Stories by Eric Frykberg

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is 30 years old today and a tax expert sees no prospect of it ever going away.

A possible police appeal over a judge's decision to discharge a rugby player without conviction could set a new precedent for the court system, a law professor says.

Wellington City Council has defended a secret payment made to Singapore Airlines from ratepayer funds, after allegations of corporate welfare. Audio

A dispute over the revenue from a huge gas field between Australia and Timor-Leste is to be settled by an internationally appointed mediator.

Governments that permit or profit from the expansion of the fossil fuel industry are like people selling cigarettes in a cancer ward, says a US think tank.

Nova Energy is planning to build a 360 megawatt gas-turbine generator near Otorohanga, in Waikato.

KiwiRail is considering replacing all electric trains on the main trunk line between Auckland and Wellington with diesel engines.

NZ importers and exporters are scrambling to find out how they will be affected after the world's seventh largest shipping line went broke.

Bathurst Resources plans to talk to stakeholders about its coal project on the Denniston Plateau, inland from Westport, now prices are on the rise.

Expert witnesses' primary duty is to the Environmental Protection Authority and not the companies that hire them, the authority says.

A crackdown on illegal mining has landed six gold prospectors in hot water.

Coal prices are rising, boosting confidence that some assets of the defunct state enterprise Solid Energy might be saved.

Falling numbers of lawyers willing to do legal aid cases could reduce access to justice for some defendants, according to the Law Society.

Transpower has a $600 million scheme to get electricity from the South Island if the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter shuts down, it says.

An email campaign against the proposed Ruataniwha Dam in Hawke's Bay has infuriated local councillors.

Volunteers will visit more homes in Havelock North today as authorities try to gauge the full level of water-borne gastric illness in the town. Video

Sir Ron Scott, who organised the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch in 1974, has died aged 88.

Details of how a bankrupt company has left a huge environmental legacy in Southland - and may not have the money to clean it up - have been revealed in a new report.

A company has gone into liquidation leaving behind tens of thousands of tonnes of hazardous material made from dross from Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.

For the first time ever, SUVs have become the most popular light vehicle for people to buy new.

CentrePort of Wellington is extending its operations in a move that could cut 16,000 trips by logging trucks over the Rimutaka Hill each year.

One of New Zealand energy's big four, Mercury, thinks it is unlikely to have to build any new power stations for several years.

One of New Zealand energy's big four, Mercury, thinks it is unlikely to have to build any new power stations for several years.

The Southland smelter, which uses about one seventh of NZ's power and employs 800 people, has decided not to use a get-out clause for some of its electricity.

The opening of Wellington's David Jones department store has been hailed as proof the New Zealand retail sector is alive and well despite competition and high rents.