Anne Gibson looks at the homes of some of NZ's richest people.

AMP NZ Office Trust tried to force notification of plans for Auckland's biggest new tower.

Auckland is fast catching Queenstown again as the least affordable region in New Zealand.

Plans for Tuscan-influenced Isola Estate clashed with recession.

Economists are picking the Reserve Bank to start lifting the Official Cash Rate by at least the end of June.

House prices rose a modest 1.4 per cent in December, but ended the year nearly 10 per cent up from the year before.

The century-old male infirmary ward at Greenlane Hospital has been saved from demolition.

Building consent stats released this morning show a 3.1 per cent jump in the number of new homes authorised for construction in November - the highest level since May 2008.

The Herald continues a series in which prominent Aucklanders from different backgrounds nominate their favourite buildings built since 2000.

The closure of the US embassy in Yemen highlights how vulnerable embassy facilities and its workers are in the age of the suicide bomber writes Patrick Cockburn.

The Herald is running a series previewing how life might be in 2030. Today, Beck Vass looks at the homes of the future.

The Government is moving on with its plans to help leaky home owners and says it is up to councils whether they participate or not.