Anne Gibson
Property Editor
Anne Gibson, Property Editor for New Zealand's Herald, has been writing about real estate since 1985 and is a skilled and knowledgeable journalist with deep insights into property as well as other businesses.
After studying politics at Canterbury University, she worked at the Christchurch Star, hired as their first female sub-editor. From there, she moved to Wellington's Evening Post where she covered court, softball, hockey, trade, travel and tourism... interviewing then-Prime Minister Sir Rob Muldoon and doing some Parliament work. National Business Review invited her to found that publication's property section in the heady '80s. Then she moved to Melbourne in the late ‘80s to work for The Australian writing about real estate. After writing books on property and about starting businesses, she joined the New Zealand Herald in February 2000 as property editor. Her roles also include radio work with RNZ, Newstalk ZB, podcasts, writing about iwi and Māori in business as well as retirement villages and many other topics. You can contact Anne at anne.gibson@nzme.co.nz.
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Ryman result: Australasian business has 1156 empty retirement homes
A new phenomenon: increasing vacancies being declared in our retirement villages.
Property Insider: $244k bill for Gulf Harbour Country Club’s owner; Here comes Santa Claus
It's the most wonderful time of the year, especially when Precinct goes tree generous.
High hopes, no new homes yet: NZ Super Fund, Classic partnership
'No titles have come through yet for build partners to commence the construction.'
'Market is crap' - house builder Classic Group drops staff numbers by 90
'We used to build 300 houses a year but we’re down to 70, 80, maybe 100.' - Cooney
Parnell transformation: Before and after $17m Pearson House upgrade
Rabbit warren-like building has had a massive makeover: photos show scale of change.
$10.5m supermarket opening at $1b Pāpāmoa East development
About 100 people will work at the store - one of several planned new supermarkets.
Singaporeans pay $40m for 24.9% of five-village retirement chain
'This is a capital-intensive business. We really want to expand' – chairman Bill McDonald.
$3.6m liabilities: PwC report on Sportcraft boating businesses
Staff, Inland Revenue and many others are listed as being owed money by the two companies.
NZ’s biggest house-builder G.J. Gardner planning 30% franchise growth
'If you’re in a really tough game, go on the attack.'
First Kmart, now $235m new funds for Mark Gunton's Westgate
Consortium money will allow the further expansion of Auckland's Westgate.
Explained: Why would Kmart expand in this tough retail environment?
Boss from across the Tasman explains the reasoning behind Kmart's expansion here.
JLL retirement village study: population up, companies adjust growth
Most older people do not live in such villages, even with 53,000 people there now.
ELE collapse: Deloitte repaying staff $4.1m owed, BNZ gets full amount
Receivers have collected about 85% of the total amount owed by debtors.
‘Five straight months of negative growth’: Auckland house values continue down
Chilly weather matches a particularly cold Auckland market for house sales and values.
$150m+ investment: Where are eight new Foodstuffs North Island replacement supermarkets going?
Economic downturn didn't dent our food market: biggest owner expanding, replacing stores.
New Zealand’s 10 busiest builders
Winners of highest value of construction projects in 2023: BCI Central names top 10 in NZ.
French-owned HEB Construction profit leaps 62% from NZ operations
Business has road, rail, bridge, land, urban development and water projects throughout NZ.
Builder sentenced for forgery, pretending to be licensed
He provided false and misleading information on three separate jobs.
White Island Tours declares insolvency, liquidators appointed
Company struggled to raise money to pay a fine after eruption tragedy.
Power list: 20 busiest residential builders - who's up, who's down?
Most businesses built fewer homes, yet modular builder HouseMe's completions skyrocketed.
Auckland Council vs Ranfurly Village over $650k fees - who won?
Arguments for lower fees were based on a Ryman case where amounts were cut by 79 per cent.
Complainants get real estate agent censured, fined $1000 for property use advice
Complainant intended to operate an auto dismantling/vehicle parts business from property.
Home-building construction crunch: Who has failed lately and why
A 12-point list of the many builder failures lately.
$148m development dispute: Hawkins granted interim injunction in battle with Farmers owners
The builder and owners of the apartment, retail and dining project have gone to court.
Plans to escape giant warehouse: Fonterra/Port of Tauranga JV seeks tenants
Intermodal freight hub expansion back in 2016 was hailed as a big leap forward.
'As a country we don't celebrate things enough' - PM opens $500m The Foundation retirement village
'I think as a country we don’t celebrate things enough,' says Christopher Luxon.
ComCom wrote to 12 retirement village owners on false, misleading claims
Companies should seek legal advice about issues it had raised, Commerce Commission said.
Court orders permanent ban for fraudster to protect public
He is studying law fulltime at AUT and hopes to be admitted to the bar.
Ruling looms for house plan above world-renowned Coromandel beach
Sites are planned so most places won’t be able to be seen from the beach below.
Why one of NZ's top 10 house builders is laying off staff
'Other group house builders have laid off significantly more staff than we have.' - Burney
Premium stories of 2022: Simon Bridges' stately Tauranga home for sale for $3.9m
The house was listed last month, before the shock announcement he's quitting politics.
Problems at upmarket retirement village, chimneys stripped as delays hamper schist shipment from China
"About 60 or 70 chimneys that need cladding,"
Schist happens: Watch out, Santa
Santa could contend with defective schist chimneys this Christmas.
Retirement giant Arvida Group pushes up interim profit
More than 250 new units being built in big expansion.
After the Gib crisis: Govt unveils new building materials taskforce
'We know we are facing a period of global turmoil,' says Woods.
Inside Winstone's new $400m Gib factory
The new factory has 50 per cent more capacity than the current Auckland plant.
Fire risk fears: Apartment owners, Argosy suing aluminium panel makers, suppliers
Claddings now mostly removed from buildings at centre of court case.
New Zealand's most expensive house sales of 2022 so far
"As per usual, the premium end of the market beats to its own drum" - Nick Goodall
House values drop below $1 million average: What's going on in your area?
One area bucked the trend: up 40 per cent last year, down only 3.4 per cent now.
Ex-Tauranga mayor Tenby Powell's daring Ukraine rescue mission
Powell is bringing in supplies and voluntarily helping people escape Ukraine
Coromandel retirement village residents face 47% fee rise
Fee rise met with negative feedback.
Gib crisis: 'We're not gouging' - Fletcher CEO Ross Taylor
'We think we will take a hit as we come through this' - Hamish McBeath, Fletcher Building.
Gib crisis: Commission probe into building sector out next month
Call for probe to address Winstone Wallboards' near-monopoly on plasterboard.
Who's claiming $518,000 from failed Tauranga builder?
Revenue during Covid insufficient to cover overheads, liquidator David Thomas says.
Tauranga builder fails with $518,000 shortfall, recession fears raised
"We are now accumulating a backlog of unfinished houses" - National MP Andrew Bayly
What's being done to solve the Gib crisis?
The three-pronged attack aimed at solving the drastic Gib plasterboard shortage.
Simon Bridges' $3.9m Tauranga home flops at auction
Politician's family home still on the market - but at a fixed price.
Couple trapped in Aussie must repay $16,000 in pensions
The couple have been stuck in Australia for nearly a year.
Obituary: Former Herald journalist Jim Eagles dies
Eagles had a long and distinguished career in journalism.
10,000 new build-to-rent homes planned in $5b venture
Simplicity members will get first dibs on renting those new homes.
Batts, GIB board, ColourCote back in production as Fletcher factories re-open
Winstone Wallboards, Tasman Insulation and Pacific CoilCoaters staff about to return.
Oceania sales jump 44%, half-year profit up $9m
Listed retirement company result out today
Know your rights: What landlords must read about new tenancy laws
Owners of nearly 600,000 rental properties need to know impact of looming law changes.
Mowbray billionaires call in lawyers over leaky building repairs
Mowbrays threaten litigation against fellow apartment owners.
Fletcher to lay off 1500 staff, predicts 30 per cent drop in building consents
No details yet about which divisions the 1000 staff work in.
Michael Hill to close three stores in NZ
Further store closures are likely across all markets.
Retirement village residents in coronavirus lockdown, visitors asked to stay away
"We have seen the impact on older people overseas" - Ryman's David King.
White Island eruption: ex-mayor wants tours to continue
"It has major ramifications if they're shut." Ex-Whakatāne mayor Tony Bonne
White Island eruption: legal experts examine possible culpability
Post-tragedy, what legal options exist for families and victims who survive?
White Island eruption: Where to now for Ngāti Awa tours?
Viability of future tours to White Island must be in question.
How Auckland family came to own White Island
A brief history of the ownership of White Island.
Zuru billionaires involved in Mt Maunganui leaky tower discussions
The Pacific could cost $16m plus to fix.
Mayoral hopeful's Auckland home hits market again
"Frankly, we don't want to sell it. We've got a very good offer for it right now."
$16m lawsuit: Mt Maunganui leaky building heads for 10-week trial
Scope of claim revealed: 12 parties involved in $16m Mt Maunganui claim
Ranking NZ group home builders: Who's the biggest and busiest?
Who are NZ's biggest group house builders?
Flat-pack solution: A two-bedroom house for $69,000
Bunnings has spent two years preparing to launch the product.
NZ timber exporter Sequal signs big Saudi deal
The deal was signed in November and would move to its next level this year.
'Obscene': Why this NZ city now outstrips Auck, London for home affordability
The Bay of Plenty city outstrips London when it comes to property prices v incomes.
Earn $180K and qualify for 'affordable' KiwiBuild home
Kiwibuild has announced that couples earning up to $180,000 will be allowed to apply.
Foreign investors snap up $2.1b of NZ assets in five months
The figure for the first five months of 2018 is down substantially from last year.
Budget 2018: KiwiBuild outlook disappoints
Treasure forecasts KiwiBuild progress to halve.
North Islanders or South: Who are the biggest turkeys?
North Island and South Island shopping habits differ
Phil Twyford reveals $2b KiwiBuild housing scheme
Housing Minister Phil Twyford reveals details of $2b KiwiBuild scheme.
House sales collapse: Calls for lending squeeze to end
House sales volumes have collapsed by a quarter in the past year.
Rents rising across NZ - check your region
One region in New Zealand has had rents fall across every category.
New supermarkets in $80m expansion
New Zealand's biggest supermarket chain has opened four new supermarkets across the North Island in the last four months.
Papamoa beach sections sell in 2 hours; amenities pushed to limit
BUILD: An impression of how homes could look on the subdivision at the bottom right. PHOTO/SUPPLIED in SCC: Beaches-Development_3.JPG
Four sections for $4m in only two hours
Four sections in a rare slice of Tauranga beachfront land were snapped up in two hours.
Tauranga to get new 1000-seat multiplex cinema
Tauranga is about to get a huge new five-theatre multiplex cinema with more than 1000 seats. Mark Taylor, a director of Tauranga