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City fringe focus: Council plan to shift housing growth closer to city centre

Trustees of a Parnell property have hired lawyers and written to Christopher Luxon.

Barfoot & Thompson in $600k lawsuit after rising star agent's copy-paste signature 'mistake'

OLA Homes says copy-pasted digital signatures cost it more than $600,000.

Teak Construction liquidation: Max Key caught in $7.9m failure

Subcontractors complained they were owed large amounts over extensive periods of time.

Havelock North: 171-home subdivision approved in fast-growing area

The subdivision is near Arataki Honey and the former Te Mata Mushrooms farm.

Demolish, convert or finish: The high-stakes choices facing Seascape’s receivers

The giant's fate hangs in the balance as people in the sector ask what will happen next.

'It's ridiculous': Why schools say the teacher shortage is worse than Govt admits

Official data shows 835 teaching vacancies nationwide, most of them fulltime.

Footpath fight: Residents lose case over closure at retirement village

A disputes panel ruled Arvida could close the path and keep the fence.

Daniel Newman: Chaos and the risk of endless declining property values

OPINION: More than 10,000 Aucklanders lodged submissions on Plan Change 120.

Property Insider: $5m-plus foreign house-buyers allowed in from Friday - how it will work

Foreigners on golden visas may struggle at Waiheke or Aotea Great Barrier: all explained.

'There will be no maps': Auckland housing plans strain relations between Chris Bishop and Wayne Brown

David Seymour urges the council to issue maps showing the impact of 1.6 million homes now.

Record portion of new lending goes to first-home buyers with small deposits

More than half of January's $1.1b first-home loans went to sub-20% deposits.

After 34 years and $900m of projects, Teak Construction liquidated

A high-profile Teak job was the $72m repair of the central Auckland Victopia apartments.

$400m Tauranga housing project to include 200-unit retirement village

The Riverside development will deliver 1200 homes in Tauriko West.

‘Nowhere for them to go’: Northland fears over Govt bid to move homeless on

The law change would let police order rough sleepers to leave areas for 24 hours.

See how Kiwis rank the parties on key election issues - Labour remains in front on most

The Government's rating has also seen a rebound after a record-low score.

Landlord posted tenants' family photos, qualifications and child's schedule in online rental ads

The photos were used on several websites to promote the Auckland property.