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Kiwi Property makes record sales at malls

Big jump in sales at Sylvia Park, LynnMall and The Base.

Focus: City Rail Link boss on opening date, dealing with AT and learning from overseas mistakes

City Rail Link CEO Sean Sweeney talks exclusively to Bernard Orsman inside the freshly completed rail tunnel on the project's opening date and how the team learned from mistakes made overseas. Video / NZ Herald

IRD, creditors chasing $19m from failed Rainbow childcare chain

Employees are owed about $640,000 as "worrying" ECE closure saga claims casualties.

Auckland hostel safety failures revealed: Inspector missed locked fire escape door

A complaint about the potentially fatal error did not lead to enforcement action.

Builder struck-off for keeping insurance deposits; clients in the lurch

Ben Jones took at least 20 deposits for insurance guarantees but didn't lodge them.

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

Big retirement village company's net profit tumbles

Giant of the sector reports in the face of falling house prices, Government scrutiny.

Budget 2023: What’s already been announced and where is the money going?

The Government will reveal Budget 2023 today - what has already been announced?

123-year-old southern retailer H & J Smith closing three stores, 220 jobs lost

'The Smiths are such humble people. They’re some of the most experienced retailers in NZ.'

What landlords want to see in this week's Budget, but suspect they won't

398,000 bonds were lodged with Tenancy Services by February, up from 383,000 a year ago.

Stopbanks, roads and local response key factors in $941m pre-Budget cyclone relief

Government earmarks nearly $1 billion for cyclone recovery, announced in Hawke's Bay.

'Extremely disappointing': New $30m Tauranga mental health unit up in the air

Te Whatu Ora has yet to present a business case for the project.

Our biggest house builder reveals 30% volume drop

Real irony: Now is a great time to build.

New data reveals where Auckland rents jumped by 7.2%

New insights from an agency managing 19,000 properties: What does it say?

Are retirement village stocks safe? Analyst on ComCom probe

'Level of concern amongst residents and advocates about some of the sector’s practices.'

First look: What's it like inside NZ's biggest build-to-rent project?

"We allow people to do decorating of their apartments. You’re allowed to bring your pets."

Anti-bird roosting measures in cladding of new $63m block

'Sloped the bottom of the cruciform indents at a 50-degree angle,': birds don't roost.

The $70m question: Why Ponsonby Central's owner is selling up

Andy Davies established the hub 11 years ago.