Anne Gibson
Property Editor
Anne Gibson, Property Editor for New Zealand's Herald, has been writing about real estate since 1985 and is a skilled and knowledgeable journalist with deep insights into property as well as other businesses.
After studying politics at Canterbury University, she worked at the Christchurch Star, hired as their first female sub-editor. From there, she moved to Wellington's Evening Post where she covered court, softball, hockey, trade, travel and tourism... interviewing then-Prime Minister Sir Rob Muldoon and doing some Parliament work. National Business Review invited her to found that publication's property section in the heady '80s. Then she moved to Melbourne in the late ‘80s to work for The Australian writing about real estate. After writing books on property and about starting businesses, she joined the New Zealand Herald in February 2000 as property editor. Her roles also include radio work with RNZ, Newstalk ZB, podcasts, writing about iwi and Māori in business as well as retirement villages and many other topics. You can contact Anne at anne.gibson@nzme.co.nz.
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The three most affordable suburbs 10km from Auckland city
Where are Auckland's best-priced suburbs within a range of the CBD?
Auckland house sales hit four-year high
December house sales are often impacted by the Christmas holidays.
Ports of Auckland study estimates $626m cost per year to move north
Divided between 1.7 million Aucklanders, that's more than $300 per year each.
Auckland property market surges to set new record
"Sets the scene for Auckland housing market to be active to year-end" - Barfoot
10,000 free tickets offered for first glimpse at $4.4b CRL
Tickets available from Wednesday, November 6: first open-day invite issued
'They paved paradise': Outrage as Auckland waterfront car park rises
A prominent Auckland real estate agent has called the development an outrage.
Can Metlifecare evict west Aucklander?
Sandra Williams won two of three disputes with Metlifecare
Trouble at Westgate: Frustrated rich-lister sues council
Westgate developer Gunton fumes about Auckland Transport's road layouts, no bus station.
Costco and much more: What's next for mega-mall
Big milestones ahead for Auckland's newest town centre.
Real estate agent fined for selling house with illegal rooms
Siu or Sam Yeung sold Auckland house with illegal rooms
'Statue-napped': The curious disappearance of Lord Auckland
The missing statue has been subject of rampant speculation.
Spring fever: Auckland house prices surge to 2018 record
Spring pushes up house sale prices according to agent.
Neighbours at war: Cross-lease rows over tenants, decks
Aucklanders reveal their bitter disputes.
Tenants fined $1200 after advertising room on Airbnb
South Auckland tenants must pay for illegal Airbnb sub-lease.
The Weekend Interview: The man behind Auckland's City Rail Link
Kiwi engineer, construction specialist, academic and railway boss Sean Sweeney.
Take a walk: St James Theatre, Auckland
This week the Herald visits the historic and once-mighty St James Theatre.
Auckland house price slide continues as rest of nation roars
House prices across the nation are up, but Auckland continues to slide.
Watch: A walk through 'construction central' in Auckland's Albert St
Albert Street is undergoing a massive transformation.
Major contractor stops work at Alexandra Park apartment project
Trouble has struck one of New Zealand's largest apartment projects.
Aucklanders lash out at QV over housing valuations
Numerous Aucklanders have been left frustrated by their experiences with Quotable Value.
New high-rise hotel for Auckland CBD
A new Sudima Hotel of up to 200 rooms has been announced for Auckland's CBD.
Auckland property valuation meltdown: Council lashes QV
More than 5000 home owners who objected to their latest valuations were left waiting.
Yates coming down: Century-old Auckland heritage building to be demolished
Developers will retain only the exterior of the original building.
Auckland house sales fall as winter blues hit market
The latest house price data showed big drops for eight out of 16 regions.
Super Fund wants aboard $6b tram plan
NZ Super Fund could follow Australian lead in terms of investing in infrastructure.
Auckland units demolished for $3.4b rail project
A 21-year-old Auckland apartment block is being demolished for the rail link
Apartment buyers warned of 13 Auckland towers with cladding cores like Grenfell
A building expert is warning investors of the risks involved.
Blowing in the wind: Storm downs huge NZ flag at Auckland Airport
The huge flag usually flies atop a 45m flagpole.
Cellphone towers out: Spark, Chorus, Vodafone confirm outages
A storm has cut power to about 50 Spark cellphone towers.
$100k discounts on some Auckland properties: New QV research
Auckland sections and new houses discounted
Auckland City Rail Link delayed after preferred tender bidder pulls out
One of the eight contractors vying for the $3.4 billion project has pulled out.
Too close for comfort? North Shore house on water's edge selling for $7m
With the threat of rising sea levels, waterfront properties have become risky business.
Rents tipped to spike in next two years
Changing regulations and continued high migration will push up the cost of rent.
Anti-obesity campaigners slam Krispy Kreme's Auckland site
But community trust chief defends South Auckland premise
$2b town centre, 2500 residences planned for Drury
New $2b-plus town centre is planned on southern inner reaches of Manukau Harbour.
Number of high-rises with Grenfell-like cladding doubles
Auckland Council has identified 209 high-rise buildings that could be dangerous.
More new hotels needed in Auckland
Tourism boss welcomes new waterfront hotel for Auckland, but more needed.
Waterfront hotel reopens after two years
The former Copthorne on Auckland's waterfront has re-opened under a new brand.
Next steps examined for Auckland port relocation
The costs of moving the port to an alternative location will be examined.
Auckland's economy outstrips rest of country
Economic growth, retail spending and migrant arrivals in the city outstrip the rest of NZ.
Banks leave Auckland mall over seismic concerns
ANZ and Westpac have left LynnMall over seismic concerns with older parts of the mall.
Auckland villa advertised for $599,000
The villa is listed for just over half the city's average house price.
Solving Auckland's housing crisis: Report out
A target of 14,000 new Auckland houses and a ban on foreign buyers were solutions found.
Auckland duplex built in four days
Watch: Timelapse footage shows possibility for fast construction of homes.
New Auckland house-in-a-day from Fletcher
Fletcher erects new Auckland house in just a day.
Real estate boss explains why Auckland market stalled
There's been a 43.5 per cent increase in the volume of unsold Auckland properties.
$200,000 shock: The staggering deposit needed for a first home
Demands are growing for first-home buyer house lending restrictions to be relaxed.
Auckland's landmark Sky Tower turns 20
It's impossible to imagine Auckland without its landmark.
Rents rising across NZ - check your region
One region in New Zealand has had rents fall across every category.
$990k! Is this the new entry level for first home buyers?
The real estate agent advertised the property with the line "attention first home buyers".
Rise of tiny and big rentals in Auckland
The number of single-bedroom homes and those with more than four bedrooms has grown.
Fireworks to celebrate Cup win tonight
A public fireworks and light show celebration is planned for Auckland tonight.
Inside controversial inner-city Bunnings
Company has taken extensive steps to accommodate misgivings with $42m Grey Lynn store.
'10 steps backwards' since housing accord
An economist says 10 steps have been taken backwards since Auckland Housing Accord signed.
Where you can buy cheap apartments
An apartment project, where units are priced from $375,000 for Auckland, is selling out fast.
Auckland house listings buck national trend
The number of houses for sale around the country has fallen sharply except in Auckland, where listings jumped 17 per cent year-on-year.
A fix for Auckland's affordability crisis
Auckland's worsening housing affordability could be eased by freeing up more development land, one business leader says.
Auckland homes even less affordable
Auckland has gone from the world's fifth least affordable city to its fourth, now behind Hong Kong, Sydney and Vancouver as the least accessible housing market.
Huge retirement village gets green light
Ryman Healthcare has just won the right to build a vast new Devonport village on Auckland's North Shore.
Inter-city buses won't go in to city
A proposal to move Auckland's intercity bus depot from the CBD to Manukau has enraged a public transport users' organisation.
How $850m Auckland tower could look
A new image of the $850 million Commercial Bay development shows what it will look like from midtown.
First-home buyers' favourite hot spots
Six Auckland suburbs have been revealed to be the most popular with first home buyers.
Giant 1100-unit housing estate planned
A Chinese company is planning to build more than 1000 new apartments beside the Southern Motorway in Manukau, some places aimed at first home buyers.
Tour new $2.4b Auckland motorway
WATCH: Take a virtual tour of Auckland's billion-dollar motorway expansion known as the Western Ring Route.
Homeless deterring tenants, bosses say
Business people are upset about Queen St's homeless but they're being called on to help.
Westies to sell $150m farmland for housing
When the city arrived in the countryside, the owners decided to sell.
'Spring wake-up' effects on Auckland sales
House listing have risen in Auckland and the run could last until Christmas.
Demolition stalled by court order
Demolition of an Auckland building for a 46-level 150-unit apartment tower in the CBD has been stalled by a court order.
Watch: The former $1m hovel gets high-tech
WATCH: House is as about as far from a rundown shack as you can get.
Big rise in demand for Auckland rentals
Barfoot & Thompson says high number of applications is unusual for this time of the year.
Why SkyCity made a mega profit
SkyCity Entertainment Group has pushed up reported net annual profit a spectacular 30.7 per cent to $128 million.
Auckland values to rise throughout 2015
Auckland house values rose at almost twice the rate of the rest of New Zealand, up 9.8 per cent or $68,309 in the last year.
House values rise at slowest rate in two years - QV
House values throughout New Zealand rose 1.1pc in the past three months, the slowest rise in two years, according to QV data out.
Bought for $630k - sold for over $40m
Alan Wallace is an accidental property investor, signing a deal to sell a 16ha East Tamaki site for more than $40m after paying $630,000 for the real estate 21 years ago.