Property Queen Nikki Connors settles freezing order dispute

Nikki Connors (right) with then-prime minister John Key and Kerry Cattrall-Ward at Auckland Cup Day in 2009. (Image: NZME

Riley Kennedy

Fri, 31 May 2024

Self-styled property queen Nikki Connors has managed to stave off an asset-freezing order.On Thursday, the owner of Propellor Property was finally able to be named after the high court dismissed the order preventing her from being named in connection with the dispute.The freezing order related to a $250,000 loan Connors had arranged in February last year from Anthony Tosswill’s Smart Living Ltd.After interest payments were not made when they became due in March and the principal wasn’t repaid in July, Smart Living applied...

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