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Commercial yield gap widens over bonds
The return on commercial property relative to New Zealand government bonds has never been higher on the back of record-low interest rates, the result of a decade of loose monetary policy and recent emergency rate reductions. Auckland’s office yield and its spread is the highes...
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ELECTION 2020: Should the foreign buyer ban be eased?
Whether you believe Labour’s foreign buyer ban worked or not, the new covid world raises another question, should it now be eased? The foreign buyer ban has been in force since October 2018, and in the 19 months since then national median house prices rose 7 percent, Real Esta...
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Auckland port dredge estimates don't tally with disposal consent - iwi
Local iwi claim Ports of Auckland’s proposed dredging of the Waitemata navigation channel will create more dredge waste material than allowed under its existing disposal consent, and that it has no concrete plans to deal with it.Nor did the port's application reflect "cultura...
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Jenny Ruth: JENNY RUTH: Companies should avoid the impression they have something to hide
Time was it was routine for NZX-listed companies to brief analysts and institutional investors in secret, particularly when they released their financial results. Journalists, in particular, were barred from dialling into such briefings, which are usually conducted via confere...
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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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