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'As a country we don't celebrate things enough' - PM opens $500m The Foundation retirement village

'I think as a country we don’t celebrate things enough,' says Christopher Luxon.

'Unliveable': Owners struggle to cool Auckland townhouses in summer heat

Many townhouses are equipped with only one heat pump for the multi-level house.

'Harder than getting a job': Private rentals won't help emergency housing

OPINION: The government recently announced a “shake-up” of rentals, but it won't help.

Inside Economics with Liam Dann: Why can’t Kiwis fix their mortgage for 30 years?

In the second of his new mid-week columns, Liam Dann answers reader questions.

Audrey Young: Tone deaf or 'kick-a***'? PM's political radar offline again

OPINION: The problem isn't what the PM says, but how he says it.

'Grown-up Government': Luxon on coalition agreement compromise

“We’ve phased it and delivered it in a slightly different way," PM said.

Swims, sherries, The Chase, bed by 8pm: 'Easygoing' 82yo seeks flattie

Retired skipper takes flattie search public after reports of elderly housing crisis.

Property Insider: Who ate all the pies? Sacked Filipino worker finds new job

How to keep tradies on your site? Could a pie-dispensing machine help retain them?

Houses for sale flood Auckland market, hit 11-year peak

Sale numbers plummet, new listings skyrocket: not a market in recovery at all.

Residents say rent increase will price them out of their homes

Dental and medical appointments are being put off while tenants wait on a decision.

Diana Clement: Tax and the gig economy

OPINION: Knowing your tax obligations when it comes to side hustles.

Mary Holm: Pay down debt or invest?

OPINION: Mary Holm says there are two things to consider.

ComCom wrote to 12 retirement village owners on false, misleading claims

Companies should seek legal advice about issues it had raised, Commerce Commission said.

Retirement company boss explains how they lifted profit in a housing downturn

Wood, insulation and carpet price rises are limited or capped to de-risk building jobs.

Revaluations boost retirement giant Summerset Group's bottom-line profit

CEO Scott Scoullar: 'We withstood challenges and continued to grow.'

Letters: Housing costs driving crime; Ginny Andersen’s Mark Mitchell quip

OPINION: & cynical corporates: 'Reminds me of plastic tikis being sold in souvenir shops.'