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Auckland's Buttle family owns Whakaari/White Island, one of a few privately-owned islands throughout New Zealand, property records show.The title shows their company, Whakaari Trustee, as the registered landowner. Companies Office...

Auckland Council has filed 17 charges of sewage dumping against three people involved in an east Auckland golf club.Steve Pearce, the council's manager of regulatory compliance, said the defendants were of the Formosa Golf Club."Auckland...

"Eighteen years old and own an IP," announced the North Shore's Theo Hancock on Friday to social media about his debut investment property.But he didn't tell the whole story at the outset.Hancock said buying the Whangārei...

A new $85 million Catholic cathedral will be built in the centre of a rebuilding Christchurch after a decision not to rebuild the historic, 113-year-old earthquake-damaged basilica.The new church will form part of a $500m "community...

An eye-catching $80 million Takapuna commercial building with bright orange curving internal stairs has won the world's top 'inside office' award at the World Architecture Festival.B:Hive off Taharoto Rd at Smales Farm was yesterday...

Moves are under way to stop high density housing in wealthy Remuera and the eastern suburbs along Tamaki Drive where mansions have recently changed hands for up to $17 million.The Orakei Local Board is out to stop developments such...

An agent is claiming a record price for a do-up in a Grey Lynn street after the $1.92m sale of an 84sq m unrenovated two-bedroom dunger on 556sq m section.Repeka Lelaulu of Barfoot & Thompson announced the sale of 9 Francis St,...

COMMENT Woe and misery, I am afraid, in the housing market. As market research firm Ipsos tells us, 62 per cent of those surveyed felt they could not afford a house in the place they live.Trouble with surveys like that, is it...

COMMENT It's that time of year when students are trying to find flats and accommodation. Before the mad rush of January... before everything gets snapped up, before they're left without a plan.And I feel for them. It's tough....

Ports of Auckland has hit back against the clamour of calls for it to move, claiming import costs could rise up to $626 million a year.Tony Gibson, port chief executive, said an NZIER study examined what would happen if the port...

New Zealand house prices rose 3.3 per cent in the last year but Auckland's median shot up $46,000 in just a month.The CoreLogic QV House Price Index out today showed values rose 1 per cent from October to November and senior property...

Buyers have returned in force to Auckland's housing market where median prices rose $46,000 in just a month, according to the city's biggest agency Barfoot & Thompson.October's $845,000 median shot to $891,000 last month and the...