A Kiwi beauty who quit her job to become a model was told she was "too old" for the industry at the age of 21.

The impacts of the global financial crisis hit are ingrained in our communities.

Duncan Gillies finds he lacks the bargaining skills for Chinese markets.

Money isn't everything but having no money is. Ask anyone on poor street...

Michael Long is back in golf's winner's circle finishing the US$1 million ($1.23 million) China Masters with a share of first place.

An action-packed trip to Hong Kong and Vietnam offers contrasting cultural lessons for mum, dad and the kids, write Grant Bradley and Estelle Sarney.

NZ First leader Winston Peters has told a Grey Power meeting they had better start buying more clothes and blankets because they won't be able to afford the rising prices if the Chinese or the Australians move to buy the power stations

Jim Eagles gets a privileged glimpse of life in the Labrang monastery in China, where he observes monks in their unswerving devotion.

It's foolish to rush into further commitments on cutting carbon emissions, writes Phil O'Reilly

For the first time, a man will soon be tried in another country for a murder allegedly committed in New Zealand.

There's still beauty in the bustle at Beijing's Summer Palace, writes Jim Eagles.