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Nadine Higgins: Navigating parental leave - financial tips for new parents
The financial fishhooks in parental leave policy.

Property Insider: $7 billion Asia-Pacific fund hunts in NZ
Data centres, warehouses, offices, properties under mortgagee sale: asset classes named.

Fast-tracking granted for 4000-home Sunfield plans at Ardmore
'Construction prices are still to adjust to the current property cycle and remain high.'

Who’s still got money? CBRE lists top sales of $1.7b deals lately
In the last six months of 2024, $1.7b of property sold in 97 deals. CBRE lists the top 10.

Green-belt soils among NZ’s best but becoming ‘near impossible to farm’ – landowner
The Strawberry Patch business is closing – should a retirement village take its place?

Wealthy townhouse developer linked to ‘premier’ Wellington site
The former Teacher's Training College in Karori has sat empty for nearly a decade.

How do you know when to give up on buying a home?
By 2048, 40% of retirees are expected to be renters, about 600,000 people.

Arvida spending $50m on Albany retirement village
Repairs to the main block and apartments at Arvida Mayfair, Oteha Valley Rd on the North Shore. Video / Alex Burton

‘Yoga impacted by construction noise’: Arvida’s $50m+ fix-up irks some
Arvida is spending $50m+ on the main hub and apartments at its Mayfair retirement village.

‘Too much change at once’: Ryman CEO Naomi James on $1b raise to cut debt
Weekly fees non-fixed, keeping 30% instead of 20%: Key Ryman changes from October 1, 2024.

Ayrburn owner Winton Land suffers profit drop
Luxury developer says downturn has been more severe and prolonged than expected.

Neighbour opposing apartment block wins concession from Metlifecare
'I will need to either purchase privacy blinds or live in my bedroom,' the neighbour said.

Property Insider: Fixing Ryman’s sinking Edmund Hillary hub; Britomart revitalisation turning 20
Site was rubbish dump, says boss of Mainmark, drilling through floor slabs up to 4m down.

‘Awful situation’: Edmund Hillary village residents complain about sinking hub
Residents didn't expect retirement living to involve what feels like a construction site.

‘I do it for the joy of it’: Meet the 89-year-old woman powerlifting into her 90s
“People even tell me that I shouldn’t be doing it at my age - which is nonsense.”

‘Relevelling work’ at Remuera’s giant Edmund Hillary village centre, floors became uneven
'We didn’t sign up for living in the middle of a construction zone with constant noise.'

Property Insider: Billionaires want Herne Bay trees axed, two bookings at SkyCity’s convention centre
Is the money being cited really what it will cost to fix apartments near Eden Park?

Dug down, walls now rising for $400m Mount Maunganui retirement village
A giant sandpile sits at the centre of the site where perimeter walls have been built.

‘Drinking, arguing, yelling’: Hamilton tenant evicted from retiree village
Epiha Nathan also parked in the driveway, blocking ambulances, tribunal says.

One crucial word was missed from NZX announcement: Summerset CEO
A word can change a meaning and that was the case with the NZX statement on Tuesday.

75% of completed units in new $450m village unsold: Summerset
Just 25% of units finished at new St Johns village are under contract: 75% unsold so far.