Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee today announced the formation of the Electricity Authority Establishment Board.

The board's job is to set up the Electricity Authority, which will replace the Electricity Commission by 1 October.

The Telecommunications Industry Group has announced the three finalists in Launch Pad, a competition to find New Zealand's best start-up company.

Renewable generation accounted for 73 per cent of electricity generation in New Zealand in 2009, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.

The New Zealand Food & Grocery Council says Government funding of $21 million, to establish a network of new food innovation centres in Manukau, Waikato, Palmerston North and Canterbury, will create a significant resource for the food industry, and encourage more product development to be don

Prime Minister John Key is being disingenuous in his defence of the so-called Council Controlled Organisations that will run most of the operations of the new Auckland super city, says Labour's Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford.

The Reinga Basin, off the northwest coast of the North Island, is one of the most prospective frontier basins in the New Zealand region, a report by Crown Research Institute GNS Science says.

The Government should throw out its plan to run Auckland transport like a private company controlled from Wellington, says Labour Spokesperson on Auckland Issues, Phil Twyford.

Commerce Minister Simon Power is calling for submissions on a range of intellectual property proposals in the digital arena to help develop the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).

Telecom announced today that it would conduct an immediate review into the intermittent outage affecting 111 calls, in the greater Auckland region, for several hours early this morning

The National Distribution Union says that innocent employees and creditors affected by business collapses will be the biggest losers from Commerce Minister Simon Power's hasty decision to rule out requiring large non-issuer companies to file financial statements with the Companies Office.