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Subterranean lakeside pad unveiled for multimillionaire
Global wellness leader speaks about his staggering new project on Lake Wānaka's shores.
Skin cancer clinic hit by property deals, falling patient numbers
Owners had a home but decided at the peak of the market to buy a lifestyle block.
Ryman selling two sites, stopping work at three others
Full-year profit is now $300m-$330m, when it was previously forecast to be $310m-$330m.
Ex-All Blacks' favourite $4b Arvida Group scores bigtime
Dan Carter, Richie McCaw and Kieran Read were reported to have bought in.
Major family policy scrapped to give Winston his wish
National got its tax package over the line but concessions had to be made.
Power List: Who owns Mitre 10 stores throughout New Zealand?
Structure of this shy 49-year-old giant a quietly brilliant story of co-operative success.
Golfers squeezed? Shock Gulf Harbour Country Club land sale plan
Opponents say scheme 'a cynical and disingenuous attempt to over-build Gulf Harbour'.
'Inexcusable': Auckland Council’s secret seven-figure payout labelled a disgrace
'Confidentiality clauses should not be used to shield the council from embarrassment.'
Retirement giant's profit leaps 24pc but shareholders won't get interim dividend
'Directors resolved not to pay an interim dividend to provide for ongoing investment.'
Repeat offender: Illegal Albany Heights work brings $34k fine
As it turned out, it wasn’t Danny on the digger but Tao Ma, pretending to be Danny.
Homeowner fumes at lack of action over cliff collapse
A man who owns a home above a startling slip waits and waits for council action.
Privately-owned seawall under construction is rising at Shore beach
Building at Belmont follows recent action at Point Wells over illegal seawalls.
Revealed: The suburb where average property values have risen the most
OneRoof's latest property report paints a picture of how suburbs have performed.
Auckland Council pays secret seven-figure settlement after new-build home demolished
The house had been built to the roof line but was torn down due to structural concerns.
'Like wraparound westie sunglasses': Tower scoops national architecture award
It's robust and low-maintenance, built to withstand the very severe coastal environment.
'Should I kill his family too?' Man attacks neighbour with machete, slices off ear lobe
Jaden Minhinnick hit the victim twice with the machete in front of his frightened family.
Herne Bay Richlister's boatshed, tree works, pool plans prompt High Court action
Waterfront tree tussle has competing property owners in court.
NZME reveals three-year strategy; bullish about future despite tough market
Media Insider: Digital subscriptions now fund the NZ Herald newsroom.
'Dominos falling' - receivers selling 11 unfinished Auckland apartment blocks
'Wake-up call for anyone pushing the Auckland intensify agenda.'
Watch: Alarming state of red-stickered cliff-top house that's not condemned
The Herald saw an alarming sight when it flew a drone over the sea on Friday last week.
Property Insider: Waiwera tower went with whimper; wholesale fund repayments looming
Demolition more of a labour of love, slowly unpicking the structure from the top down.
Townhouse construction funding most popular, land development not so much
Appetite grows for lending to terraces and townhouses.
New loss on Auckland property deposit linked to $2.3m Mt Eden deal
Both cases have similarities: deposits paid, deals never settled and one man with links.
Buyer lost $2.3m deposit to vendor after failed Mt Eden house purchase
On the closing date, seller's solicitor emailed buyer's solicitor: "no settlement".
Permanent bar, $14k fine for ex-real estate agent who forged valuation
'No agent can employ or engage him in connection with real estate agency work.'
Retirement giant fined $37k after widow complained of husband's dementia care
Failure to make a sensory room available was the heart of the case, heard twice.
Never lived in: Mass mortgagee sale in Takapuna
Exceptionally rare for a developer to speculatively build multi-unit residential projects.
Property Insider: What's happening with Herne Bay boatshed, Fletcher's plumbing problems
Will the owner of the $22 million waterfront mansion go ahead with the scheme?
Four-level mansion rising in front of $2m-plus apartments on Takapuna beachfront
'Suffice it to say, it was a tough outcome for that end of The Sands.'
Luxury Auckland apartments go to mortgagee sale
Major sign of trouble: 33 units in one block up for distressed sale.
Ex-Carrington Hospital buildings to remain: Strengthening, new uses planned
"These buildings rightly have the highest level of heritage protection."
Fighting to keep the tide back: Meng Foon, King's Counsel barrister, businessman
Ex-tropical cyclone Lola which struck in the last few days battered the shoreline.
Downer profit halves, named as co-defendant in leaky building claim
Revenue rises 26 per cent to $2.7 billion.