Prime Minister John Key has visited Fonterra's farm in Chile, saying that other than the rain it reminded him of the Waikato.

Prime Minister John Key went a tad off-script in a speech in Santiago yesterday, and delivered New Zealand's economic history via a parable of wine.

World dairy prices have surged to the highest since June 2011 with the prospect of New Zealand production curtailed by drought.

When taxi driver Ricardo is asked about Mexico's new president, he provides an amused theory on how Enrique Pena Nieto won the election last July.

The Port of Tauranga says a decision allowing it to make way for super-sized containerships has ended a near four-year battle with iwi.

After Prime Minister John Key lands in Mexico City this afternoon, one of his first duties will be to pay homage to Mexico's historic heroes, Los Ninos Heroes.

Commodity prices rose in February but the strength of the local currency meant they were flat in kiwi dollar terms.

Looks like details of the long-awaited Mighty River Power float are set to be released on Monday with the Government raring to go after receiving the all clear from the Supreme Court.

The mystery of how 165kg of cocaine was slipped into a New Zealand shipping container of milk powder remains unsolved, according to an official report.

Prime Minister John Key will leave on a charm offensive of Latin America next week in the first bilateral visit of the region by a Prime Minister since Helen Clark in 2001.