Oil

Some Māori protesters are predicting opposition will grow - now that the government's granted 15 exploration permits to oil and gas companies, worth about 110 million dollars. Mani Dunlop from Te Manu… Audio

An American oil company responsible for a massive oil spill in 2011 has clinched a deal ultimately aimed at drilling deep-sea wells off the eastern North Island. Audio

Analysts at Credit Suisse say the falling price of oil could push up global growth by almost 1 percent. Audio

Oil prices are expected to fall further as the major producers hold off cutting back supplies. Audio

Associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary, Rob Huebert is an expert on Canadian Arctic Security. He is also the associate director of the Centre for… Audio

International Relations Professor Alexander Sergunin of St. Petersburg State University has written extensively about Russia's militarisation of the Arctic region, and talks about Russia's claim to… Audio

Iwi representatives from Northland and throughout the rest of the country have marched up Auckland's Queen Street in protest against deep sea oil drilling. Audio

American novelist, talking about his new book Wayfaring Stranger, set against the oil business of the 1930s and 40s. Audio

Producer and director of the documentary Big Men, about oil deals in Ghana and Nigeria, screening in the New Zealand International Film Festival. Audio

Author of The Oil Kings: How the U.S., Iran and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East. Audio

We pay a virtual visit to one of New Zealand's museums – Peter Marsh of the Albertland & District Museum. Audio

With the impending exploration of the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone by Brazilian oil prospectors, the Ideas team looks at the oil industry in a post-Deep-Water-Horizon environment. Audio