Making wooden construction a priority in government and public buildings will reduce long-term emissions, boost national income and encourage development of a bigger domestic processing industry, forestry advocates say.Processors are urging the government to implement a national...
Development of an oil and gas discovery off the Taranaki coast has the potential to deliver the government more than $1 billion in royalties and taxes and could help secure long-term energy supply if there is sufficient gas to warrant piping it ashore.Energy consultancy Enerlytic...
OMV has reported gas and liquids in the final well of its recent offshore drilling campaign.Full testing wasn’t able to be completed because of the covid-19 lockdown, but the company said the well, drilled to a depth of more than four kilometres, showed hydrocarbons in several la...
Residential building is the biggest worry for the construction sector with many small “mum and dad” builders struggling just to survive the lockdown, Crown Infrastructure Partners chair Mark Binns says.The home construction sector is small and scattered and relies on a level of c...
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