The Air New Zealand pilot missing on a hiking trail in Hong Kong is well-versed in survival techniques, the airline's chief pilot says.

More than 50 emergency workers, tracker dogs and a helicopter have been searching for an Air NZ pilot who went missing on a tramp in Hong Kong.

One of the key people behind the Chinese Crafar bid has links with Pansy Wong's husband.

Spicy food flavoured with hot chilli peppers contains a natural chemical ingredient that may lower blood pressure, the study revealed.

Shaolin temple, the Buddhist monastery that's also the birthplace of Chinese kung fu, is now a World Heritage site.

The Chinese bid for the Crafar dairy farms has everything but transparency, finds Karyn Scherer.

A Customs broker has been charged with helping smuggle drugs worth up to $17 million.

A Chinese businessman alleged to be behind ambitious plans to invest up to $1.5 billion in NZ's dairy industry has only recently severed his business links with Jenny Shipley.

Local software company Pingar has begun an ambitious push into the Chinese language computer search engine business.

Three-quarters of China's provinces have been hit by floods and more than 1000 people have died or been lost in the severe flooding so far this year.

Wealthy Chinese investors say strict fund transfer policies are preventing them from becoming investor migrants in New Zealand.