A report claims 14 and 15-year-olds were employed at a Chinese supplier, working shifts from 7.45am until 10.55pm - for 52 cents an hour.

Fran O'Sullivan notes a contradiction emerging in the utterings of Fonterra on the one hand, and Federated Farmers on the other.

NZ is the fourth most economically free country in the world according to a US think tank and the Wall Street Journal.

Geely's purchase of Volvo may be a sign that the Chinese car industry is finally coming of age

Murray McCully said the 2011 World Cup "may be the last time our small country of 4 million people can afford to host a rugby world cup".