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![Geotesting begins on NDG site](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Geotesting begins on NDG site
Initial geotechnic testing has been carried out on the site for the 52-level NDG Auckland Centre and construction might begin next year.
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Phil Twyford: Forget racism - we need informed debate
Phil Twyford writes: Here's the thing. We do need to have a mature public debate about Chinese foreign investment in New Zealand real estate.
![Is this New Zealand's smallest shop?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Is this New Zealand's smallest shop?
It's being heralded as "the world's smallest gelato store" but it might also scoop the title of nation's smallest shop.
![Ponsonby history up for sale](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ponsonby history up for sale
A 105-year-old Ponsonby landmark linked to an infamous murder is for sale - one of several high profile historic buildings to hit the market.
![Oceania mulls float, plans expansion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Oceania mulls float, plans expansion
One of New Zealand's largest privately owned elderly-care, rest home and retirement village businesses is planning a $450 million to $500 million expansion.
![Kiwis building world's tallest tower](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwis building world's tallest tower
A second Kiwi engineer is working on the world's tallest new tower and the first kilometre-high building.
![Firm to build pre-fab houses in 4 weeks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Firm to build pre-fab houses in 4 weeks
A pre-fabricated housing business, which built four new multimillion dollar Auckland houses aims to build new places within only four weeks.
![Row over prime land](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Row over prime land
Two Auckland Council bodies are at loggerheads over whether 20ha of land at Hobsonville Pt should be used for housing or a film studio.
![Retirement village disputes in spotlight](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Retirement village disputes in spotlight
The results of a probe into retirement village residents' complaints and disputes with their owners and managers will be revealed next month and could lead to a shake-up.
![Anne Gibson: Auckland, port drift apart](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Anne Gibson: Auckland, port drift apart
Expansion constraints now mean the city and its port are about to head off in entirely different economic directions, their futures divided by widespread opposition, writes Anne Gibson.