Overseas buyers spent $1.01 billion in six months on commercial properties in NZ, staking their claim on supermarkets, malls, hotels and office space.

Here's what Auckland shoppers report about the new NorthWest mall - too empty or pretty good?

Is it a giant diamond, perhaps an icicle, maybe a lighthouse, lantern or even a huge ice block?

NorthWest centre manager distributed a letter to retailers telling them to bring concerns directly to her.