The Chinese New Year has become another event that adds a jovial and exotic cultural element to an already cheerful Auckland, writes Prof Manying Ip.

More than 200,000 Chinese and Koreans here joined over a billion others around the globe in welcoming the Year of the Horse overnight.

A month-long series of festive events to welcome the Year of the Horse will follow the Prime Minister's dotting of the lion's eyes today.

Judith Collins says Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy is right not to comment on Winston Peters' latest attack on the growing Chinese presence in Auckland.

Auckland's fine weekend weather brought record crowds to the city's lantern festivals, organisers say.

The Auckland Lantern Festival is celebrating a "full cycle" with the Year of the Rabbit when it opens for the 12th time at Albert Park tonight.

Dead jellyfish are not welcome on the beaches of New Zealand, but they do find their way to the dinner table of many Chinese and other Asians.

The company at the centre of a large scale bid to buy 16 NZ dairy farms has commissioned a survey on Kiwi attitudes towards foreign investment.

Asian couples are travelling thousands of kilometres in their quest for a perfect "10.10.10" wedding in New Zealand.

Hundreds celebrated the opening of a little piece of China in Auckland, accompanied by fireworks and a lion dance ceremony.

The number of overseas visitors coming to this country hit a record for the month of August.

A Chinese bid to buy 20 NZ farms will be rejected or severely restricted after an Overseas Investment Office review, the Herald understands.