Tropicana, one of the biggest privately owned blocks of land in inner Auckland, has been sold to retirement giant Ryman Healthcare.

Ryman Healthcare, the country's biggest listed retirement village operator and developer, has bought land in Wellington which it plans to turn into a boutique village.

Ryman Healthcare has secured a site for its second retirement village in Melbourne, which it expects to spend more than $100 million to build.

NZ shares rose yesterday, led by Goodman Property Trust, after the property investor said full-year net profit rose 72 per cent. Trade Me and Xero paced the gains while Ryman Healthcare fell ahead of reporting earnings today.

Local hapu Ngati Whatua Orakei now says it isn't selling a prime piece of Auckland waterfront land to retirement village operator Ryman - it's only leasing it.

NZ shares were mixed yesterday as investors cast forward to next month's earnings season, and as regional markets mulled this week's Federal Reserve meeting.

Earnings from NZ's biggest listed retirement village specialist, will rise phenomenally as it builds new accommodation, an expert has forecast.

Simon Challies is an innovative thinker whose time at the helm of Ryman Healthcare has been critical to the firm's success, says David Kerr, chairman of the retirement village operator.

New Zealand shares rose on the first trading day of 2013, following gains on Wall Street, as investors drove up companies that have featured on broker lists for 2013, such as PGG Wrightson and Ryman Healthcare.

Metlifecare has changed the terms of its much debated $216 million merger deal, as shareholders prepare to vote on the proposal today.

Ryman Healthcare may seek a listing on the ASX as it looks across the Tasman to extend a decade of profit growth.

Shares in Christchurch-based retirement village operator Ryman Healthcare have jumped by 5.2pc after it reported a record $84m profit.

Retirement village operator Ryman Healthcare has posted its 10th successive annual profit increase.