Stories by Eric Frykberg

A shared vehicle system could reduce the number of cars in cities to a little as 4 percent of current numbers, new research shows.

Traditional media are not as threatened by social media as news managers say, the Commerce Commission said today during the Stuff/NZME merger hearing.

A helicopter crash in Rotorua last year was caused by an event so rare it has no implications for aircraft safety, the Transport Accident Investigation Commission has found.

Scientists will start dropping highly sensitive devices off the east coast of the North Island on Tuesday to measure movements in the Earth's crust.

A Commerce Commission ban on a large scale media merger was the target of a high intensity challenge at the High Court in Wellington today.

New Zealand's second largest meat company has unveiled a $54 million programme of capital expenditure for the next year.

The owner of a property where the fuel pipeline from Marsden Point burst could face prosecution even if someone else did the damage, the regional council says.

The rail union is warning of a return to old-style industrial action on the railways.

Porirua Council has unveiled plans for a big new adventure park with bike trails, cafes, walking tracks, a gondola and an indoor pool with a surfing-wave generator.

Wellington student Alatauai Sasa's suicide after relentless bullying is being cited as a reason to trial a project putting mental health specialists in schools.

A hearing will start today which could allow a boost in the search for gas at the field off the Taranaki coast.

Officials want to ban a construction technique that proved catastrophic during November's Kaikōura earthquake.

The Ministry of Health has found Havelock North's water contamination cost about $21 million - with residents the worst affected. Audio

A huge viaduct going through the Manawatu Gorge is one of 13 proposals to open up the choked transit way once and for all.

A 100-year-old family firm is applying for a new coal mine on the West Coast, but will face opposition.

Analysis - Industry leaders say having no organisation to oversee key infrastructure - such as the fuel pipeline that has caused so many problems in Auckland - is an enormous gap in central…

KiwiRail is doubling its drug testing regime after a railway official who tested positive for methamphetamine was implicated in a dangerous threat to railway workers in December 2015.

More people complain about the telecommunication industry than any other sector, a report says.

The plumbing and gas fitting industry is pouring scorn on claims that gas will run out soon in New Zealand.

It is already the costliest year on record, the Insurance Council says.

Solar panels, batteries and peer-to-peer trading are quickly changing what's on offer for customers.

The Commerce Commission is cracking down on utility companies using their own maintenance teams because it suspects the practice is pushing up power bills.

A more stringent meth-contamination testing regime will reduce unnecessary and expensive repairs to buildings, a Crown agency says.

KiwiRail has revealed the Kaikōura earthquake cost it $40 million in lost revenue in the year to the end of June.

The cause of a sinking street in Whitby is unknown at this stage, according to Porirua City Council.