The following articles are sourced from The New Zealand Herald

Waitangi Tribunal claim seeks to halt asset sales
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:17
The Maori Council will today lodge a claim at the Waitangi Tribunal, asking it to stop the sales until the tribunal first considers claims to water.The Government is pushing ahead this year with one of National's major election...

John Armstrong: Private hands will steer mixed-model assets
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:30
National's "mixed ownership model" - the innocuous-sounding vehicle tasked with making the party's unpopular privatisation agenda more appetising - paradoxically may yet end up making the partial sell-offs of state corporations even...

Solid Energy buyback 'sell-off' tactic
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:20
West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor says Solid Energy's decision to buy back Cargill's 49 per cent share of the Spring Creek underground mine is driven by the National Government's desire to "sell off New Zealand".Cargill, an international...

Meridian says water caution could hit earnings
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:30
Meridian Energy has warned it could fall short of financial targets as it cuts generation to conserve water in southern hydro lakes.The state-owned enterprise, which is in line for partial sale, says that although it has hit targets...

Treaty clause complicates asset sales
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:30
Maori political leaders are urging iwi to object strongly to suggestions the Government will not include protection of Treaty of Waitangi rights in planned legislation on partial state asset sales.Next week, the Government will...