Ministers thought about subsidising oil refinery
Infrastructure

Ministers thought about subsidising oil refinery

Ministers mulled over proposals to subsidise oil refining in NZ.

Ian Llewellyn 02 Nov 2021
Litigation boom: warning RMA reforms must be precise
Law & Regulation

Litigation boom: warning RMA reforms must be precise

A select committee report on RMA reform proposals says tighter definitions and greater clarity needed on contentious issues or there will be years of uncertainty and legal argument.

Ian Llewellyn 02 Nov 2021
NZ increases emissions pledge
Policy

NZ increases emissions pledge

NZ is increasing its emissions reductions pledge going into the Glasgow climate change summit, but says it will have buy a lot of the reduction from other countries.

Ian Llewellyn 31 Oct 2021
Analysts puzzled by electricity regulator's analysis
Markets

Analysts puzzled by electricity regulator's analysis

But energy minister Megan Woods has no such doubts and is waving the intervention stick again.

Ian Llewellyn 29 Oct 2021