Wellington, Feb 5 NZPA - Wellington journalist Nick Wang has again had an application for a visa to visit China rejected by the Chinese Embassy. Wang said he wanted to visit his elderly parents in Inner Mongolia but he was denied entry and embassy officials refused to say why.

Wellington Nov 18 NZPA - Prime Minister John Key has decided not to meet Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, when he visits in December. Mr Key said he had received an invitation to meet the Dalai Lama, but had decided against accepting.

Wellington, Oct 27 NZPA - Five Chinese officials will get the chance to study in New Zealand under its "world class food safety regime", Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson says. The five will receive scholarships for post-graduate studies next year.

Wellington, Oct 9 NZPA - A controversial Chinese activist has been given a visa to enter New Zealand next week, but Auckland University has said she can not speak there as planned.

Wellington, Oct 5 NZPA - A decision will be made within the next few days on whether a visa will be issued to Chinese human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer, Prime Minister John Key said today.

Wellington, Oct 5 NZPA - A decision will be made within the next few days on whether a visa will be issued to Chinese human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer, Prime Minister John Key said today.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, July 7 NZPA - Labour MP Chris Carter, who was in a Chinese province just before violence broke out, says tensions were visible in the lead up to ethnic riots.

Wellington, Nov 11 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar fell rapidly early today against the greenback from around US60.25c to about US58c. The kiwi then recovered a little ground to be buying US58.33c at 8am, down from US59.67c at 5pm yesterday.

Wellington, Sept 24 NZPA - Fonterra Co-operative Group today slashed the book value of its investment in troubled Chinese joint venture Sanlu by $139 million to an estimated $62 million, and cut back its forecast payouts to farmers this season.

(Corrects H0579 correcting clarifying in 11th par Rewi Alley was living in China notnot NZ) By Simon Louisson of NZPA