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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Less power for councils, more for builders: report recommends change
'Current system is suboptimal in terms of its consistency, responsiveness.' - David Kelly
Colossal new Kmart for Auckland: Biggest NZ store planned
Vast new discounter to be built on greenfields site opposite Westgate Lifestyle Centre.
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.
Flaxmere lost New World, Havelock North gets new replacement store
Opening date announced for replacement supermarket in affluent, growing area.
$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.
'True to their word' – infrastructure chief on Budget 2024
'Government appears to have recognised the deficit with roading and rail maintenance.'
Where new supermarkets have opened and might rise soon
Where are new stores opening? One store shut in Flaxmere but that's been eclipsed.
Business backing huge solar farm fails, creditors want $12.3m
Council said the venture supported its aspirations. Now, it is a creditor.
Retirement village giant unveils $335m expansion at two NZ sites
Purchases allow the business with 36 existing villages to develop two more new ones.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Infrastructure to trump housing in possible $13b repair
Rebuild unlikely to have a big impact on reversing the slowdown in residential building.
Evacuations and no power: The fate of 1000 retirement village residents during cyclone
"Mobile generators were a godsend. In our new villages, we’re building generators."
Cyclone Gabrielle: 6 Summerset villages lost power, communications
"Ran essential services on generator power, fully supplied with food and medication."
Top commercial property sales in 2022 - $1.4 billion of deals
Singaporeans and Australians were involved in some of the biggest deals.
Stores galore: Where 14 new supermarkets are opening
Stores galore: From Timaru to Martinborough, Remuera to Taumarunui.
Obituary: Former Herald journalist Jim Eagles dies
Eagles had a long and distinguished career in journalism.
New 52-room Napier hotel opens today
Room rates average from $220/night to $250/night.
Rod Drury plans bunker-style partly-sunken southern home
'Shelter, privacy and visual screening' are aspects cited in the application.
Two NZ vineyards feature in world's top 50 list
List compiled by voting academy made up of more than 500 wine experts.
Bunnings to shut seven NZ stores, 145 staff affected
Bunnings also negotiated with landlords to cut its rent
Austrian billionaire cleared to buy 800ha of NZ land for $8m
Wolfgang Leitner now has consent to purchase 1289ha of land, some classified as sensitive.
NZ golf courses feature on world's top 100 list
Fourth biennial ranking of the world's top courses features six in New Zealand
Trade creditors claim $1.8m from Nobilo-founded Gisborne vineyard
Vinoptima Estate has 100,000 litres of wine stored on site.
Wine lake: 100,000L of premium NZ wine set to drench market
The wine could have a total value of over $9 million.
Earn $180K and qualify for 'affordable' KiwiBuild home
Kiwibuild has announced that couples earning up to $180,000 will be allowed to apply.
Budget 2018: KiwiBuild outlook disappoints
Treasure forecasts KiwiBuild progress to halve.
580 new retirement units for Auckland, Napier
Progress on Hobsonville and Napier village projects.
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.
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.