Quake damage due to lack of seismic restraints
A significant cause of damage to commercial property buildings in the Kaikoura earthquake is a failure to comply with non-structural, seismic restraint guidelines.
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Waterfront cattle station goes to market
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Statistics NZ finds temporary home
Statistics NZ staff are moving into a new home after the 7.8 earthquake partially collapsed its headquarters at CentrePort.
Wellington Seaview industrial property
An industrial property in Wellington's Seaview/Gracefield precinct has been put on the market by its owner occupier, Hale Manufacturing
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Investigation launched into quake-damaged building
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Kiwi Property Group, the country's biggest listed property investor, posted a 27 per cent gain in first-half profit.
Liability in James Hardie class action explored
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Ponsonby fire station for sale
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Pastoral farm also offers honey and tourism
A waterfront Hawkes Bay sheep and beef farm is for sale, offering additional income streams from honey production and tourism.
Site could suit first-time buyers
A small retail investment property in a popular Auckland shopping mall is for sale by auction.
Driverless technology to change commercial property
Driverless vehicles, 3D printing and drones could radically alter the industrial real estate sector.
Childcare facilities for sale
Childcare centres being built in Warkworth and North Waikato are for sale by tender through Colliers International.
Auckland CBD property with options
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Cotton On retailer for sale at Onehunga
A standalone freehold property, now for sale in Onehunga Mall has a new eight-year-lease to one of Australasia's largest clothing retailers.
Paihia properties come with 14 tenancies
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Wellington cinema for sale is Paramount
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Council yet to loan $15m to St James
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Staff barred from Wellington block
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Chow brothers investing in Auckland homes
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Crane numbers up throughout NZ
Queenstown's building boom has pushed crane numbers up 600 per cent in the last few months.
Watch NZH Focus: Americans buying up New Zealand
Join NZ Herald Property Editor Anne Gibson as she talks to Ollie Wall from Graham Wall Real Estate on Americans buying up large in New Zealand, both in residential and commercial property.
Tin shed sells for $1.8m in Sydney
A tin shed (literally, a tin shed) has sold for $1.8m in a Sydney suburb this week.
Fully leased Raglan waterfront property
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East Coast Bays RSA building on market
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Former butter store a rare fringe find
A large Mt Eden property is now for sale, creating an unusual purchase opportunity on Auckland's city fringe.
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