The mystery buyer of Kirkcaldie & Stain’s Harbour City Centre on Wellington’s Lambton Quay has walked away after deciding the building wasn’t the right fit as an investment. The bidder for the $46.5 million property confirmed it wasn’t satisfied with the building after deciding the rear development site of the building didn’t fit its business plan, Kirkcaldie said in a …

NZ First leader Winston Peters has expelled MP Brendan Horan from the NZ First caucus, saying he has no confidence in Horan’s ability to continue as an MP. Peters told Parliament he had seen evidence relating to allegations Horan had misappropriated money from his late mother and that needed to be treated seriously. Peters said he had conducted as thorough …

TPP negotiations involve 11 countries working towards agreement across a range of complex, sensitive issues. A common element to any international trade process is the need to consider requests that negotiating partners raise.  That is not to say that all proposals can be accommodated.  In some cases they can’t, at least not without changes that take into account different policy …