New Zealand recorded a merchandise trade surplus of $1.1b in April, the highest monthly surplus ever recorded, figures released by Statistics New Zealand show.

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.

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.