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That compares to almost 30% of sales last April in the midst of booming house sales.The total number of properties on the market also increased 70.8% from 15,838 to 27,050 for the month, according to

The government has announced a ‘green list’ of occupations eligible for fast-tracked residency visas.Two other big announcements made on Wednesday, as part of its immigration ‘rebala

Goodman Property merits an 'underperform'.Median 5% declineOverall, Forbar notes that growth across the board for property is weak and that it is "dragging the season's growth figures

To put this in perspective, NZ’s current installed total generation capacity in 2021 is approximately 9.6GW.Some scepticismForsyth Barr on Wednesday indicated further scepticism about all the pl

Stand alone house approvals rose a more sedate 12% to 25,383, Stats NZ data showed.Construction and property statistics manager Michael Heslop said it was the first time terrace and apartment consents

The latest cut this week estimates that this will now be $14.1mThe sector’s regulator, the Electricity Authority, recently said it was pressing ahead with the reforms after years of argument, co

Farmers are still finding it tough to find labour and on-farm salaries have seen a sizeable lift, adding to inflationary pressure in the rural sector.The latest Rabobank-Federated Farmers Farming Sala

Within the broader equity market, 38 stocks rose, 99 fell and turnover was $175 million. Pushpay shares climbed as much as 27% after saying third parties were looking to buy the company and that

The company is raising $60m at 15c per share.Air New Zealand rights also took off today – up 15% to 73.8 cents – as ordinary shares climbed 4.7% to 89.5 centsThe two instruments are t

Jarden's head of research, Arie Dekker, has come up with a scheme that would solve the problems of two of the listed property companies, Kiwi Property Group and Stride Property.Stride, which is in

The world’s climate scientists told us earlier this month that limiting warming to around 1.5°C will require greenhouse gas emissions to peak by 2025 and be reduced by 43% by 2030.Even conta

On a 40-hour week, the median wage equates to $57,740.80 a year before tax, while the minimum wage is $44,096.A spokesperson for immigration minister Kris Faafoi said the pay requirement aligned the v