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In 2019, selling a $3 million house became surprisingly common in New Zealand. In the first half of last year, 174 houses sold for that price, 150 of them in Auckland.In the mid- to late-1980s, when the stock market bedlam happened...

The flag at Auckland Grammar School flew at half-mast yesterday to mark the funeral of a former pupil, long-standing board member and philanthropist John Wigglesworth.Son Paul Wigglesworth said around 700 people attended the funeral...

Two Auckland tenants, who sought to break an annual fixed-term tenancy agreement within just two months of signing, were fined more than $2600 after buying a house and trying to escape their obligations.Last June, Gourav Ahuja and...

For generations, Californians flocked to Martins Beach, a scenic stretch of shore in San Mateo. They came to fish, swim, sunbathe and surf at the beach known for a rocky, shark tooth-shaped outcrop that juts out of the water and makes...

An Auckland father of five won more than $1300 compensation in the Tenancy Tribunal at Pukekohe after lack of heating resulted in him "having to use the oven 24/7 to keep the kids warm."Hayden Thomas Huia Rehua of Waiuku brought...

The number of properties sold by Auckland's largest agency in December hit a new four-year high.Barfoot & Thompson said it sold 779 properties last month, the most since 2015 when it sold 796 properties.End-of-year numbers dropped...

Auckland house prices have made their biggest quarterly jump in two years as the property market's resurgence gains speed, new data shows.Average values have now hit $1.047 million, while analysts CoreLogic and QV's latest House...

Those desperate to secure a roof over their heads in Wellington are resorting to making 'flat CVs' and posting pictures of themselves and baking on social media as a selling point. Reports of queues out the door and flats being...

A New Zealand golf course design has beaten top Scotland courses, including one owned by United States President Donald Trump and the prestigious St Andrews where the game was founded.American monthly publication Golf Digest released...

An Auckland small business has been paying thousands of dollars a month to rent an inner city office with dirty, brown water spilling out of the kitchen taps.Business owner Katie West said staff had been forced to bring in outside...

A furniture retailer of a mass scale set to rival IKEA was to open its full offering last month but has struck delays at its 27,000sq m premises in Henderson.Vinod Kumar, managing director of Nido Living, said an extremely windy...

More than a third of property in New Zealand is owned by mum and dad landlords, new analysis of housing records shows.Another sixth is owned by professional investors - those that have more than 20 properties to their name. •...

A young professional on a salary of more than $100,000 says it is easier to find a job in Wellington than a flat.The man - who only wanted to known as Michael - said the rental squeeze in the capital was not only a student problem...

fewer than 500 do-up homes ARE still left in Ponsonby and Grey Lynn, new figures from OneRoof suggest.OneRoof examined the number of homes in the two sought-after Auckland suburbs that had not changed hands or been substantially...