The dairy industry, gathered in Auckland this week, realises it has a problem. It relies on the sale of milk fats, and the second of those two words comes with unflattering connotations.

The 2200 representatives at the International Dairy Federation-host World Dairy Summit in Auckland this week heard that anti-obesity campaigners have trained their sights on cheese and flavoured milk.

We like to see mentions of New Zealand in the international press.

For years we’ve been given the rhetoric from our own, and visiting, politicians and diplomatics – New Zealand punches above its weight.

The state of New Zealand’s dollar and broader economy along with this country’s stance on climate change received interest around the world this week.

In the New York Times, New Zealand’s wine industry feature on the front page of its website on Friday as vintners work hard to maintain prices and market share.

Rising above the $1 billion mark in annual exports has seen a corresponding rise in the interest in New Zealand wines, with the national brand making it all the way to the front page of the New York Times website today.

The Wall Street Journal’s is planning for pay-by-the article browsing as a an alternative for those who don't want ot pay its $US103 annual subscription to its website.

The move builds on last week's comment by Rupert Murdoch that all News Corp-owned papers will charge for online content within a year, indicating micropayments could be the model for bringing paid content to the masses, too.

In an interview yesterday with The Financial Times, Dow Jones editor-in-chief Robert Thomson said the micropayment system will be introduced this northern autumn.