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Retirement village vacancies rise: Ryman's chairman Dean Hamilton explains
Opening three new hospital buildings in Auckland and Hastings pushed up vacancies.

Ryman result: Australasian business has 1156 empty retirement homes
A new phenomenon: increasing vacancies being declared in our retirement villages.

Pine Harbour Marina berth holders decry fix-it fees
Main power cables to the marina piers failed and need replacement, owner says.

Mum screams after animal jawbone found in bag of Woolworths carrots
Supermarket operator says it is looking into the incident 'as a matter of priority'.

Realtor made secret commission deal with buyer of $26.5m property, then didn't pay up
Now he's been fined after netting $326,000 in a deal he hid from the vendor and his boss.

New house-building business couldn't survive downturn: $8.9m liabilities
KPMG will now go about realising assets in an attempt to repay company debts.

'It would take out 20% of sales': what many Catalina Bay apartment buyers want
One-bedroom units are $1.1m, the penthouse is $5m: New project, nearly done, move-in soon.

First look inside $120m Catalina Bay Apartments
Residents start moving next month into the new twin-block waterfront residences. Video / Jason Oxenham

Auckland house-building outstrips population rise
On the fringes, especially to the north, west and south, are where real growth occurred.

Nearing completion: Hobsonville Point's $120m Catalina Bay Apartments
Presales have been made on 64 of the 82 new waterfront apartments, the developer said.

‘Exciting times’ - Second Costco supermarket tipped for Auckland suburb
Rolleston was thought to be site of a second store. Now, that's changed. Bosses are mum.

The changing face of Auckland: Apartment projects to dominate in 2024
But as some rise, why are others struggling to get off the ground?

Biggest foreign investment deals of 2023
Which countries are most active, what sectors are they buying in and what prices are paid?

Why Kiwi schools have banned Crocs, Jibbitz and Yu-Gi-Oh cards
Cards and footwear have been creating distractions and causing arguments in schools.

Property Insider: Singaporeans lured to Hobsonville, Costco Oz/NZ boss retiring
'We have contracts conditional on approximately $3m of stock from Singapore': John Love.

Developer loses $87m battle against Auckland Council, Auckland Transport
Defendants didn’t dispute the Westgate vision, nor that it had not yet been achieved.

Suburb hoists solidarity flags after homophobic incidents
Community fights back after ugly incidents around raising the rainbow flag.

Serious injury as truck overturns, crashes into Hobsonville Rd property
'I heard an almighty bang,' said a neighbour to the incident.

'We felt cheated': Couple speak after being defrauded by doctored LIM
"God that's pretty devious, that's bad."

'Come on, let's go': Men confront, chase ram-raiders down Auckland motorway after liquor store heist
Four young people were arrested after police spiked their getaway car.

Revaluations, expansion push Ryman profit up 64 per cent
Company has assets of around $11b but market capitalisation is only $4.5b