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Auckland, Queenstown first out of blocks in govt housing scheme
Auckland and Queenstown are the first centres out of the blocks where locals will be able to access a government scheme aimed at helping people into property ownership. Housing Minister Megan Woods today announced the first two providers - Housing Foundation in Auckland and Qu...
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ANZ cuts deal in long-running farm swaps case
ANZ Bank New Zealand cut a deal with a Taranaki farming family willing to pursue it through the courts over the way it sold interest rates swaps. Sharon and Stephen Coomey and their Bushline family trusts sought compensation from ANZ, claiming the bank misrepresented the effec...
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Jenny Ruth: JENNY RUTH: Property funds management too lucrative to ignore
Managing a property portfolio tends to be significantly more lucrative than owning that portfolio. It was that realisation that drove the wave of internalisations of external management contracts of New Zealand listed property vehicles during the past decade. In theory, at...
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Govt to make high-rise housing easier
The government wants to make it easier for planners to sign off on high-rise apartments in large cities as part of a new national policy statement. Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford and Environment Minister David Parker today released the national policy statement on urb...
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Oliver Lewis won the local government reporting category at the 2023 Voyager Media Awards. He is part of our investigations unit and also covers infrastructure, housing and employment issues. Formerly with Stuff/The Press, Oliver has also written for the Guardian and North & South.
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