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Two New Zealanders have been appointed to the bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world expert panel that assesses the science of climate change.

All domestic electricity consumers in New Zealand now have the option of a low fixed charge tariff.

New Zealand is much better prepared for any winter electricity supply difficulties this year than last year.

The January 2002 edition of the Energy Data File contains comprehensive statistics on energy supply, demand and prices to September 2001.

Outstanding research at the Cawthron Institute in Nelson has produced a breakthrough for the mussel farming industry.

German-born Auckland robotics scientist Dr Werner Friedrich is the new representative for New Zealand science and technology in Germany.

An unacceptable number of sea lion kills has forced the early closure of the Auckland Islands squid fishery.

Amendments to the law governing use of genetically modified organisms strike the right balance between preserving opportunities in biotechnology and assuring public and environmental safety.

Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson has agreed in principle to an application for a taiapure-local fishery for Akaroa Harbour, Banks Peninsula.

The Government is making history by getting out of the business of logging native forests, says Forestry Minister Pete Hodgson.

The awards won by The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at the Oscars are excellent news for the New Zealand film industry, says Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pete Hodgson.

Energy Minister Pete Hodgson today released a report on the viability of a mandatory hedge market for electricity.

Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pete Hodgson departs New Zealand for Los Angeles tonight to promote New Zealand as a film-making destination.

Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson has welcomed the establishment of a new taiapure-local fishery at Nelson’s Delaware Bay.

The termination this week of “Operation Pacman” will deal a severe blow to the extensive poaching and black marketing of New Zealand’s valuable paua and rock lobster resources.

Forestry Minister Pete Hodgson departs New Zealand for New York City tonight for a meeting of the United Nations Forum on Forests.

Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson says the government is comfortable with the Primary Production Committee’s key change to the Resource Management (Aquaculture Moratorium) Amendment Bill.

Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson says extreme care will be taken to avoid the rare North Island Hector’s dolphin during the second phase of a snapper tagging research programme currently taking place on the west coast of the North Island.

The government remains determined to put in place effective measures to protect the North Island Hector’s Dolphin.

Whiteware buyers will be able to compare energy costs between appliances easily when new energy efficiency regulations take effect on April 1.

The latest NZIER report on the Kyoto Protocol fails to improve the Institute’s poor standard of research and commentary on the issue ...

Pete Hodgson, Convenor of the Ministerial Group on Climate Change, today released a review of two significant economic models used to analyse the possible effects of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee and Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson today expressed extreme dismay at reports of two more deaths of endangered North Island Hector’s dolphins from set netting.

Minister of Research, Science and Technology Pete Hodgson has appointed three new board members for the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology and reappointed three for a second term.