China's enormous sovereign wealth fund, the China Investment Corporation, may have set aside up to 1.5 per cent or about $6 billion of its massive foreign exchange reserves to invest in New Zealand assets.

Rakon powered back into profit as it lifted full year revenue 31 per cent to $189.3m.

A local inventor who devised a solar powered lighted cap has started marketing to Japanese consumers, hit by power blackouts after last month's earthquake and tsunami.

New Zealand is a victim of its own success - and right now shoppers are paying the price, commentators say.

A Chinese giant's lifeline has pulled Fisher & Paykel Appliances back from the brink and opened up new markets.

Get 'match-fit' for the Chinese market.

The total value of goods exported in February was $3.9 billion - 17 per cent higher than the same month last year.

Prices in Fonterra's latest online auction have fallen 8.2 per cent.