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'Totally unfair': Retirement village resident decries $285,000 transfer fee

Consumer NZ says such fees are unfair and mean people often can't shift.

Redundancies, resignations hit biggest group of Mitre 10 Mega stores

'We needed to realign rosters to reflect current trading conditions.' - Cam Caithness

'Most expensive country in the world': Rail boss slams NZ infrastructure costs

Industry leader says we need 'a complete reset' to overcome the infrastructure deficit.

‘Absolute bollocks’: Businesses attack Cameron Rd project report

Feelings run high as the council rejects any chance of compensation.

'Last few years difficult': Waiheke Island vineyard for sale

Covid, shut borders, a lack of customers and a lack of sales took a heavy toll.

Tough times ahead for building sector as consents continue to drop annually

Building consents were down 14 per cent in October 2023 compared to October 2022.

New $30m Mitre 10 Mega Silverdale redundancies 'lowering labour costs'

'Achieve our objective of lowering labour costs, maintaining customer service standards.'

Ryman selling two sites, stopping work at three others

Full-year profit is now $300m-$330m, when it was previously forecast to be $310m-$330m.

Power List: Who owns Mitre 10 stores throughout New Zealand?

Structure of this shy 49-year-old giant a quietly brilliant story of co-operative success.

Downtown car park sold: Precinct announces conditional deal

Conditional deal agreed to, buyer says, but sale is controversial.

Golfers squeezed? Shock Gulf Harbour Country Club land sale plan

Opponents say scheme 'a cynical and disingenuous attempt to over-build Gulf Harbour'.

Whanganui business closing down after 116 years

The site has been bought by a local housing developer.

Rescue of 41 workers trapped in collapsed tunnel in India delayed

Workers are trapped after a landslide collapsed the road tunnel they were building.

'Game-changer': Major Coromandel project nears completion

The $15.3 million project includes building a new commercial wharf and slipway.

'Inexcusable': Auckland Council’s secret seven-figure payout labelled a disgrace

'Confidentiality clauses should not be used to shield the council from embarrassment.'

Punishing $226.5m devaluations: $4.7b landlord in red

Movement in fair value of investment properties: on profit and loss account at -$226.5m.