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New Zealand's High Court on Wednesday overturned a decision to allow a Chinese company to buy a bankrupt dairy farm. -AFP

The New Zealand dollar rose to a six-month high against the yen after the nation’s retail sales rose more than economists estimated in the fourth quarter.

A New Zealand court blocks a move by the government to allow Chinese investors to buy farms in the country.

A New Zealand court Wednesday halted the first ever sale of dairy farms to Chinese investors, the latest twist in a saga that's dividing a country reliant on agriculture for much of its export earnings.

Chinese firm Shanghai Pengxin, which is run by wealthy property developer Jiang Zhaobai, had hoped to spend more than $164 million buying and improving the New Zealand dairy farms.

Online activist group Anonymous hacked New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully's private email account and used it to send messages mocking him, it was reported Wednesday.

Total online advertising spend in New Zealand for 2011 was $328.11 million up 24.16% [% has been normalised due to changes in contributors] from 2010 ($257.46m). This is one of the key findings from the fifth year of IABNZ/PwC Insight report today ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Ricki Herbert, who led New Zealand the 2010 World Cup, has been retained as coach through the 2014 Cup in Brazil.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Ricki Herbert, who led New Zealand the 2010 World Cup, has been retained as coach through the 2014 Cup in Brazil.

People across New Zealand have expressed outrage at reports that the Speaker of Parliament, Lockwood Smith, has told Mojo Mathers and the Green Party that Parliament will not meet the costs of reasonable accommodations within the chamber from the general budget.