Magali Silva says small countries need to enter mega-regional agreements to thrive, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Fierce debate that surrounded the TPP signing will move to Parliament today as the Government starts the process to ratify the huge trade deal

United States Trade Representative Mike Froman has rolled out a welcome mat to newbie ambassador to the US, Tim Groser.

Music sensation Stan Walker has spoken out against supporting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Free study far easier to boast about than secretive trade deal that prioritises multinationals.

Benefits from tariff cuts under the TPP trade pact will amount to a mere $40 a year for every New Zealander, writes Tim Hazledine.

As nations gather in Auckland to sign giant trade deal, NZ eyes role as secretariat to steer in more members.

This year's Waitangi "issue" has been selected. It has been determined that the TPP is the most pressing issue on the Maori agenda, writes Jon Stokes.

Business and industry group leaders have lent their support to the TPP free trade agreement in an open letter to Prime Minister John Key.

Former MP Hone Harawira has stated some complete falsehoods about Trans Pacific Partnership, Maori and the Treaty of Waitangi, wirtes Charles Finny.

In an open letter to Andrew Little, Stephen Jacobi argues Labour should take closer look at the TPP deal.

Trade liberalisation is an ongoing process and there is still much for NZ to aim for.

Here's what the international media think of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

The Government is eyeing up surplus Crown land to boost Auckland's chronic land supply shortage.

The release comes two weeks earlier than expected in a bid to counter opposition.

Local fund managers are not pushing the panic button despite plunging world sharemarkets and plummeting oil prices.

There are two different flavors of "supply side" economics.

New research has revealed a gloomy outlook among chief executives, particularly about growing geopolitical risks.

It won't be business as usual for Iranian oil exporters. Much has happened since sanctions were tightened.

The New Zealand forestry unit of Japan's Oji Group plans to invest $23 million to consolidate and expand capacity at its sawmilling and drying facilities in Otago.

Global shares retreated for a fifth day, poised for their biggest weekly decline since 2011.

Slower growth, lower returns, and more ups and downs could all form part of the investment roadmap for 2016, writes Mark Lister.

The number of people who oppose the TPP has gone down since the deal was concluded in October and the number supporting it has risen.

China cemented its position as New Zealand's top export destination in November.

Dairy prices finished the year on a slightly firmer note at this morning's GlobalDairyTrade auction, the GDT price index gaining by just 1.9 per cent.

New Zealand wholesale trade rose in the third quarter as a jump in fruit exports drove the biggest quarterly gain in sales of grocery, liquor and tobacco in more than 20 years.

A cartoon circulating on Twitter carries a warning for the oil industry.

NZX, New Zealand's financial markets operator, has increased the minimum volume of lots required in block trades of whole and skim milk powder futures, citing increased activity.