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![Splash - the buildings can hit back](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Splash - the buildings can hit back
Late-night drinkers beware - a new device will blast cold water on anyone who urinates against a building or tries to sleep there.
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Property prices, sales down in April
Property prices and sales fell in April, but the New Zealand residential property market is holding steady, says the Real Estate Institute.
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Hotchin in sun, neighbours in hell
Mark Hotchin has flown his personal trainer from Auckland to Hawaii to play tennis, teach him how to surf and to help improve his golf swing.
![Inside Mark Hotchin's half-finished $30m mansion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Inside Mark Hotchin's half-finished $30m mansion
Failed Hanover Finance director Mark Hotchin's unfiinished mansion is big enough to contain 13 average houses just on its floor space.
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Anger over stalled Hotchin mansion
Angry neighbours say Hanover Finance director Mark Hotchin's $30m mansion has wiped hundreds of thousands of dollars off their own property values.
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Samoa replacement houses not quake proof - study
Tsunami-wrecked houses in Samoa are being rebuilt on higher ground - but without protection against cyclones or earthquakes, engineers say.
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<i>Jane and Antony Matthews:</i> Harbour sheds old, but not 'cheap and nasty'
Jane and Antony Matthews write on the historic significance of Queens Wharf and its buildings.