Generation: Winter Looks Safe For Next Four Years: Transpower
Transpower has published its first Annual Security Assessment since picking the job up from the now defunct Electricity Commission. Consistent with last year’s assessment, …
Archive for February, 2011
Environment: Marine And Coastal Area Bill – What To Think?
John Key’s hope for an “elegant solution” to replace the 2004 foreshore and seabed legislation is dead as a dodo, and the country is …
Conservation: Three Marine Reserves Declared Around Sub-Antarctic Isles
Three huge marine reserves are to be declared in NZ’s sub-Antarctic region. One reserve will cover the entire territorial sea, out to 12 nautical …
Pollution: Clean Air Deadline Extended
The deadline to meet air-quality standards has been relaxed, giving more time for heavily polluted municipalities to clean up their act. The Govt says …
Energy Privatisation: Will Mums And Dads Bite On Low Return SOEs?
Most commentary on the Govt’s new partial privatisation policy has focused on the predictable political lightning rods of rising power prices and the potential …
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