A black woman's appearance on a talent show in China has provoked a storm of abuse on the internet and a rare debate on racism in the media.

A Fonterra executive paid $3.7m when he left the dairy giant this year, was said to have been the fall guy for the disastrous investment in China's San Lu milk company.

John Key will make a bold pitch for a free-trade agreement between Japan and New Zealand tonight.

Study shows only granddaughters are likely to benefit from having their paternal grandmothers involved in their early lives.

Jet packs! Motors that run for ever! Centrally heated pants! We've been promised these wonders, and many more, for ages. So what's the hold-up?

John Key says the signing of a free trade deal with Malaysia is another vital move towards a "step change" for the NZ economy.

Fonterra chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden says the dairy co-operative will step up investment within Asia because of the Malaysian free trade deal.