Wellington, March 2 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket rose in early trading, following a good show by equities in Europe and the United States.

Wellington, March 1 NZPA - The public will get a chance to express their view on changes to the conservation estate to allow mining later this month.

Wellington, March 1 NZPA - Cabinet will today start discussing mining on conservation land but decisions might not be taken right away, Prime Minister John Key says.

Wellington, Feb 26 NZPA - A mining company which claims that hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gold is waiting to be recovered from the seabed off the West Coast is to start an exploration voyage on Monday.

Wellington, Feb 26 NZPA - A report prepared for the Government proposes opening 500 million hectares of conservation land to mining, it was reported today.

Wellington, Feb 25 NZPA - Listed gold mining stock OceanaGold Corporation has reported what it says is an exceptional performance with a more than 60 percent rise in earnings before tax of $US106.2 million ($NZ150 million) for the year to December 31.

Wellington, Feb 23 NZPA - Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee today did not rule out changes to Kahurangi National Park to allow mining.

Wellington, Feb 21 NZPA - Finance Minister Bill English today criticised Radio New Zealand and the Department of Conservation over how they had reacted to spending constraints saying they had put forward unacceptable ways of cutting costs in order to get support.

The Government is signalling a more pragmatic approach to mining on Department of Conservation land. PAM GRAHAM of NZPA talks to a company already doing it.

Wellington, Feb 16 NZPA - Prime Minister John Key admitted in Parliament today he had been "a bit sloppy" with his share portfolio management.