Free-trade agreements are inevitable for loan-dependent NZ, but expect one way enforcement. Meat-gate was reminder we should not be naïve signing agreements with the Chinese.

PLUS: A glimpse of the juicy street-level data available to US home buyers.

REVIEW: The Illusionists stage spectacular makes magic, um.... magic again.

I'm not surprised by Christchurch Airport's snottiness to customers who want to sleep until  their flight. Instead of seeng demand as opportunity, and customers as guests, they display the snobby disdain to be expected of a "socially owned" local monopoly.

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China's first Sharklet A320 | Air NZ's Melbourne kiosks | Dreamliner route mooted | Jetstar's first Boeing 787 | Singapore upgrades cabins | Emirates flies more to Colombo

The five biggest apartment sales so far this year. 

Stocks fall as the prospect of a winding down of US stimulus and weak Chinese manufacturing weighs on equity markets across Asia.

The latest trio of works in Vanguard shows what an extraordinary depth of talent that company has to offer.

The Economist  versus The Politician -  can, or should, New Zealand do something about the high dollar? Readers can quiz Labour's finance spokesman and NZIER's principal economist on this and other finance issues.

COMMENT The Non-Aligned Movement was certainly relevant during the bleak Cold War era, but those days have long passed.