Investors in finance company St Laurence Ltd have been told they must choose between swapping their debt for new shares, or receivership.

May Wang, the public face of the Chinese-led bid to buy the Crafar dairy empire, appeared in court this morning.

South Canterbury Finance loaned millions to failed developer Greg Olliver for a Marlborough vineyard project.

For decades Auckland's built heritage has been wiped out, one building at a time, by property developers. But not all of them want to swing a wrecking ball.

English theatre luminaries Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Judi Dench are on a heavyweight list of artists and historians calling for the reopening of Auckland's St James Theatre.

Parties have just under three weeks to voice opinions about development around Auckland's $452 million Sylvia Park mall.

A $1 billion plan could almost quadruple the size of Mt Wellington's Sylvia Park and make it a new town hub.

A vulture fund offer which sought up to $50 million from the public to buy bargain-basement office blocks has been withdrawn.