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![SCF's biggest asset - Auckland's Hyatt sold](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
SCF's biggest asset - Auckland's Hyatt sold
Hyatt Regency Auckland hotel - the single biggest loan book asset of South Canterbury Finance - has been sold for between $50m and $60m.
![Winner of $2m home too busy working to take call](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Winner of $2m home too busy working to take call
A Reporoa woman broke down in tears when she realised she had just won an Australian lottery.
![Captain Cook on mayor's radar for cruise terminal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Captain Cook on mayor's radar for cruise terminal
Auckland Mayor Len Brown wants to make an immediate start to build a cruise ship terminal on Captain Cook Wharf costing up to $200 million.
![U2 shows are music to hoteliers' ears](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
U2 shows are music to hoteliers' ears
Some hotels are charging three times their normal rate for rooms during this week's U2 concerts.
![Big jump in Kiwis leaving NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Big jump in Kiwis leaving NZ
More Kiwis left to live permanently overseas in October than in any month since January 2009.
![NZ winner of gold and $2m home still a mystery](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
NZ winner of gold and $2m home still a mystery
Organisers of an Australian lottery are trying to contact a Reporoa woman who has won a $2.1 million beachfront home on the Gold Coast.
![$2400 a night - Cup hotel puts the boot in](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
$2400 a night - Cup hotel puts the boot in
A Christchurch hotel is charging $2400 a night for rooms during the World Cup quarter-finals - about 14 times the usual rate.
![Florida: A wizard day out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Florida: A wizard day out
Shelley Bridgeman and her daughter discover Harry Potter's world has been recreated in sunny Florida.
![France promoting its 'palaces'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
France promoting its 'palaces'
France is on a campaign to propel its top hotels into the super-luxury bracket.
![Charity charged in pokie rort](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Charity charged in pokie rort
One of the country's largest charities has been accused of turning a blind eye to an alleged pokie machine scam.
![<i>Brian Rudman:</i> Thanks Wellington - now we know just how cool Auckland is rated](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Brian Rudman:</i> Thanks Wellington - now we know just how cool Auckland is rated
Behind Wellington's back, Lonely Planet has been playing footsie with its big sexy northern bro.
![<i>Gill South</i>: Massage to rock your world](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Gill South</i>: Massage to rock your world
Gill South eases aching bones with a hot stone massage.