Builders of Auckland’s abandoned 57-level Seascape tower win $33m claim
Judge: 'I order Shundi to pay the sum in the statutory demand within five working days.'
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'Slow but complete breakdown': $9.8m real estate agency fight; Cooper company wins big award
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Eviction hopes dashed: Kāinga Ora tenant stays despite a shooting and 25 complaints
Police confirmed a shooting occurred but the tenant didn't engage with them.
In by Christmas: Building of 28 subsidised rentals on track
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Why 56-level $300m+ Seascape tower is abandoned for seven months
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Auckland Facebook group stirs controversy with pay-to-post plan
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Community groups join forces to aid Gisborne’s rough sleepers
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'Unsettling': Neighbours plea for Kāinga Ora to take action about troublesome tenant
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Tokoroa receives biggest housing boost since the 1970s
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‘No credible indication’: Doubts over economic benefits of sand mining
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Wellington castle with colourful past for sale
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New stats: Kiwi exodus continues but has the brain drain peaked?
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IMF cautions Govt against pushing Reserve Bank too hard
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'It’s a perfect area': 89 new homes to be built in Tauranga
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Fast-tracking granted for 4000-home Sunfield plans at Ardmore
'Construction prices are still to adjust to the current property cycle and remain high.'
‘Some of the worst’ properties ‘ever seen’: Landlords fined after evicting unhappy tenants
Landlords must pay $25,900 and face a six-year restraining order.