Ukraine has reportedly agreed a deal with a Chinese company to lease 5 per cent of its land to feed China's burgeoning population.

New Zealand has halted all apple exports to China for the rest of the season after rot was found in several batches at the Chinese border.

Megan Singleton laces up and takes a look at the world's premier marathons worth making the trip for.

International leaders are failing in their fight against global warming, one of the United Nations' top climate officials has said.

A restaurant that prides itself on organic freshness allows Shandelle Battersby to go to the source of her dinner.

Julian Hanton relives his top five highlights making Travel Channel New Zealand's brand new series, Asian Times.

Shandelle Battersby gets a taste of Chinese medicine - with inconclusive results.

Graham Reid takes time to look at what's in his pocket

A young woman is stopped from falling from her apartment in China.

New Zealand's 100 per cent Pure image is suddenly being questioned by its loyal Chinese customers, writes Hua Dong.

An error with carton labels which stopped meat getting into China has led to about 240 workers being temporarily out of their jobs at a South Island freezing works.

Questions remain over the status of potentially contaminated Karicare infant formula sold through unofficial channels in China, despite Fonterra's assertions that all products affected by its botulism scare have been contained.

Sri Lanka is the latest country to order an immediate suspension of New Zealand milk powder imports over botulism fears from contaminated Fonterra products.

Prime Minister John Key says he is prepared to fly to China if he needs to in the wake of the Fonterra whey contamination scandal.

Leaky homes, free market devotion and a 'festering sore' of a tourism campaign - New Zealand is coming under fire in the state-sanctioned Chinese media.

Potentially dangerous Karicare infant formula remained on sale in China's massive online "grey market" last night.

Nobody can accuse the People's Bank of China, China's central bank, of being gun-shy.

The challenge for New Zealand will be how to manage while the economies of its two biggest trading partners are slowing during continued strength in the Kiwi dollar