Officials advised Govt against applying key measures of its housing plan
Ministers were told the bright-line test should be increased to 20 years, not 10.
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NZ's biggest warehouse opens: Foodstuffs North Island's distribution centre
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Editorial: Carrot and stick options for the housing market
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Potholed Auckland tennis court sells for $2.2 million
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Godwits live near new high-density 543-unit Auckland scheme
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Modest Hamilton bungalow sells 120 per cent above its RV.
Evicted tenant says she'd rather be arrested than leave her home
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Eight-level, $80m apartment plan for Auckland suburb
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Blacklisted tenants: Privacy Commissioner launches probe
Watchdog taking close look at how much information being taken from tenants.
Can Auckland offices be easily converted into apartments?
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University sells $5m Parnell vice-chancellor's home weeks after damning report
After a year of backlash, the university has finally offloaded its troubled mansion.
Auckland home flipped for $755,000 profit in seven months
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NZ's biggest new philanthropic social house scheme completed
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IMF warns of 'pronounced correction' in NZ's housing market
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House prices reach new highs as market hits busiest period in 14 years
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Marina works start while Supreme Court case pends
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Ditching the beach house: The urgent, costly issue of 'managed retreats'
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NZ's new Covid job market: Hundreds rush into real estate to catch boom
Job losses and a booming property market are driving hundreds into real estate.
'Out of control': Govt spending $1m a day on emergency housing
'This is happening on the Government's watch and it must take responsibility,' MP says.
Architects, property bosses react to $452m Aotea Central plans
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$452 million, 21-level project to rise in Auckland CBD
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Nido building, land hits mortgagee sale, massive stock sale
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Kiwi women fall behind in sole home-owning stakes - report
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