Wellington, Aug 26 NZPA - The inquiry into finance company failures by Parliament's commerce select committee is woolly in its thinking and populist while missing areas of significance.

Wellington, Aug 26 NZPA - Blue Chip co-founder Mark Bryers is facing four new charges. The Ministry of Economic Development's National Enforcement Unit brought the new charges yesterday for alleged breaches of the Financial Reporting Act 1993.

Wellington, July 28 NZPA - New Zealand's private sector will not plant more trees under planned changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), a forestry group says.

Wellington, July 28 NZPA - New Zealanders will have to plant new forests, boost the use of existing forests as carbon sinks, and increase the use of wood in construction to significantly cut the nation's greenhouse gas emissions, researchers say.

Wellington, July 24 NZPA - An industry group is fighting the Labour Department's decision to remove scaffolding from a list that makes it easier to get approval for migrants to work in this country.

Wellington, July 21 NZPA - Greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector jumped 3.6 percent last year -- the first year in which New Zealand has to account for its emissions under the Kyoto protocol.

Wellington, July 14 NZPA - A trust of New Zealand artists says a proposal to terminate the internet accounts of those who repeatedly breach copyright is a step too far.

Wellington, June 17 NZPA - Nearly three quarters of New Zealand's electricity was generated from renewable sources in March, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Development.

Wellington, June 11 NZPA - New Zealand needs an independent body overseeing auditors, and could be penalised for the lack of oversight, says accounting specialist Professor David Hay.

Wellington, June 6 NZPA - Bridgecorp boss Rod Petricevic treated the failed company as his own personal bank and gave $1 million of the company's money to a girlfriend, says a government report.