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Associate Energy and Resources Minister Pansy Wong paid tribute to Gas Industry Company (GIC) Chief Executive, Christine Southey, whose resignation was announced today.  "I would like to perso

Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee today awarded New Zealand's first petroleum exploration permit over the Raukumara Basin off the North Island's East Coast to Petrobras International Bra

Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee leaves this afternoon to attend the Australasian Ministerial Council on Mining and Petroleum Resources to be held in Melbourne tomorrow.

The government today announced a major two-year work programme aimed at promoting oil and gas exploration around New Zealand.

"The government is committed to insulating at least 188,500 homes by 2013, but as well as quantity, we are insisting on top quality installations that are safe and result in maximum performance," M

Minister for Energy and Resources, Gerry Brownlee, today congratulated the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) on winning the award for the best Government agency in the Vero Excell

Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee has opened nominations for board members to sit on the soon to be established electricity market regulator, the Electricity Authority. 

Nearly 40,000 Kiwi households have benefited from the Government's home insulation and energy efficiency programme Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownl

Gas customers will benefit from new arrangements to help ensure that gas retailers' contracts meet the interests of small consumers, said Energy and Resources Associate Minister Pansy Wong today.

Minister for Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee has today announced New Zealand's intention to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee and Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson have announced an extension to the public submission period on the government's proposals outlined on Mar

Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee has today kicked off Transpower's $672 million inter-island electricity connection project at the Haywards substation in Wellington.

The government's Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart scheme has posted another strong month of activity, with 3,837 houses retrofitted in March, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee said

Tena koutou katoa, good evening, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you here tonight.

The warm summer months have failed to dent demand for the government's Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart scheme, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee said today.

Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee and Mexico's Secretary of Energy Georgina Kessels have signed a cooperation arrangement in Cancun, Mexico to facilitate bilateral collaboration in the f

Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee says he is encouraged by a poll out in today's Sunday Star Times showing good levels of support for the government's plans to prospect for valuable mine

Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee has today departed for Mexico to attend the 12^th International Energy Forum. 

Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee today moved to correct a statement he made yesterday in regard to mining permits on the Department of Conservation Estate issued under the previous Labo

Labour's hypocrisy over mining has been laid bare, says Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee, after new figures released by Crown Minerals today showed Labour approved more than 200 permits

Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee says much of the noise around the government's modest proposals to open up a portion of Schedule Four land for possible mining is ignoring the facts

Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee and Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson today released a discussion paper containing a suite of measures to facilitate the environmentally responsible

Mr Chair, award winners, ladies and gentlemen thank you for the opportunity to speak at this awards ceremony.

The $1.3 billion Kupe Gas Project in Taranaki was officially opened by the Prime Minister John Key today.