Stories by Eric Frykberg

Outspoken - A long-standing foreign policy expert has cast doubt on the real worth of New Zealand's initiative for peace in the Middle East.

Taking away Solid Energy's liability for any harm caused trying to re-enter the Pike River Mine would be hypocritical and unsafe, the government says.

New figures show small and medium-sized electricity companies are chipping away at the market dominance long enjoyed by giants such as Meridian Energy and Contact.

The lines company will replace over 27,000 powerpoles and cross arms and 1600km of overhead lines in the North Island.

The low oil price is expected to reduce the interest in looking for oil in New Zealand.

Production is set to resume progressively this week at the Maari oil field, after it was shut down last November.

A coroner in Hawke's Bay has ruled that a young woman deliberately drove her car into another vehicle in an attempt to commit suicide.

KiwiRail is hoping to free some rail wagons next week that have been trapped in Marlborough since the 14 November earthquake.

A New Zealand woman who lives in the Gaza Strip refuses to leave, despite strongly-worded advice from the government to do so. Audio

US oil exports are helping keep Venezuela's teetering economy from collapse, new figures from the US Department of Energy suggest.

Southland's aluminium smelter is expected to ignore its newly available shut-down clause and stay in business.

A New Zealand-tested device that uses waves to generate power is providing electricity for a US military installation in Hawaii.

A move away from electric to diesel powered trains in the central North Island will help the environment, not harm it, says KiwiRail.

Wellington City Council's order to inspect 80 buildings for earthquake risk is being criticised as "hyped up" and expensive.

Owners of 80 buildings in Wellington are being ordered to do new earthquake checks, because the damage from last month's quake may be greater than previously thought. Audio

Southland community and business leaders are backing the local aluminium smelter in its battle to pay lower electricity transmission costs.

Just a single government oil and gas exploration permit has been granted this year, with a global downturn in the industry.

The annual cost of superannuation will blow out to $36 billion in the next two decades if the eligibility age is not raised, the Retirement Commissioner says.

The Electricity Authority is revising its plans to change the way people pay for the national grid.

Most Aucklanders cannot afford even to buy a piece of land and live in a tent, Don Brash says.

A Wellington photographer forced to pay rent for a studio he can't access following the Kaikōura quake has received offers for free work spaces, one of them from a complete stranger.

Inquiries into three separate train crashes, including one which critically injured an excavating machine driver, have been released.

Electricity users could save up to $35 million a year after the Electricity Authority scrapped a charge.

Importers and exporters around the country are scrambling to keep cargo moving after the 14 November earthquake closed Wellington's container terminal.

With key road and rail routes wiped out by the 14 November earthquake, ships are picking up the slack.