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SBS Bank has lent money to 850 first-home buyers during the year.
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Court victory could seal 600-home Havelock North subdivision
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OCR rise: 'Day of reckoning' coming for borrowers of $160b
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First image of how Ikea's Sylvia Park store will look
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'Neighbour urinated on my fence': Kāinga Ora tenant wins $5k for landlord's inaction
A Kāinga Ora tenant made more than 130 complaints about a noisy, abusive neighbour.
Budget 2022: Property taxes will be gone 'immediately' - Luxon
Christopher Luxon says he would "immediately" axe Labour's tax on landlords.
Live: Finance Minister pitches Budget to business leaders
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Budget 2022: Property hits and misses
Scrapping loan restrictions will help more first home buyers.
Budget 2022: First-home buyer loan scheme shaken up
Big jump in some price caps for aspiring first home owners - but prices vary nationwide.
Budget experts deliver their verdicts: Missed opportunities and no plan for growth
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Tenants cheer Napier council's decision to keep community housing
Advocates celebrate decision to keep community housing.
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Budget: The cost of living and what's in it for you
New payments, fuel tax and public transport relief have been extended.
Budget 2022: Māori initiatives get $1b; Pacific spending includes for Dawn Raids
Health, education, employment, economic development, housing and more in the mix.
Editorial: What Kiwis will look for in this Budget
EDITORIAL: Budget chance for Govt to help ease pressure on Kiwis, but eye on future too.
Thomas Coughlan: What to look for in Budget 2022
Thomas Coughlan on what the Govt is expected to announce in the biggest Budget in history.
Budget experts: Govt must deliver on cost of living crisis, housing and health
Jonathan Coleman, Sue Bradford and Shane Jones share their wishlists for Budget 2022.
'999-year leases': Locked out land owners' fight against century-old law
A govt error has led to years of heartache. And it's preventing homeless from being housed
'I'll sell your home... from mine': New cloud-based real estate agency launches
"Most agents starting with us will be getting a pay rise" - Stephens
Liam Dann: To spend or not to spend? Robertson's big Budget dilemma
The Finance Minister has a tough story to sell as he spends up and talks fiscal restraint.
Paul Majurey: Eke Panuku supports housing choice
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South Auckland Māori woman to do PhD at world's top university
"Being young, brown and highly educated is extremely intimidating."