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Horror Christchurch rental: Landlord agrees to pay $13k to vulnerable tenants

The rental had a leaking roof and gutters which overflowed into the dining room.

Woolworths property sales, Karangahape Rd plans; $1.1b Canadian moves: Property Insider

Woolworths stores in Te Atatū, Westgate and Mt Roskill have all sold recently.

Was it 'unliveable'? Landlord speaks out over UK family's Auckland rental complaint

Owner believes the outcome might have been different if he’d defended the hearing himself.

'Slow but complete breakdown': $9.8m real estate agency fight; Cooper company wins big award

Case revolved around protracted dispute between parties over branch established at Albany.

Property manager in liquidation: Landlords fear losing more than $70,000

Haven Living had promised to repay landlords but now it's in liquidation.

Why 56-level $300m+ Seascape tower is abandoned for seven months

Court decision in November prohibited the builder from acting till the paperwork was done.

Auckland Facebook group stirs controversy with pay-to-post plan

Admins banned at least 88 members for reacting to the fee proposal.

Auckland architecture awards shortlist out: 56 projects named

Toilets, houses, additions and alterations, interiors, apartments, new schools on list.

BoP is NZ’s most expensive place to rent

It's up $20 a week on Auckland and $15 on Wellington.

Summerset may ban non-residents receiving care in its hospitals

Summerset has 28 villages with hospital and resthome-level care.

Bayswater Marina wants 156-boat drystack plans non-notified

Auckland Council is yet to decide if plans for the new building should be notified.

Consumer NZ, retirement residents vs Metlifecare over repairs, maintenance

Consumer NZ, Retirement Village Residents Association complain about repairs, maintenance.

Tenant trashed property, leaving ‘mountain of rubbish’ and $30k in repairs

The landlord says it took four people four days to clear the rubbish from the property.

More landlords shocked, claiming property managers have kept their rent

Haven Living sent payment receipts for months, but says it has now repaid money owed.

Elderly tenant told to ‘p*** off’ by landlords when he complained about noise

He said he was kept awake by instruments, a boxing bag, a weed eater, a mower and trucks.

Student flat shockers: Property managers want rental industry ‘cowboys’ gone

A Tenancy Services taskforce is due to inspect some of Dunedin's grotty flats this year.

‘Black hole’: Crown quitting 109 new homes underwritten by KiwiBuild

First home buyers did not snap up these 109 homes: now we the taxpayers have bought them.

‘Perfect for family’: Rundown ex-gang rehab up for $1700 rent

Pistol and drugs once found at home. But house is fit for new tenants, its manager says.