Tenant pulls motorbike engine apart on bedroom carpet
Tenancy Tribunal told he made the damage worse by trying to repair it.
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Landlord feared Covid-19 infection after tenant allegedly spat on him
But tenant Ritesh Prasad says landlord lied and worries where his family will now live.
Kāinga Ora buys over 1300 lots in Te Kauwhata subdivision
Kāinga Ora says there are no plans for social housing in the Te Kauwhata development
Kiwis rushing to holiday hot spots, but how long will it last?
"Everybody has broken out from their homes, they've got cabin fever."
House sales plunge, prices stay high: NZ's volatile property market revealed
Housing market is exceeding expectations but volatility is creeping in, reports Reinz.
Overseas investor fined buying property without OIO consent
Chor Ltd required consent from the Overseas Investment Office - it didn't seek it.
Rental shortage worsens as teens flee parents after lockdown
'Highly unusual' for so many young adults to be trying to leave the parental home.
No vacancy: Aucklanders flock to Waiheke Island post-lockdown
More than 80 Waiheke holiday rentals have booked out within days thanks to new promotion.
New Zealand's most expensive apartments sell in Mission Bay
Two luxury pads with sweeping Hauraki Gulf views have sold for $9.6m and $9.5m.
$35m bill to fix apartment block
A court case is under way against the Auckland Council to recover $35m in repairs.
$17m Lotto winner's niece loses battle over beach house
Her uncle had only told one person - his stepson - of a $17 million Lotto win.
Is it a house or a vehicle? The tiny home in a big legal scrap
They're trying to prove their 'tiny house' - two units pushed together - is a vehicle.
How pandemic hit house-building consents
2168 new homes consented in April, lowest for a month in nine years
Receivers forecast shortfall on $64.8m loans with failed company
Not all loans will be recovered.
Ngāti Whātua changes plans at first free-market housing subdivision
'A third room seems sensible as a flexible space' - Donnelly
Gang crackdown: Police seize $250m in real estate assets
The crackdown aims to strip gangs of luxury property, expensive cars, jewellery and cash.
'No price on paradise': Who's building on city's biggest waterfront site?
$15m new house, initially planned in 2016, now under way
Residents complain of restrictions in lockdown, managers defend
"At another village, staff and management disappeared completely for weeks."
Humble three-bedroom Auckland home sells for $8m - $2.4m above CV
What pandemic? Bidders engage in furious war for Remuera home.
Two American film studios eye south Auckland production sites
"You could possibly end up with more than one film studio at Drury" - Hughes
Why house prices must fall - and why the news isn't all bad
Experts and investors take a deep dive into what to expect from post-Covid house prices.
Funding for property development and subdivisions dries up
Developers will have to hold on until financiers feel more confident again.
Retirement giant Arvida sees profit slide 28%
Unit resales and sales stopped in lockdown, PPE expenses rose
Love triangle: In legal first, three exes battle over $2.1m Auckland home
When a three-way relationship breaks up, who gets the family home?
Rough sleeping all but eliminated in NZ in six weeks of lockdown
The Covid crisis has had a silver lining: Nearly every rough sleeper has been housed.
Why Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei put retirement village rebuild 'on hold'
NZ Strong started there in January - now all work has stopped
Hammer blow with 1500 jobs lost: Four reasons Fletcher so hard hit
Commercial Bay had 1800 workers, now reduced to just 800.
Why buyers splashed $15m+ on five homes last week
Top-end homes were sold in Wanaka, Queenstown and Waiheke Island.
Covid-19 delays Ngāti Whātua's 550-residence project
All new homeowners in the initial stage will get a free electric bike.
Million-dollar shipping container for sale - with 7 acres of beachfront
Coastal land south of Auckland perfect for 'horsey' person or surfing Baby Boomer.
Peter Thiel's Wanaka estate left 'neglected'
Damper Bay, hailed as a preppers' paradise, has been left neglected.
House prices tipped for 7% fall, despite lockdown success
Westpac tips house prices to fall 7 per cent by the end of this year.