The demolition would be an unmitigated disaster for Christchurch.

Not guilty verdicts of two former directors of failed lender Capital + Merchants Finance involving a Palmerston North development known as The Hub Properties will be appealed.

A judge has granted Kim Dotcom permission to live in his rented $30 million Coatesville mansion. He has been staying in a smaller, neighbouring home.

The liquidators for Herbert Insurance Group, the boutique insurer under scrutiny by the Serious Fraud Office, have found the firm may have breached legislation, but is waiting on the white-collar crime investigator before taking any action.