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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This NZ town only has four houses to rent.

Visa complications mean a couple who have just built a stunning tiny house on wheels in Paraparaumu have to sell up and leave the

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.

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.

She's described as a positive young girl with stage four cancer. An auction of sports star's gear is hoped to raise money to help with her treatment.

Medicinal cannabis campaigner and former union leader Helen Kelly is proving popular with bidders for celebrity lunch dates, which are being auctioned in support of grief charity Skylight.

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.

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.

Fee increase for big ticket items will be introduced on February 1.

From early to mid-January, the Oldfriends site will be closed down and you won't be able to access it any more. Any data will also be deleted.

A pensioner who has been trying for months to privately sell his West Auckland home is now auctioning the "exquisite French Riviera" property with no reserve.

TradeMe has removed an auction for a prized bulldog because the owner said he would only consider selling to a white person.