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Native trees planted by local kids chopped down with council approval

The council-funded plantings took "a couple of hundred hours of community time".

Arvida sales up 29 per cent after Covid lockdowns

Illness, need for a higher level of care or death - reasons for village resales

Auckland average rents hit all-time high

'Interest and competition for properties appears to be on the up.' - Kiri Barfoot.

Du Val seeks $17.5m for new build-to-rent fund

Buying Mt Roskill, Māngere apartments target of new fund.

'Ghost house' sells for $1.8m at auction

Antique dealer nets huge sale price. But how is he going to move all his stuff out?

Tenant painters 'make my blood boil' says landlord

"Over 99 per cent of them wouldn't have a clue," - Goodwin.

20 years of housing costs beating wages in one heinous chart

One horrific graph shows reveals how housing costs have risen far faster than wages.

Landlords in $180b sector worry: Can tenants paint rentals after next month's law change?

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development outlines how negotiations should go.

NZ's newest house builder finishes home in three months

A brand name better known for electronics than construction finishes its first NZ home.

Revealed: The landlords who have restraining orders against them

The Herald found just 14 landlords have been given the toughest sanction in 10 years.

First home buyers: Where to buy for under $400,000 in Rotorua

Reinz figures show Rotorua's median house price is now $541,000.

Overseas Kiwi buyers boosting Queenstown house prices

Median house prices in Queenstown rose to $1,050,000 last month.

Know your rights: Rules tenants must read before February's rental overhaul

Big changes on February 11: the more tenants know, the better

Four months in a row: NZ house prices topple records again

Many records broken: glimpse of market's strength

Tenants vs landord: Formaldehyde off-gassing blamed for headaches, insomnia

The tenants claimed they couldn't sleep in the master bedroom.

Vacant land sales soar as developers rush to cash in on housing demand

Pundits hope a jump in vacant land sales helps ease Auckland's pressing housing shortage.

Rental law overhaul: the 'minor' changes tenants will now be able to make to homes

List defines minor changes landlords cannot reasonably refuse within 21 days

'Overlooked': Kiwi company's shares surge 300 per cent in 10 months

Share price rise expected to continue, with its fortunes partly pegged to housing sector.