Loafers Lodge probe: 70 boarding houses found without sprinklers
Government audit identifies 70 similarly vulnerable multi-storey boarding houses.
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“A lot of people in local government say to me, ‘Man, just stop with all the stuff’.
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Auckland apartment market: New sales plummet, projects abandoned
There's been an 83 per cent pre-sale drop in the last six years.
Wellington's plan to end homelessness reads more like a wishlist
OPINION: The city council already tried to end homelessness by 2020 and failed.
Kids Don’t Come with a Manual: Ep 5; Staying connected to my children who live somewhere else
Mum of five wonders how to keep her kids connected, despite living apart.
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Mary Holm: Decaying house, no cash for repairs - how to patch up the financial damage?
OPINION: The owner is 63, his carer and sibling - with no ownership of the home - is 60.
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Ponsonby Rd's retail vacancy rate is just 0.9 per cent, the lowest in central Auckland.
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Has the police 'crackdown' on gangs worked? What are the other solutions?
New apartments have no car parks, bikes get dedicated lift
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Matthew Hooton: Dawn raids failure a new low
OPINION: First there was KiwiBuild, then the failure to stop dawn raids after an apology.
Greg McKeown: Building choice into decisions on how and where to zone for more housing
OPINION: Auckland needs to cater for growth and build affordable homes in a logical way.
Prices frozen, volumes stay low: subdued mid-winter house sales
National median house price remained unchanged at $780,00 from May to June; REINZ.
Market close: Eroad shares rise after knocking back takeover offer
Meanwhile, the index had a muted response to the hold on the official cash rate.
Rest home residents thought new village next door was for them - they were evicted instead
"Some of the elderly were in tears."
'Landlord should be ashamed': Fears for residents after Mt Eden rest home to close
51 elderly residents will now have to find a new home.
Contracts extended for emergency housing motels used in Covid-19 response
May figures showing how many people are in emergency housing have been released.
Richlister building new waterfront home at $17.5m Herne Bay property
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Solo mum dismayed her rental passed a Healthy Homes inspection.
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Letters: Science education, Sir James Wallace and townhouses
OPINION: Letters on housing, doctors and nurses, Wayne Brown, and law and order.