Wellington, March 5 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket rose for an eighth successive trading day to a six-week high but brokers described it as a quiet day.

Wellington, Jan 25 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket drifted south in early trading today as the fallout from two days of falls on Wall Street continued to affect the global market. The benchmark NZX-50 index was down 9.90 points, or 0.311 percent, at 3180.522 around 10.15am.

Wellington, Oct 15 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket managed to finish ahead but off its best levels today. Other markets in Asia did better in the wake of the Dow's breach of the 10,000 level for the first time on the back of a strong result from JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Wellington, Sept 30 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket posted modest gains in mixed trading today with bargain hunters emerging in so-called situation stocks. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 5.669 points, or 0.18 percent, at 3161.062 after initially trading lower.

Wellington, Sept 30 NZPA - Pan Pacific Petroleum, which is 15 percent owned by New Zealand Oil and Gas, has signed a farm-in deal on a block in the Timor Sea.

Wellington, Aug 26 NZPA - New Zealand Oil & Gas reported a 45 percent fall in full year net profit to $53.2 million, as revenue from ordinary activities declined 41 percent to $138.9 million.

Wellington, April 27 NZPA - The outstanding performance of the Tui oilfield in New Zealand has allowed Australian company Pan Pacific Petroleum NL to pay a $A18 ($NZ23.01) million special dividend to shareholders.

Wellington, March 20 NZPA - New Zealand Oil & Gas (NZOG) and its joint venture partners from the successful Tui oil fields development have been awarded a new exploration permit in the offshore Taranaki Basin.

Wellington, Feb 19 NZPA - Australian company Pan Pacific Petroleum today reported a $A39 million ($NZ50 million) profit in the six months to December 31 care of its part ownership of the Tui oil field in Taranaki. The profit was up from $A9.99m in the same period last year.

Wellington, Jan 15 NZPA - The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board has no objection to New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) increasing its stake in Pan Pacific Petroleum (PPP). In December, NZOG acquired a "strategic stake" in PPP and has voting power of 14.865 percent.