They came out of Africa and into Matamata, and brought some exotic friends with them - including Bassoon the American bison and Mr and Mrs Ostrich.

John Key claims the Auckland housing market is not overvalued and that high prices are the result of market forces. What do you think? Have your say here.

If you are buying a home using KiwiSaver funds what are the regulations around living in the home for the first six months?

It has a CV of $5.2 million and sits on 2591sq m of prime land at the end of a small cul-de-sac off Mountain Rd on the eastern slopes of Mt Eden.

Developers who have been sitting on Auckland land earmarked for fast-tracked housing are being warned to start building or lose their special privileges.

The Cornwall Park Trust Board has proposed sweeping changes to the leases on 110 Auckland properties it owns, including axing five-yearly mandatory house repainting demands.

Thousands of property owners are now sitting on million-dollar goldmines thanks to rampant capital gain.

A three-bedroom North Shore "do-up" has earned its owner nearly $1000 a day - just shy of the salary of a High Court judge - in Auckland's red-hot property market.

A lick of paint, some new carpet and Auckland's fizzing property market have increased an apartment's value by $55K in just two weeks.

Regulatory moves to curb bank lending to residential property investors are a live possibility, says Reserve Bank deputy governor Grant Spencer.

Andrew Little says a speech from the Reserve Bank deputy governor was effectively saying there was a housing crisis – something John Key had refused to accept.

For the first time in a single month, 10 per cent of all properties sold around the country went for more than $1 million.

A fight has erupted over one of New Zealand's biggest leaky building payouts, as 253 owners of a North Shore apartment/hotel tower battle one another.

One of the country's largest off-site housing prefabricators, eHome NZ, owes secured creditors $13.9 million.

The rural property market has remained remarkably resilient in the face of lower farm-gate prices and dry summer conditions, with prices - by some measures - returning to pre-global financial crisis....

Prototype display suites have been built of the first Wynyard Quarter residential precinct, planned for near Auckland's waterfront.

Auckland house prices surged 13 per cent in the last month alone and are up $83,000 annually, according to REINZ's latest figures.

As Auckland City corporates move on up to flash new high-rise towers nearer the waterfront, their dated, cast-off offices are being snapped up.

A beachfront holiday home has set a new record, as coastal property prices continue to soar.

Buying a house on the city's outskirts can save Aucklanders up to $50,000 each year in mortgage repayments, despite the added commuting costs.

A big state-owned site in Auckland once earmarked for social and affordable housing is being carved up for sale.

Auckland's housing market is a giant Ponzi scheme, one economist says, as residents pay each other to get in, driving prices up.

Sydneysiders take comfort...Aucklanders are suffering more when it comes to buying a house.

Sales prices increased almost 4 per cent since February, taking the average price of a residence in Auckland to an all-time high of $776,729.

Unsurprisingly, the Government's state housing sale to the Salvation Army fell over. And so it should as it was a bad idea, writes Bob Jones.

"March is always the most active month for property sales, but there has never been a month's trading to compare with the past month," Barfoot and Thompson said.