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There is a substantial and apparently unfriendly takeover bid underway on the Australian bourse involving two chief executives with strong New Zealand links.

December quarter equity production for Rio Tinto from the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter was marginally better than in the September quarter but there should be a lift in the March quarter with the reactivation of a potline.

The board of iron ore hopeful Flinders Mines, controlled by New Zealand Todd family, has been forced to delay a shareholders meeting on a proposal to delist the company.

The pioneering seabed miner Nautilus Minerals, which has strong Kiwi connections, has gained a fresh loan from its two major shareholders and is looking at optional forms for financing issues.

Minority shareholders are unhappy with the terms offered for the delisting of aspiring Western Australian iron ore miner Flinders Mines.

A Dunedin company has produced a smaller single blade wind turbine ideal for private and small community use.

A parliamentary committee was told yesterday by an energy company chief executive that hydrogen energy may be years away from being commercial and in the interim Huntly power station will remain an essential backup for renewable energy.

NZ Windfarms which has undergone a year of significant changes is now to get a new director and a change at the top.

Despite all the rhetoric New Zealand may never be totally operating with renewable energy but there are greater and costly questions on going too far with renewables in Australia.

With a full takeover bid being just avoided Tilt Renewables has announced a share allotment right to senior staff.

A total of 150 years ago to today a massive earthquake off South America saw a huge tsunami sweep across the Pacific, hitting New Zealand and causing fatalities on the Chatham Islands.

By switching to ground power instead of inbuilt aircraft supply while at NZ airports international Air New Zealand flights were generating big savings on jet fuel and also lowering the carbon footprint.

The faulting under Dunedin may be greater than originally thought but a new GNS Science led study is not ringing any alarm bells.

The top of the North Island had a nasty jolt with a 5.4 magnitude earthquake. Fortunately it was quite deep.

New Zealand scientists and a prominent university have joined forces to support food authentication requirements for developing nations

Scientists from New Zealand and America have been studying the Antarctic Sea Ice and have some concerns about recent changes.

White Island is often bubbling as New Zealand’s most active volcano and scientists are noting another potential overflow on its Crater Lake.

A sophisticated new geohazard monitoring centre has been set up for GNS Science to enhance the requirement for a quick response.

Key old maps help scientists better define the location of the historic Pink Terraces and White Terraces.

Scientists have produced a new global map that shows where major earthquakes have occurred across the globe.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson was clearly pleased with the latest figures from Treasury related to the five months to November 30 last year.

The new Government has aroused a lot of comment about its committees and inquiries it has formed, and the market analysts are wanting to see what will come from some of these initiatives.

This has been an entertaining year for political journalists in New Zealand and our commentator Dene Mackenzie considered the one least caught up in the mire was Justice Minister Andrew Little.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson talked of compelling numbers in the December update for the Budget.

Since becoming Government, the Labour Party has been bedevilled by strike moves and wage claims but it has just avoided a public stain through an Air New Zealand strike being avoided.

The setting of guidelines for the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership in Tokyo is a prelude to a meeting of this trade partnership in New Zealand later this year.

New data shows that Otago and Southland have, in economic terms, faired much most other regions of the country.

Latest data shows a general drop in services activity in New Zealand though the figures remained healthy in Otago and Southland where there is still a shortage of skilled workers.

Major listed energy provider Trustpower diversified further in the December quarter into the communications sector.

The importance of the Huntly coal and gas-fired units at Huntly as a back-up for renewable energy supply was shown in the December quarter by Genesis Energy.