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?

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.

May Wang's creditors have "overwhelmingly" voted in favour of a repayment plan that will see them get 2c in the dollar back.

With its locked gates and sentry post, a Waihi academy looks like a low-security prison than a language school - and that may be intentional.

Landcorp, the state owned farming company, says its bid for the Crafar farms will be a "clean bid".

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued an advisory on its website, warning its citizens about rising crime and theft in Auckland.

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