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'Helping increase supply' - Luxon to Kiwi Property at build-to-rent Resido opening

Changes will allow foreigners to buy build-to-rent land here.

Property Insider: Quay Park leasehold fee spiral fear; Precinct Properties’ apartment push

CBD leasehold, Seascape, apartments, Mt Eden and Ikea: all covered in today's column.

Housing-related spending slumps as ANZ reports sluggish retail growth

Card spending growth is running below the level of inflation, ANZ reports.

Who owns Smith & Caughey’s? What now for $120m fortune?

Names behind one of New Zealand's oldest retail dynasties: what next for them?

‘Straw buyers’ bought 13 guns in three months allegedly for gang-linked relatives

A 75-year-old and his daughter paid more than $21,000 on guns and ammunition.

Mystery shopper finds vape stores openly selling banned products, failing to check ID

New rules for vaping are now in place. A mystery shopper found widespread non-compliance.

'It’s your fault I got fired': Woman attacks colleague she blamed for job loss

Three weeks later she punched a woman stocking Easter products at The Warehouse.

Foodstuffs’ grocers vote to merge its two co-ops

The merger is still subject to Commerce Commission and High Court approval.

Smith & Caughey’s closing: family company formed 124 years ago owns both store properties

Two Auckland stores are valued at $53.5 million but what happens to buildings is unknown.

Smith & Caughey’s closing: Retail NZ devastated by news, no business immune to economic challenges

After 144 years, closure of Queen St 'icon' will see 250 staff lose their jobs.

‘Deeply emotional’: Smith & Caughey’s set to close with loss of almost 250 jobs

144 year-old 'Grande Dame' of Queen St faces a 'perfect storm' of economic challenges.

The Warehouse removes product with unusual photo from its website

The retailer says it is 'not sure' what the plants shown on its listing are.

Opposition to Burger Fuel's $4m payout extinguished

Burger Fuel raised millions for a US deal that didn't go ahead.

Police officer admits assaulting youth ram raid suspects after chase

The victims, ages 13, 14 and 17, were passengers in a vehicle that had just been spiked.

'Surcharge swindle': Are you getting ripped off when you tap-and-go?

The good news is that two possible fixes are in the works.

Retailer Crackerjack fined for selling children’s nightware that breached fire safety label rules

Prosecution followed inspection which found non-compliant sleepware in Napier store.