Are house prices finally at a 'fair' level?
OPINION: A mortgage broking boss weighs up house prices relative to construction costs.
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Bright ideas that make cities better: Public engagement and taxes to keep the city great.
Championship 18-hole golf course suddenly shuts
Director says the club continues to lose money.
'Living here you feel like a bottom feeder and scum'
This woman works fulltime as a nurse but is still homeless.
Auckland apartment market: New sales plummet, projects abandoned
There's been an 83 per cent pre-sale drop in the last six years.
Wellington's plan to end homelessness reads more like a wishlist
OPINION: The city council already tried to end homelessness by 2020 and failed.
Kids Don’t Come with a Manual: Ep 5; Staying connected to my children who live somewhere else
Mum of five wonders how to keep her kids connected, despite living apart.
No improvements in cost of living survey since March
One in three New Zealanders are going without medical care when they’re unwell.
Mary Holm: Decaying house, no cash for repairs - how to patch up the financial damage?
OPINION: The owner is 63, his carer and sibling - with no ownership of the home - is 60.
Buyers line up for $70m-plus Ponsonby Central: What's inside?
Ponsonby Rd's retail vacancy rate is just 0.9 per cent, the lowest in central Auckland.
Success or 'a fantasy'? Has the police's gang 'crackdown' worked?
Has the police 'crackdown' on gangs worked? What are the other solutions?
New apartments have no car parks, bikes get dedicated lift
It's proof compact, well-sited apartments without car parks will sell, the developer says.
Matthew Hooton: Dawn raids failure a new low
OPINION: First there was KiwiBuild, then the failure to stop dawn raids after an apology.
Greg McKeown: Building choice into decisions on how and where to zone for more housing
OPINION: Auckland needs to cater for growth and build affordable homes in a logical way.
Prices frozen, volumes stay low: subdued mid-winter house sales
National median house price remained unchanged at $780,00 from May to June; REINZ.
Market close: Eroad shares rise after knocking back takeover offer
Meanwhile, the index had a muted response to the hold on the official cash rate.
Rest home residents thought new village next door was for them - they were evicted instead
"Some of the elderly were in tears."
'Landlord should be ashamed': Fears for residents after Mt Eden rest home to close
51 elderly residents will now have to find a new home.
Contracts extended for emergency housing motels used in Covid-19 response
May figures showing how many people are in emergency housing have been released.
Richlister building new waterfront home at $17.5m Herne Bay property
The home he once owned across the street he sold to marina owners Simon and Paula Herbert.
Mum throws out mattress, furniture with mould but rental passes Healthy Homes inspection
Solo mum dismayed her rental passed a Healthy Homes inspection.
Markets with Madison: How rate hikes hurt the economy
New Zealand has copped one of the most aggressive rate hiking cycles in history - has it caused enough economic damage for the Reserve Bank to pause? Video / NZ Herald
'Tax the mega-rich': Green Party lays out policy manifesto
Many of the promises hinge on the party's wealth tax proposal.
Solar energy will save tenants hundreds on power bills
The first high-density universal design complex built by Kainga Ora.
Letters: Science education, Sir James Wallace and townhouses
OPINION: Letters on housing, doctors and nurses, Wayne Brown, and law and order.
Green Party looking to snare Labour's disaffected voters
Green Party members are assembling for their AGM in Auckland this weekend.
Inside $150m St Heliers retirement village
Hybrid Jaguars and smart assistants feature in 'luxury' retirement village.
Editorial: Housing as a human right
OPINION: Our editorial on calls for housing as a 'human right'.
'Freeloaders can bugger off': Merepeka Raukawa-Tait to stand for Parliament
She also took a swipe at people walking around with “their bloody pyjamas on”.
Housing should be a human right - commissioner
Report finds too many people are still living in cold, damp and mouldy homes.
Auckland house prices, sales volume increasing despite tough market
Despite an unpleasant combo of ingredients, some confidence is building.
Counting the cost of storm damage in Northland: $20m insurance payouts from one event
The severe weather in February doused Mangawhai with nearly 400mm of rain.
Letters: Rental properties, nurses' pay, EVs and farm emissions
OPINION: Also letters on Kennedy Pt Marina, intellect, heating, and the harbour bridge.
Far North Holdings cops heat over plans for public housing in Hikurangi
Hikurangi residents pack hall to hear about community housing plans.