Oil

A climate advocate vows to hold NZ's new government to account following its plans to lift the ban on oil and gas exploration. Audio

UK correspondent Harriet Line joins Kathryn to talk about the government announcing new licences for North Sea oil and gas reserves, which PM Rishi Sunak says is "entirely consistent" with net zero… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Experts say this sunken shipwreck could be a disaster bigger than the Rena. Why hasn't anything been done to prevent it? Audio

Market analyst Jeffrey Halley joins the show to explain what stagnation is and why we don't need to start worrying about depression just yet, despite the economic outlook globally looking challenging… Audio

Dr Jack Watling is Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institut, a British defence and security think tank. He joins the show to discuss the situation in Ukraine and when, not if, a larger… Audio

Joining us on the Panel this morning are Bernard Hickey and Ruth Money. Among other issues, they discuss the situation in Ukraine, National moving ahead of Labour in the polls, and the rising price of… Audio

Big changes are coming to the way we get fuel into, and around, the country - and there are warnings about the huge implications of getting it wrong. The price of petrol is already burning a hole… Audio

The final nail is in the coffin for New Zealand's only oil refinery.

Refining NZ today confirmed Marsden Point will close next year and instead move to an import only terminal.

That will end 60… Audio

If eco-warrior Jacques-Yves Cousteau was still alive today, he'd be alarmed by the state of the planet's oceans and the wild creatures in them, says Becoming Cousteau co-writer Pax Wasserman. And he'd… Audio

Wellingtonian Sean Barry lives in Yasamal, which is a 10 minutes' walk from the centre of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. A teacher by trade, Sean lives in an apartment with his wife Jamila and… Audio, Gallery

Aucklander Jessie Williamson only ever intended to stay in Shetland for six months. However, fate intervened when she was introduced to her husband-to-be, Davie, soon after her arrival. She's Calling… Audio

In a landmark decision, Royal Dutch Shell has been ordered by a court in The Hague to drastically reduce its global carbon emissions. The oil giant was told it has a duty of care, and that the level… Audio

Have you ever felt frustrated when food sticks to your non-stick pans? New research out of the Czech Republic explains why it happens. Chef Travis Clive-Griffin offers an insight into Teflon and… Audio

Global demand for oil has collapsed because of the pandemic, because no one's going anywhere, and there's a shortage of space to store the excess supply. Apart from cheaper petrol at the pumps, what… Audio

The world's major oil exporters will meet in Vienna overnight to look at possible production cuts as sliding demand and oversupply have sent prices down to their lowest level in more than two years. Audio

Spoon-bending celebrity psychic Uri Geller is a mystifier and probably the most investigated paranormalist of all time. He is also distantly related to Sigmund Freud and originated spoonbending. And… Audio