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Liam Dann: RBNZ needs to cut interest rates further and faster

OPINION: The only certainty around the economic direction right now is uncertainty.

Thomas Coughlan: How Labour walked away from Tory Whanau and backed Andrew Little

OPINION: In 2022, Labour quietly backed Tory Whanau. Now they want her gone.

'Alternative to a rusting hulk': Relief over Icon finishing Seascape

'Well done, Icon. The city will be behind you.' - Shane Brealey, Simplicity Living MD.

Portable building theft leaves man without emergency housing

Business owner laments criminals taking firm's "last available unit in the Hokianga area".

Gloomy forecast: ANZ sees OCR falling to 2.5% as recovery falters

GDP growth will be weaker as confidence weakens, ANZ economists say.

Councillor says Govt 'abdicating' housing responsibilities

'We are not seeing an improvement on the availability of stock in town.'

Simon Wilson: How not to fix the social housing crisis

OPINION: There's good and an awful lot of bad in the Government's social housing plans.

'Resorted' to drone: Body corporate wins case against Paraparaumu unit owner

'Drone wash was not as effective as a manual wash would have been' - tribunal decision.

Wattle Park developer liquidated: Kiwibank owed $3.6m, Inland Revenue $1.09m

Project completed in January 2022 but developer blames Covid and the downturn for debts.

Market Close: Why interest rate cuts couldn't boost NZ sharemarket

The NZX slides despite some rate relief.

Auckland property valuations delayed again, could be 18 months outdated

The valuations are a source of fascination for property-mad Aucklanders.

Payment disputes: Kāinga Ora apartment project hits roadblock

Little has happened at a Kāinga Ora-owned building site in Rotorua for months.

Clarkes must front up to interview with PwC: High Court

Clarkes have so far refused to be interviewed by the receivers of many Du Val entities.

House prices flat to start 2025 – the regions faring better than others

First-home buyers continue to make up a larger share of the overall market.

‘Dream does not become reality’: Steve Evans on Clever Core failure

'Thanks to all who believed in it like me, worked in it, and supported it.'

‘Goldmine’: Developers brace for $500m state home sell-off

The huge sell-off is part of the state housing agency's big cost-cutting 'reset'.