' application shifted to New Pymouth. Made with funding from NZ On Air

COMMENT: Record-breaking migration brings positives as well as challenges, writes Mark Lister.

Greenpeace and KASM give evidence about the potential impacts on marine mammals at the EPA seabed mining hearing in Wellington. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

COMMENT: Dame Fiona Kidman's submission to the select committee on Pike River was study in empathy, writes Audrey Young.

COMMENT: Every time Bernie Monk and his Pike River people come pressing politicians for the mine to be re-entered I wonder why.

Trans-Tasman Resources gave evidence today at the hearing which will determine whether or not they will get marine consents to mine iron ore off the coast of South Taranaki. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Fisheries groups have teamed up to oppose Trans Tasman Resources' second bid to mine iron sands from the ocean floor in New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone.

Trans-Tasman Resources is proposing to mine 50 million tonnes of iron ore per year off the coast of Patea in south Taranaki. Made with funding from NZ On AIr.