It was the bomb that was supposed to flip the election on its head. The documents set to unveil a vast conspiracy by the Prime Minister against Kim Dotcom. John Key’s Moment of Truth. What a flop. There was no smoking gun. No game-changing piece of information. Instead, politically charged hearsay recounted as claims about New Zealand’s mass surveillance drew …

Pyne Could Corp, the asset management firm controlled by George Kerr, is seeking the removal of two directors of Equity Partners Infrastructure Company No.1, as it looks to boost its stake to almost half. Pyne Gould wants to raise its stake to 49 percent from the 27 percent of the investment company it already holds, the Guernsey-based company said in a statement. At the …

The New Zealand dollar held gains in local trading after weak US industrial production sapped demand for the greenback, and ahead of an upcoming dairy auction, which will offer a gauge on New Zealand’s biggest commodity export. The local currency traded at 81.62 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 81.72 cents at 8am, up from 81.26 cents yesterday. The trade-weighted …