Wellington, Nov 26 NZPA - The Todd family's operation in the multi-billion dollar Pohokura gasfield has suffered a further setback in its chain of litigation against partners in the field, Shell Exploration NZ Ltd, and Austrian explorer OMV NZ Ltd.

Wellington, Oct 4 NZPA - The Government's stocktake of New Zealand's mineral resources includes investigating reserves in three national parks, which means it is considering mining them, the Green Party says.

There is no doubt that there has been large scale and unfair vote rigging against opposition Iranian presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi in last week's elections.

Wellington, Dec 29 NZPA - New Zealand has secured options for 2009 to buy oil and petrol in the event an emergency is declared by the International Energy Agency (IEA). This country has an IEA obligation to hold 90 days of the previous year's net fuel imports.

Wellington, Aug 7 NZPA - Oil and gas reserves in this country's largest petroleum field at Pohokura, offshore from New Plymouth, have both been lifted.