Stories by Eric Frykberg

Changing behaviour by traditional climate offenders like China and India might compensate for lower standards in the United States, say environmental analysts.

A five-year legal battle over two seized fishing boats has been batted back to the High Court for a new hearing.

The New Zealand government should lead from the front by making sure its own vehicles are powered by electricity, an overseas expert says.

More time is needed for a potential $2 billion salary problem to be fixed for people with variable income, the Council of Trade Unions says.

Four out of five New Zealanders would go into serious financial hardship in order to buy a house, government analysis shows.

Solid Energy is strongly rejecting any allegations of a cover-up over safety issues at Pike River Mine. Video

Meridian Energy has been rapped over the knuckles for ramping up prices during a power shortage last year.

A special memorial has been unveiled in Tangiwai in the central North Island to two railwaymen who died battling to avert New Zealand's worst ever railway disaster. Audio

Federated Farmers fears there could be more seizures of phosphate bound for New Zealand unless Western Sahara political problems can be resolved.

Motorists using shared, electric cars could save money equivalent to a 10 percent pay rise, a new report has found. Audio

Water flow demands by Otago Regional Council would dry up an iconic river in the Maniototo every summer, a group of local farmers says.

The government would help pay low-income people's power bills, under a new Green Party policy.

Tens of thousands of public sector workers could benefit from a government decision to bring pay equity to staff at rest homes.

An investigation into a train fire two years ago has found there was a lack of detection and prevention systems, as well as fire training.

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission says it cannot be sure why a plane veered off the runway at Auckland Airport in November 2013.

Three support workers for children with learning difficulties are taking part in New Zealand's first ever mediation for pay equity today.

Traffic crashes cost the country $3.79 billion in 2015, just-published material has shown.

The number of houses per capita has declined since the 1980s, leaving the country 500,000 short of its traditional levels, an analyst says.

The government should legislate to make sure people employed by overseas companies get at least minimum New Zealand pay and conditions while they are here, the Council of Trade Unions says.

The father of a pilot killed when a Robinson R44 helicopter crashed in 2014 says that aircraft can become impossible to control in some situations.

Fishing company Talleys has been told to improve the way it deals with fires on board its ships, after 41 crew were forced to abandon a burning boat

Profitability in the IT sector in New Zealand has shrunk to a trickle, a new report has found.

New electriticty technology such as solar panels and high-performance batteries are likely to make 80 percent of low income people worse off, according to a study.

The Electricity Authority says North Islanders paying more for electricity, to cover the cost of getting it to them from the south, will add more to the country's coffers than previously thought.

The government is wrestling with the conundrum of what do with oil rigs when the reservoir beneath them runs dry.