Stories by Eric Frykberg

The much-criticised coal industry is making a minor comeback in New Zealand as dry weather deprives hydro dams of water in the South Island.

It's only June, but major weather events so far this year mean it is shaping up to be a particularly expensive one for insurers.

Too few pilots are being trained in New Zealand, industry leaders say, with new pilot approvals having nearly halved between 2009 and 2016.

Youth suicide is an avoidable reality in New Zealand, but it is not being adequately tackled, mental health experts say. Video

A recent OECD report praises New Zealanders' living standards, but a new report from UNICEF says the country is failing its children and teenagers.

New Zealand is missing out on a multi-billion-dollar waste product industry, according to the Bioenergy Association.

Electricity distributors are defending their use of what the Commerce Commission is calling outdated equipment.

Electric lines companies are under scrutiny for having what the Commerce Commission calls antiquated equipment.

Dry weather in the South Island is pushing up the price of electricity on the wholesale market.

A shipment of phosphate bound for New Zealand faces another week of detention in South Africa after a court ruling on the cargo was delayed.

An urgent plea has gone out for financial help to strengthen apartment buildings in Wellington to make them earthquake-resilient.

New Zealand must make big changes to its Emissions Trading Scheme to even come close to meeting its Paris Agreement climate requirements, says a new report.

Despite record production, the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter paid as much for electricity as it made in gross profits this year because of rising electricity prices, its majority shareholder says.

Smart meters can reveal when someone is home - or how long they shower - and standards should be set to curb data collection, the Privacy Commissioner says.

Low-income households may be unable to protect themselves from disasters when the latest increase in home insurance levies takes effect, the Insurance Council is warning.

A company wanting to mine iron sand off the South Taranaki coast has rejected accusations its proposal would wreck the marine environment.

Opponents of a proposal to mine millions of tonnes of iron sands from the Taranaki seabed have resumed their attacks in the final day of hearings on the project.

Drivers should ditch petrol and go electric for all but the longest trips, the AA says.

The government is investigating the low fixed-user charge for electricity, which it says is having the opposite effect to what was intended.

A shipment of phosphate bound for New Zealand looks likely to be detained in South Africa for at least another three weeks.

A man who admitted his role in the bludgeoning death of a Waikato drug dealer has failed in a seven-year legal campaign to secure his innocence.

WorkSafe has issued strong recommendations on mine safety after an accident killed a migrant mine worker in November 2015.

Medical experts have given the Australian government a blast because too much coal being burnt.

Inequality makes people at the top increasingly hard-hearted towards those lower down the ladder, a new international study has found.

Pedestrians were forced to leap over a footbridge during a police pursuit on the Wellington waterfront which the IPCA has found put the public at 'unjustified risk'.