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Watch: Tunnel boring machine for $4.4b rail project assembled, arriving soon
Machine to work 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
$1.27b Metlifecare takeover opponent reveals all: Who's behind High Court challenge and why
Metlifecare had sought to "trivialise ResIL's opposition in the media - Priscott
Exclusive poll: How Kiwis are really feeling about house prices
Should house prices rise or fall? Kiwis have their say and it may surprise you.
NZ, Auckland house prices hit record: What's driving booming sales
The number of residential sales across NZ for September was up 37.1 per cent.
Neighbours take on Ryman over $150m plan
Residents worry about buildings' height, barrister says developers 'not the bad guys'.
Election 2020: 6 days to go - Jacinda Ardern lays out vision for 2030
Jacinda Ardern is in Wellington for a Labour Party rally today.
Pay dirt: The lucky landowners selling underground land for Auckland's CRL
CRL builders forced to buy underground land due to English common law.
Covid-defying values: Auckland homes make more in one year than average workers earn in seven
Home owners in Wellington and Gisborne and Auckland's Herne Bay have reason to celebrate.
Investor in Metlifecare tries to block $1.27b deal
Company 'considering notice of opposition'
Sky high: Young Kiwis shun quarter-acre do-ups for apartments and townhouses
Record numbers of townhouses and apartments approved as our cities grow up rather than out
Landlord fined for threatening to shoot tenant's dog
Landlord also likely pretended to sell house to evict tenant, Tenancy Tribunal concluded.
NZ's 'national shame': Labour's plan to end rheumatic fever
Labour promises extra $55m to make disease "vanish", by bolstering Healthy Homes policy.
Auckland housing market brushes off Covid as spring fever kicks in
The median residential sale price for September was $930,000, up on August's $911,000.
Focus Live: Labour announce housing policy
Labour announce a housing policy that promises to continue building houses, make processes easier for first-home buyers and also repeal and replace the Resource Management Act. Video / Will Trafford
Labour vows to dump RMA and make it easier for first-home buyers to get on ladder
Both major parties have promised to repeal and replace the RMA during the next term.
'Third-world': Chch residents call for urgent fix to Brooklands street
Some residents say their land is "worth nothing" because of problems with the road.
House prices and home ownership - has Labour delivered on its promises?
Labour promised to transform NZ's stretched housing market. That's proved a tough ask.
Infratil finishes first $70m block in $500m plans
Further developments being considered in the longer term - Andrew Lamb.
Up in smoke: Cannabis-growing renters set million dollar rental on fire
But despite causing $400,000 damage, tenants asked to only pay $800 towards repair costs.
NZ Super Fund to quit Metlifecare at $6 a share
Fund backs majority of directors, in favour of share price offer.
Election 2020: What's the plan to tackle the housing crisis? Policies compared
How the main political parties plan to deal with house prices and a shortage of homes.
Letters: Cancer treatment, tax cuts and German sailors
Letters on cancer treatment and Pharmac; tax cuts, Matariki and more.
Barfoot & Thompson, others call on National to back Healthy Homes standards
National wants to scrap new rental standards. Leading agent urges party to reconsider.
Editorial: Hero or villain? NZ's housing boom is back
Hot property in a pandemic? The housing market is heating up again despite Covid.
Toby Pascoe: Reserve Bank is living in dreamland
Comment: Doomsday predictions of a property price slump have been wrong again.
'Worst flea infestation ever': Tenant told to pay up for trashed rental
Cigarettes were stubbed out on the bathroom's basin and hair was found in the plughole.
Landlord fined by Tenancy Tribunal for 'shocking, vulgar' language towards tenant
A tenant has the right to quiet enjoyment, but the landlord breached that through WeChat.
Shareholders Association questions Metlifecare board, NZ Super Fund over deal
NZSA to vote against takeover deal
Surprise: Why NZ, Auckland house prices hit new record
Every region recorded an annual increase in median prices.
Hamilton real estate agencies fined $4m for price fixing
'Cartels can harm consumers and business, by raising prices, restricting supply.'
Mark Francis sheds more light on 'speculative' Warkworth deal
Francis described the risks he took as high but denies conflict with Augusta.
'Deeply disappointing': Landlords advised to hold off on heating until election result
Labour calls landlord advice 'deeply disappointing' and letting down their fellow Kiwis.
Wellington City Council considers selling 20 social housing properties
Council's cash-strapped City Housing arm wants to sell up to pay for other redevelopments.