The earrings are being auctioned on Trade Me to raise funds for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation.

Stratford mayor Neil Volzke refused to give house sale prices to Trade Me saying prices "should not be anyone else's business".

Three years of investment has paid off for Trade Me.

An Auckland man has gone to unprecedented lengths to try and break into the city's notorious housing market - by selling a high five.

She's described as a positive young girl with stage four cancer. An auction of sports star's gear is hoped to raise money to help with her treatment.

Medicinal cannabis campaigner and former union leader Helen Kelly is proving popular with bidders for celebrity lunch dates, which are being auctioned in support of grief charity Skylight.

TradeMe received more than 1500 requests for customer information from police in the past year - as well as a number of approaches from the SIS.

A man who used Trademe to cheat people out of hundreds of dollars was sentenced in the Whanganui District Court on Tuesday. William

Kiwi auction site's 'most prolific offender' found guilty of blackmail and threatening to stab 25-year-old tourist.

Paula Bosher, of the Alaskan Malamute Club, said they often get inquiries from people wanting a dog because they'd seen them on a TV show or movie.

Satisfaction is guaranteed for the highest bidder in the auction of an eggplant that has an eerie resemblance to male genitalia.

A man trying to sell silver Nazi memorabilia on Trade Me has had his auction removed from the website.

When an item sells, the seller can then book a courier through Trade Me, package it up, and choose the pickup location.

The company says profits were up 0.3 per cent to $38.5m for the past six months.

New Zealand's property market settled in December, ending a booming year of property sales on a quiet note.

Fee increase for big ticket items will be introduced on February 1.

TradeMe has removed an auction for a prized bulldog because the owner said he would only consider selling to a white person.

It seems everything the All Blacks touch turns to gold - and now Trade Me sellers are banking on that.

Record numbers of $1m-plus house sale prices linked to growing applications for work in regions.

Lewis Road Creamery's new flavours of milk are being listed on Trade Me less than a week after going on sale.

Net profit was little changed at $80.2 million, or 20.2 cents per share, in the year ended June 30.

TradeMe Group has launched an insurance with Tower, as part of the online auction site's plan to diversify into financial services.

Information from Trade Me is being given to police and spies at a growing rate.

A trusty one-owner ute will go under the hammer tomorrow - after clocking the equivalent of two return trips to the moon, or a staggering 1.2 million kilometres.

A plan to reveal the number of times agencies such as the police request and receive personal data from a range of companies has been applauded by Trade Me.

Salvation Army warn that people at the bottom of the market face not only a shortage of property but rents moving out of their reach.

What might be New Zealand's most sought after number plates - BUGGER - has been sold for $34,100 on Trade Me this morning.

NZME's website Driven has matched the Autotrader audience after just a month in market.