A rogue exec working for a Chinese company part owned by the Millennium & Copthorne Hotels has escaped prosecution for unauthorised property sales which appear likely to leave the NZX-listed hotelier out of pocket.

China's exploding wealth has created a culture of secret mistresses and second wives.

The Closer Economic Partnership Agreement between NZ and Hong Kong came into force on Saturday, making cuts to remaining NZ tariffs.

Chinese agricultural company Agria Corp is aiming to lift its shareholding in PGG Wrightson from the current 19 per cent to a majority stake in a bid with New Hope Group, one of China's largest agricultural and food corporations.

Electronic ticket for seamless travel due to debut in March.

The Government has turned down Hong Kong listed Natural Dairy NZ's controversial bid to buy the Crafar dairy farms from receivers in a deal thought to be worth about $200 million.

NZ was disturbed by China's rising influence in the Pacific region, a WikiLeaks cable shows.

Speeds of hundreds of kilometres an hour now common on rail network.

Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions is challenging enough. But what if we can't even measure the pollution we're trying to reduce?

Raghupati Singhania says his country shouldn't be judged only by Games glitches, writes Karyn Scherer.

Nearly 70 per cent of New Zealanders want the Auditor-General to investigate National MP Pansy Wong's travel expenses.

This second annual Griffith fiction collection focuses on contributors and topics from the Pacific in a generously interpreted sense.