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  By Jo Doolan As China continues to lead the world in renewable energy, indices prepared by global accounting firm Ernst & Young show there are future growth opportunities for New Zealand companies in this sector, along with tax incentives in China and tax exemptions in New Zealand. Many assume China is focused on growth at any cost and is …

London businessman Tim McCready reports on Vladivostok and Russky Island venue for the 2012 Apec Leaders’ Meeting and CEOs Summit.

By Joanna Doolan The game is changing for foreign multinationals operating in China, with both warnings and opportunities tipped by Ernst & Young in its latest reports on Chinese productivity and growth. For the past decade foreign companies have done well in China, on the back of world-beating productivity gains, an expanding labour force, rising inflows of investment government policies …

By Brian Lynch A one-day symposium was held in Wellington on 5 September 2012 to mark the fortieth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and New Zealand. It was a substantial event , co-hosted on the New Zealand side by the Contemporary China Research Centre at Victoria University of Wellington(VUW) and by the New Zealand Institute of …

Why doesn’t Tower Investment’s Sam Stubbs round up a few institutional investors in Fisher & Paykel Appliances and go pay a call on Haier at its China HQ and say they want to stay in with the company for the long haul? How hard would it be for the mercurial Stubbs to muster a coalition of the usual suspects and …

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says that while the closure of one paper machine at the Kawerau mill was a consequence of the fact that newsprint making was a “declining industry”. Speaking this weekend on TV3’s “The Nation” he rejected claims from the mill owners, Norske Skog, that the high New Zealand dollar was a factor in the closure. Asked …

Blowing in the wind … John Key grapples with the problems of ownership. Photo / Mark Mitchell Mr Speaker, I rise today in this House to introduce legislation to vest all natural resources – water, geothermal steam, airwaves, aquifers and, for the avoidance of doubt, all minerals, ironsands, magma, rare earth deposits, coal, lignite, methane and uranium in this country …

New Zealand has proposed a special agricultural co-operation chapter should be injected into the free trade agreement (FTA) with the Russian-led customs union to help overcome fears by Russian farmers. Trade Minister Tim Groser dispatched New Zealand’s chief negotiator Vangelis Vitalis to Moscow this week to make progress on issues blocking the successful completion of the FTA with Russia and …

Vladimir Putin is famously late. He stood-up the Ukraine president for four hours while he stopped off for a catch-up with Russian bikers called the “night wolves”. He’s even reported to have kept the Queen and the Pope waiting. Last week he kept influential international investors – including a big Chinese delegation – cooling their heels at the Apec chief …

By China Business Summit China offers huge opportunities for New Zealand businesses, but too few are taking the plunge and entering the market, says Auckland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Michael Barnett. Auckland Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with NZ INC Ltd is holding a China Business Summit as a platform to increase business engagement between New Zealand and China. …