The property market outside Auckland continues to heat up.

Trade Me Group has sold its accommodation website Travelbug and online booking engine BookIt for an undisclosed sum.

Zespri has been named the winner of this year's Deloitte Top 200 Most Improved Performance category.

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A stark image of three cows stranded on an island created by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake near Kaikoura captured global attention last week.

Rents in New Zealand's two most populous cities increased last month despite remaining largely unchanged elsewhere.

Online auction site Trade Me has bought $670,000 of shares in peer-to-peer lender Harmoney Corp to keep its stake at 14.4 per cent.

Auckland woman Andie Page is designing custom-made pet pillows for animal-loving Kiwis.

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Wellingtonians can have a group of kittens brought to their home for an hour and a half of play ... at a starting bid of only $1.

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The founder of Trade Me will leave the board to focus on early-stage businesses and his personal charitable trust.

Trade Me's head of marketplace says "we'd be naive not to pay attention" with Facebook Marketplace launching in New Zealand.

Diamond earrings worn by Gemma Flynn on the red carpet for fiance Richie McCaw's film sell for $2,510.

The earrings are being auctioned on Trade Me to raise funds for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation.

Stratford mayor Neil Volzke refused to give house sale prices to Trade Me saying prices "should not be anyone else's business".

Three years of investment has paid off for Trade Me.

An Auckland man has gone to unprecedented lengths to try and break into the city's notorious housing market - by selling a high five.

TradeMe received more than 1500 requests for customer information from police in the past year - as well as a number of approaches from the SIS.

A man who used Trademe to cheat people out of hundreds of dollars was sentenced in the Whanganui District Court on Tuesday. William

Kiwi auction site's 'most prolific offender' found guilty of blackmail and threatening to stab 25-year-old tourist.

Games of Thrones fan is selling a "HODOR" personalised plate.

A Wanganui Cancer Society volunteer has shocked the organisation by offering up his beloved classic car for auction in a bid to raise funds for them.

Paula Bosher, of the Alaskan Malamute Club, said they often get inquiries from people wanting a dog because they'd seen them on a TV show or movie.

Satisfaction is guaranteed for the highest bidder in the auction of an eggplant that has an eerie resemblance to male genitalia.

A man trying to sell silver Nazi memorabilia on Trade Me has had his auction removed from the website.

When an item sells, the seller can then book a courier through Trade Me, package it up, and choose the pickup location.

The company says profits were up 0.3 per cent to $38.5m for the past six months.

New Zealand's property market settled in December, ending a booming year of property sales on a quiet note.