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Alanah Eriksen

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Spectators stormed the pitch at the Stade de France after the match between France and Germany. Photo / AP
WORLD

Crowd cheered explosions without realising

  • 14 Nov, 2015 11:50pm
  • 3 minutes to read
A Kiwi at the Stade de France stadium in Paris said the explosions outside the arena were greeted by cheers by a crowd unaware of what they were.
Is your name on the brink of extinction as parents start naming their children in unique ways? Photo / Thinkstock
LIFESTYLE

Is your name endangered?

  • 23 May, 2015 7:45am
  • 3 minutes to read
Christopher and Robert are on the brink of extinction as children's names. But other old standards such as Brian, Kevin, Peter, Paul and Stephen are even rarer, having all but died out since last century.
Angelo Yelich-O'Connor. Photo / Jason Dorday
NEW ZEALAND

Little bro handles it like a royal

  • 18 May, 2015 5:00am
  • Quick Read
His sister is jet-setting around the world, staying in first-class hotels and fielding song-writing requests from musical megastars but Angelo Yelich-O'Connor got his own taste of luxury.
Julie Christie at SkySport Bar and Grill in Auckland's Viaduct. Christie is selling the bar as she moves on to other ventures. Photo / Sarah Ivey
BUSINESS

Reality TV queen offloads sports bar

  • 19 Jul, 2014 5:00am
  • 4 minutes to read
TV mogul Julie Christie has placed her Auckland Viaduct-based sports bar on the market, along with her extensive personal collection of sports memorabilia.
Family member Ian Squire at the house owned by sisters Rehutai Gundry, 90, and Fay Gundry, 88. Photo / Dean Purcell
NEW ZEALAND

Bought for £100, now $900k

  • 20 Jun, 2014 5:00am
  • 3 minutes to read
A tiny, almost untouched 100-year-old cottage with its original toilet and bath still under the house will likely sell for close to $1 million, despite needing a major renovation.
A Peruvian woman sells fresh exotic produce.
TRAVEL

Peru: Mountains of food

  • 17 Jun, 2014 4:15am
  • 9 minutes to read
Alanah Eriksen reaches dizzy heights and has a few low moments on a culinary safari through Peru.
BUSINESS

Where house prices go - so do rates

  • 13 Jun, 2014 5:00am
  • 3 minutes to read
If you live in Auckland and neighbouring houses have sold for unheard-of prices in the past two months, you can expect your home's official value to shoot up.
The Real Estate Institute calculates a single bedroom in a Remuera house would cost $376,850.
NEW ZEALAND

Great divide: Auckland v provinces

  • 7 Jun, 2014 5:00am
  • 4 minutes to read
Auckland house prices have surged so much that the cost of just one bedroom in the suburb of Remuera is more than four times the price of an entire house in Tokoroa.
Wharf Rd, Herne Bay, Auckland.
BUSINESS

Memory Lane's cheap houses

  • 5 Jun, 2014 5:00am
  • 6 minutes to read
Areal estate brochure dug out from 1996 features a seven-bedroom villa in Herne Bay - now the country's most expensive suburb. The asking price? Just $190,000.
Housing NZ says the derelict home vacated by a Winz cheat in 2012 is in negotiations with an
NEW ZEALAND

State house still empty

  • 24 May, 2014 12:04pm
  • 3 minutes to read
The country's most expensive state home has sat empty for 18 months while neighbours in the same driveway endure rowdy trespassers - sparking a government-ordered review.
22 Pentland Ave in Mt Eden.
BUSINESS

From $4.2m hostel to mansion

  • 21 May, 2014 5:30am
  • 2 minutes to read
An old backpacker hostel, worth $4.21m, has been bought by a company boss who plans to knock it down and build a mansion in its place.
Senior Const Steve Pike with York and Senior Const Chris Harris, who were all given a bravery award for their work chasing a gunman who had just shot a fellow officer four times. Photo / Brett Phibbs
NEW ZEALAND

'We’re going to get shot at'

  • 18 May, 2014 12:17pm
  • 3 minutes to read
When Acting Sergeant Steve Pike was shielding himself from a gunman who’d just shot another officer four times, he was expecting ‘‘bullets to go flying’’.
The Grey Lynn villa, which has a 2011 council valuation of $890,000, is home to artists and musicians.
NEW ZEALAND

Remember, it's all about potential

  • 17 May, 2014 1:45pm
  • 3 minutes to read
Real estate agent Jason Trowbridge didn't bother tidying up the rooms for the photos of the Grey Lynn villa he's trying to sell - he says any likely buyers will see past the mess.
Boat Show general manager Dave Gibbs on the bow of the Maeve, which has shag-pile carpet throughout and sleeps seven comfortably. Photo / Dean Purcell
NEW ZEALAND

Floating luxury - for $2.65m

  • 15 May, 2014 5:00am
  • 2 minutes to read
It won't matter if you spill red wine on the shag-pile carpet and white sofas in this $2.65 million luxury launch — it just slides right off the specially made fabric.
Denise Halloran sold her Avondale home to move close to her son and grandchildren.
NEW ZEALAND

15-hour house deal stuns

  • 9 May, 2014 5:00am
  • 3 minutes to read
Denise Halloran's Avondale home went on the market on Friday morning and she had a winning offer on it by the time she watched Coronation Street that night.
This house at 38 Cooper Street, Grey Lynn with an asking price of $895,000.
BUSINESS

Affordable? Got a spare $1m?

  • 6 May, 2014 5:00am
  • 9 minutes to read
The three-bedroom bungalow with an asking price of nearly $900,000 in Sandringham is "a compelling call to first-home buyers", the agent says.
The Ponsonby villa's new owners will benefit from the extensive makeover and refit.
BUSINESS

Villa comes with bag of extras

  • 5 May, 2014 5:00am
  • 2 minutes to read
The buyers of a 114-year-old Ponsonby villa will also get a new car, free power for a year, a home theatre system and whiteware.
The warring couples bought the home at No 44 Wright Rd together in 2005 for $1,513,000. Photo / Peter Meecham
NEW ZEALAND

Family's $2m house tussle

  • 3 May, 2014 5:00am
  • 5 minutes to read
A family dispute over a seaside home expected to sell for more than $2.3 million led to an Auckland couple taking their son and daughter-in-law to the High Court.
Photo / Thinkstock
BUSINESS

Farmer sits on $13.6m land profit

  • 1 May, 2014 7:00am
  • 3 minutes to read
A large chunk of residential land for sale will enable the building of hundreds of new homes as the Auckland Council tries to solve the city's housing crisis.
The Warehouse chief executive Mark Powell. Photo / Brett Phibbs
NEW ZEALAND

CEO: My pay is ridiculous

  • 26 Apr, 2014 4:15am
  • 4 minutes to read
The Warehouse Group boss Mark Powell thinks his $1.7 million salary package is a ridiculous amount of money.
Lindy and Callum Malcolm, along with daughter Addison, are ready to move on after selling their Bond St property for $835,000.
BUSINESS

Hot and cold spots for first homes

  • 21 Apr, 2014 4:15am
  • 7 minutes to read
The proportion of house sales to first-home buyers has gone down in 90 Auckland suburbs since the Reserve Bank's mortgage lending limits came in.
The number of first home buyers have declined in most centres since mortgage restrictions came into place nearly six months ago. Photo / file
BUSINESS

First-home buys fall (+infographic)

  • 10 Apr, 2014 4:15am
  • 3 minutes to read
The number of first-home buyers in the market has declined since mortgage-lending restrictions came in. So where are the worst-hit centres? Use our infographic.
The 9719sq m area being sold is bordered by houses, the Whau River and the Avondale Racecourse.
BUSINESS

Racing club to sell land for homes

  • 7 Apr, 2014 4:15am
  • 3 minutes to read
Fancy staring down the home stretch of a racetrack from your bedroom window? An Auckland racing club is selling land to try to clear its $2.75m debt.
Photo / File
BUSINESS

Caution over 100% home loan offers

  • 4 Apr, 2014 4:15am
  • 3 minutes to read
A "financial coaching" company which can avoid new mortgage-lending limits placed on banks is offering 100 per cent finance to families wanting to buy their first home.