Fuel

Fuel companies say they're ready to pump big bucks into more storage in the wake of a critical report into the failure of Auckland's fuel supply.

Planes at Auckland Airport were grounded for 10 days… Audio

Fuel companies say the Commerce Commission made many mistakes in its report on them, the UK's international trade minister visits and Gisborne leaps to the top of the charts for regional economic… Audio

English novelist Robert Harris's new book The Second Sleep has all the trappings of a historical novel, but actually it's set far in the future.  Audio

The blame game was in full swing in Parliament with MPs accusing those on the other side of being responsible for high petrol prices.

A Commerce Commission report on Tuesday confirmed Kiwis pay too… Audio

New Zealand drivers are being fleeced at the petrol pump, according to a Commerce Commission report.

The market study's found that many fuel companies are highly profitable, and getting better… Video, Audio

Drivers are paying too much at the petrol pump because the big fuel companies have a stranglehold on the market - and the infrastructure.

A draft market study by the Commerce Commission has found the… Video, Audio

The country's biggest fuel retailer Z Energy says the Commerce Commission's estimate of what fuel companies should be earning on their investments is too low. Audio

The Commerce Commission is targeting reform of the wholesale fuel market to bring more competition in the sector and lower prices for motorists. Audio

Z Energy chief executive Mike Bennetts reacts to the Commerce Commission's preliminary market study into the reasonableness of fuel prices. Audio

RNZ's Senior Business journalist Kim Savage reports on the preliminary findings of a Commerce Commission probe into the market dominance of our major petrol retailers, Z Energy, Mobil and BP. It has… Audio

Dave and Anne Jordan say the world would benefit from the widespread planting and use of hemp. They have been working for more than a decade to build a hemp industry in New Zealand. Audio, Gallery

Hamilton-based Waitomo opened its first site in Wellington today, promising to shake up the fuel industry. Reporter Harry Lock and video journalist Dom Thomas went out to see if drivers were taking up… Video, Audio

There seems to be a near consensus that petrol will reach $3 per litre. Truck drivers have protested today and there was news of a dead rat to swallow - the Transport fund financed by fuel taxes… Audio

Researchers say that liquid fuels made from sawdust from specially planted plantation trees could be a winner in New Zealand. Audio

Aucklanders will be paying an extra 11.5 cents a litre to fuel up from Sunday. A law giving Auckland Council the power to impose the regional tax passed through its final stages at Parliament last… Audio

In June the Kapiti Bio-Diesel Co-operative will start supplying a small group of members with bio-diesel recycled from used oil from local fish and chip outlets. The scheme is the brain-child of… Audio