The number of new homes approved for construction in August was up 17 per cent, the second month of increases, with retirement units and earthquake-related replacement homes lifting the numbers, says Statistics New Zealand.

Country superstar Shania Twain's ex-husband has bought Queenstown's Coronet Peak Station.

New measures to curb avoidance could raise an extra $300 million a year, party believes.

All houses should be included under any property gains tax, Prime Minister John Key says, otherwise...