A new China strategy that will treble staff there, push into new markets and investigate growing kiwifruit in China has been launched by Zespri.

The upsurge in Chinese tourists visiting New Zealand will help boost demand for NZ products there.

Fonterra's partnership with Chinese company Beingmate was celebrated in style last week.

The minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy, spoke to the Chinese Minister of Agriculture in Beijing last week.

Prime Minister John Key says Fonterra is moving up the value added chain as best it can, but needs to do more.

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A new office for Tetra Pak, the world's leading processing and packaging company, has opened at Waikato Innovation Park in Hamilton.

Expect protest marches, outrage and nonsensical claims – from self-professed academic experts to gloried All Blacks' water-boys – it has been confirmed that New Zealand will host the formal signing of the TPP early next month.

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A further $20m was pledged by Prime Minister John Key at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris for research into reduced agricultural greenhouse gases emissions.