Eric Frykberg

Wellington's quake-damaged CentrePort has about $600 million worth of insurance to draw on in the aftermath of the Kaikoura earthquake.

Owners of earthquake-stricken buildings are likely to get tax relief on some of their costs.

A High Court judge has reserved his decision in a case that could affect hundreds of people kept in jail for longer than they should have been.

A family who was unknowingly living illegally in a high-rise building now set for demolition says they have had no help from the property managers. Video

Wellington's regional council is bracing for a dividend hit as the capital's port faces repair costs, fewer ships calling and the loss of waterfront rent.

The Environmental Protection Authority has pledged to publish previously redacted information about a major mining project on its website as soon as it can.

Activists are fighting to see hundreds of blacked-out pages of information about an application to mine ironsand from the Taranaki seabed.

The world is moving rapidly toward an environment where car crashes are unlikely to happen, no matter how bad other drivers are, auto experts say.

Bioenergy industry players have conceded that a revived coal industry will continue to provide energy for industry for years to come.

Earnings from oil and gas royalties have fallen again, according to the Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment's annual report.

A court has been told rugby player Losi Filipo should have been sent to jail for three-and-a-half years for assaulting people on a Wellington street.

New Zealand could face a $72 billion bill to meet its obligations under the Paris climate change agreement unless there's an effective international carbon market, an official says.

Norwegian-based oil company Statoil has told New Zealand's government it will stop looking for oil and gas in the Reinga Basin.

Police Minister Judith Collins is oversimplifying the causes of child poverty by saying it's down to bad parenting, an Auckland marae chairman says. Audio

Many of the problems blamed on child poverty can be blamed on parents, Police Minister Judith Collins says. Audio

Police Minister Judith Collins has hinted the government will approve a substantial boost to police numbers.

New Zealand continues to lag behind other developed countries in improvements to energy efficiency, a new report says.

Business New Zealand has criticised suggestions that New Zealand should have a written constitution.

The government will join an international agreement to deal with greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation industry, the Transport Minister says.

The Human Rights Commission is defending its decision to deny legal help to a woman who went on to get the second highest-ever award for a breach of her privacy.

A woman who received the second highest-ever award from the Human Rights Review Tribunal over a cake iced with expletives, says she was discouraged from taking any action.

Trains are set to return to the railway line north of Napier by the end of next year after being washed out by storms in 2012.

The defunct state coal miner Solid Energy says bids to buy its assets have now closed.

The Stock Exchange is spending $5.5 million over two years to beef up its trading systems for the wholesale electricity market.

People are borrowing more money than at any time since 2000 and more than people do in most OECD countries.