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Auckland floods: Council offers buyout to homeowner $180k under CV

Couple describe offer as 'bewildering' but council insists process is fair.

Would you sink $7500 a day into a superyacht? Developer rents out boat after taking it off the market

Matthew Horncastle has changed up his lifestyle during the property downturn.

Leaky school's rebuild delayed; now deemed earthquake-prone

Taihape Area School's rebuild is now scheduled for 2025.

Pink filled hotels - now Eden Park wants to double concert events

'Having a performer of this calibre play at Eden Park was a huge win for Auckland.'

After 23 years in Las Vegas, Jason Walbridge returns as new SkyCity chief executive

Proud Kiwi and gaming specialist who served five years in the New Zealand Army.

'It’s absolutely absurd': Review of 'prohibitive' insulation rules welcomed

Northlanders welcome a Government review of building codes making houses unaffordable.

Franklins Bathrooms Liquidation: Westpac among creditors owed $31.2m

Creditors now face a potential shortfall in the tens of millions.

Graeme Hart’s Carter Holt Harvey Equities liquidated in group overhaul

The liquidation is being carried out as part of the rationalisation of the group.'

Plans unveiled for new park on wasteland at Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter

The park has been allocated $119 million.

Kids 'painted on damaged asbestos panels' at unnamed school

Documents reveal ‘widespread non-compliance’ over asbestos in schools.

$300m Auckland skyscraper: Construction work 'paused' indefinitely

Auckland Council is 'aware that work is currently paused on the Seascape development'.

Foodstuffs North Island fined $3.25m for anti-competitive land covenants

Foodstuffs fined for efforts to hinder rivals from opening or expanding.

Owners of Du Val-managed Lakewood Plaza units pay millions after water mains burst

'Millions of dollars in repairs, ridiculously expensive': owner paying $30,000.

Gisborne CBD eyesores: Mayor seeks new rules for building upkeep

Gisborne's mayor urges Govt for stronger laws to tackle derelict buildings in CBDs.

Du Val investor worried after interim receivership

'It’s been nearly two years since I’ve been paid anything.' - Du Val investor

Men's Shed Whanganui launches bold plan

'It’s not only for us old fellas - it's for the new ones coming on.'