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Vital Healthcare's assets defensive in a pandemic
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Vital Healthcare's assets defensive in a pandemic

Vital Healthcare isn't entirely immune from covid-19 but, as its manager pointed out in releasing the trust's annual results, its properties are very defensive assets.

Jenny Ruth 11 Aug 2020
The Rise of Paerata and the fall of farming in Franklin
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The Rise of Paerata and the fall of farming in Franklin

Franklin farmers Steve and Andrea Mills are facing up to the loss of their dairy farm's prize asset.

Brent Melville 11 Aug 2020
Value of Vital Healthcare's properties up 13.6% despite covid-19
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Value of Vital Healthcare's properties up 13.6% despite covid-19

The value of Vital Healthcare Property Trust's properties rose 13.6 percent in the latest year, despite the coronavirus pandemic. However, the $45.7 million gain in value was less than half last year's $103.6 million gain so Vital's bottom line net profit for the year ended Ju...

Jenny Ruth 10 Aug 2020
Govt doubles down on KiwiBuild as part of covid housing recovery stimulus
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Govt doubles down on KiwiBuild as part of covid housing recovery stimulus

A new $350 million residential development response fund will draw on the recently reset KiwiBuild housing scheme and covid-19 response and recovery money to support home-building and take the edges off the pandemic, Housing Minister Megan Woods says.Announcing the initiative tod...

Brent Melville 07 Aug 2020