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.

Inexperience hasn't stopped Alison Wong from winning literary gold, writes Nicky Pellegrino.

Chinese firms are eyeing local roading contracts, but some builders are voicing concern, report Anne Gibson and Fran O'Sullivan.

Chinese dairy investors may be media shy, but they have been lobbying politicians and other key players at the highest levels.

The motives behind Chinese land investment.

One of the key people behind the Chinese Crafar bid has links with Pansy Wong's husband.

The Chinese bid for the Crafar dairy farms has everything but transparency, finds Karyn Scherer.

A Chinese businessman alleged to be behind ambitious plans to invest up to $1.5 billion in NZ's dairy industry has only recently severed his business links with Jenny Shipley.

Confucius classrooms have opened for learning in New Zealand, thanks to a $250,000 investment by the Chinese Government.

Should our first thoughts about our political relations with China always be about human rights and democracy?

Chinatown in Ti Rakau Drive taking shape as centrepiece of growing Chinese presence in Auckland, says Colin Taylor.

Crafars say receivers have "substantially mismanaged" their farms and the sale process and were called in without any prior warning.

The Crafar bid to seek an injunction stopping the sale of their dairy empire by receivers appears to have been called off.

Real Estate Institute boss Peter McDonald has backed a bid by state-owned farmer Landcorp to purchase the Crafar empire.

The Chinese backed bid to buy up 16 Crafar family farms in receivership has been lodged with the Overseas Investment Office.