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Unions say potential changes to employment law have been made worse and now breach the right to freedom of expression. Audio

The Forest owners association says moves by the Government to clarify what units will be allowed in New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will do nothing to stimulate more tree planting or…

The Government has awarded 10 new oil and gas exploration permits - five onshore and five offshore.

Ten new oil and gas exploration permits have been awarded by the Government.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has confirmed it is taking legal action against a forestry company over one of the deaths in the forestry industry this year. Audio

The Forest Owners Association is defending itself following government criticism it is not taking responsibility for deaths in the industry.

Forest owners are asking critics of its health and safety to help them solve the industry's safety crisis rather than making political capital out of it.

The Government has condemned the forest industry's poor safety record after the latest fatality in the industry.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment says the forestry industry needs to take more responsibility for its appalling safety record.

Legislation fixing systemic failures revealed after the Pike River Mine disaster has unanimiously passed its third and final reading in Parliament.

An upcoming national hui aims to help iwi and hapu make sound investment choices and avoid putting Treaty money into failing portfolios.

A Waihi ratepayers' group is calling for the Government to compensate about 50 property owners who will soon have the land beneath their houses mined for gold.

The Green Party wants to make it easier for people generating their own electricity to sell excess power back to the national grid, but the Government says their proposed policy is 'muddled thinking'.

The Government has released a booklet with specialist guidance on health and safety for mine, quarry and tunnel managers.

Labour Party leader David Cunliffe says more and more people are having their electricity disconnected, because they can't afford to pay their power bills. Audio

Consultation with iwi about eight new areas for oil exploration isn't about ticking boxes, Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges says.

MPs competing for the Labour leadership addressed a meeting in Tauranga on Wednesday night. The leadership contest is at the halfway mark. Audio