Auckland Green News

Power project making waves Friday December 4, 08:18 AM Todd Energy has become a cornerstone investor in a tidal power plant company. It has taken a 30 percent holding in Crest Energy, with the option of extending that up to...

A badly burned boy has been pulled to safety after an explosion in a shipping container in Hamilton, accelerant ignited by cigarette Read More Phil Tataurangi, Brad Heaven, Brad Iles and Steven Alker are all set to progress to the...

After years of debate New Zealand is set to have a working emissions trading scheme (ETS) in 2010. The centrepiece of climate change policy will come into force after National and the Maori Party today reached a deal to amend...

Another sorry chapter in emissions farce 4:00 AM Tuesday Nov 17, 2009 It is rare that all-party select committees of Parliament cannot agree on some improvements to a Government bill even if some parties continue to vote against it. The...

Agreement was reached today on a new organisation to manage South Pacific fisheries. Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley announced a new convention text had been agreed which would create a regional fisheries management organisation to manage non-highly-migratory fisheries in the high...

Statistics New Zealand went for "flat" to characterise an increase of just 0.1 per cent in total retail sales volumes in the quarter. It followed five quarters of decline including a record 2.8 per cent drop in the March quarter....

A number of countries are talking about introducing border taxes to protect their local industry from imports from countries that have no or soft policies to tackle climate change. This is a risk to New Zealand’s exports, but overseas consumer...

Marine farmers have welcomed moves by the Government to end what they say is a stifling regime, but the Recreational Fishing Council fears a proposed revamp of the rules will threaten public rights. "It seems like we are going back...

Maori Party will stand by ETS deal 25/11/2009 12:32:02 The Maori Party's co-vice president Te Orohi Paul is denying suggestions it could backtrack on its ETS support deal with National > Read More Frontage of chartered accountants' firm in Patea...

Four Greenpeace protesters have been arrested after a protest at a lignite coal mine in Southland this morning. The activists, who are targeting Fonterra, descended on the New Vale mine near Gore at dawn, unfurling a large banner, blocking entrances...