Simon Hartley

A lifeline has been given to deepwater oil and gas exploration off Oamaru’s coast, explorer New Zealand Oil & Gas having successfully negotiating changes to its permit conditions.

Otago is one of six provinces to book  record median house prices, while the separate Central area prices are up  more than 42% on a year ago.

The United Kingdom's contentious exit from the European Union will be a drawn-out affair, but according to the British High Commissioner in New Zealand, it will be a well-thought-out affair.

Prospecting permits will not be issued for metallic minerals across much of Otago until mid-2018, as permit agency New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals (NZPM) completes its $8million aeromagnetic...

Australian-domiciled jeweller Michael Hill International's 320 outlets reported an almost 7% increase in revenue to $A112.4million ($NZ119.2million), for the first quarter to September trading period.

Farmers are being urged  to not use a range of leftover fodder beet seed from last year, which could be contaminated with invasive velvetleaf.

The Dunedin City Council’s parent trading company has fallen foul of Audit NZ for valuing the Forsyth Barr stadium on a non-commercial basis.

Oceana Gold is confident its northern Philippine gold and copper mine, Didipio, on Luzon Island, will not be swept up in a wave of potential mine suspensions by the government of President Rodrigo...

Otago is the most expensive of 16 regions in New Zealand when it comes to building a house.

The stubborn strength of the New Zealand dollar could be the major hurdle for the agriculture sector in the months ahead, as positive signs for dairying, sheepmeat and wine take shape.

Consented  housing has for the first time passed more than $10 billion in a year across the country, with Otago ramping up its house numbers 85%, for August.

A surprising and historic deal has been made by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to cut oil production  in an attempt to  lift  depressed prices.

Stage two of Port Otago’s "Next Generation" dredging programme is under way to take most of the 13km channel to a final depth of 14m.

Port Otago has shocked a community group striving to raise $290,000 for beach-saving repairs, with an unexpected proposal for an up to $2 million alternative.

Port Otago has delivered its 100% owner the Otago Regional Council another annual dividend of more than $7million, despite the dairying downturn and log export decline.