Trial runs for a new online platform designed to provide an electronic global marketplace for day-to-day trading of dairy products are set to take place over the next few months, according to its backers.

Tim Groser has a sales job in front of him after the Trans-Pacific Partnership kept the doors open wide to foreign investment in Auckland's red hot housing market.

As dust settles on TPP negotiations, much attention will turn to analysing the full text of the agreement and understanding its costs and benefits, writes John Ballingall.

Most people will be more than aware that, like all public relations campaigns, this one will not reveal the full picture.

It may be difficult at first for observers to grasp the magnitude of what has happened with the trade liberalisation deal just reached in the TPP.

Dairy prices were up for the fourth time in a row in the latest world dairy auction. Why?

Editorial: Dairy products might not have gained much easier access to Japan and North America but agricultural exports are firmly in the agreement.

FRAN O'SULLIVAN: Geneva has the WTO. Brussels hosts the European Union. Will the Trans-Pacific Partnership put Auckland on the map?

Q & A: Why is this trade agreement such a big deal?

The TPP outcome differs from what its opponents had predicted, says lobbyist Charles Finny.

New Zealand and 11 other countries strike Pacific trade pact - a deal that will affect 40 per cent of world's economy.

OPINION: Trade Minister conceded a few nasty points but his brinksmanship in TPP negotiations allows him to stare down critics, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

This week's GlobalDairyTrade auction is shaping up to be another strong one.

Investors love a good success story, and few local stories have the blockbuster appeal of New Zealand dairy, writes Graham Turley.

Fonterra's chief executive has asked for a freeze on his $4m salary.

Spokesman says fans of controversial scheme can turn to NZX for help with milk prices.

Waikato dairy co-op Tatua says earnings before tax fell by 11.1pc to $121.2m, reflecting falling commodities prices.

Prime Minister John Key said he believes there is a growing momentum toward agreement on a Trans Pacific Partnership deal this week.

Ministers can't make blanket refusals to release documents the High Court at Wellington has been told.

The process around the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is coming under judicial review in the High Court today.

Theo Spierings has every right to be among our best-paid chief executives.

China is poised to upgrade its ground-breaking free trade agreement with NZ but becoming in favour of NZ's dairy exporters will be problematic.

Jose Miguel Porraz is negotiating an uneven Kuala Lumpur footpath as he talks up the benefits of emerging markets.

The TPP Hawaii talks had been meant to serve up a 12-way handshake but it ended in finger pointing instead, with participants blaming others for stalemates, writes Toby Manhire.

Fonterra is reporting a big turnaround in annual profit and a much improved forecast cash payout for the current year.

Dairy giant announces improved profit just days after increased the number of jobs it was cutting to 750.

Fonterra is on track to significantly improve its profits over the next decade, says KPMG.