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.