07:00pm Thu 11 Jan, 2024
New figures released today show a surprising slowdown in New Zealand's property market with the number of newly listed properties in December hitting a record... Read More
10:45am Thu 11 Jan, 2024
Far North, Thames-Coromandel, Kaipara, Clutha, Western Bay of Plenty and central Auckland house sellers were most willing to meet the market to sell their homes... Read More
09:00am Fri 05 Jan, 2024
A pensioner's battle for new windows, raw sewage overflowing in backyards, a rates bill blunder and devastating floods across the motu. Editor Marika Hill... Read More
06:50am Fri 05 Jan, 2024
When the Procter brothers and their wives verbalised an intent to build a bach together, the naysayers were ready with warnings aplenty. But years of harmonious... Read More
10:00am Thu 04 Jan, 2024
A Fire Emergency NZ fire investigator is at the scene of a Welcome Bay property this morning following a house fire and arrest of a male on Wednesday night.... Read More
08:00am Thu 04 Jan, 2024
Vinu Choodal is slowly settling in the South Island, building a new life after a rough first four months in New Zealand. "Life is okay - finally," he says. Vinu,... Read More
07:00am Sun 31 Dec, 2023
Hotspots continue continue to burn at the Matakana Island fire, but Fire and Emergency says its response has moved to a monitoring phase. The fire, which... Read More
07:00am Sat 30 Dec, 2023
The cost of housing the homeless in short-term accommodation appears to be trending down but is still costing the country more than $300 million a year. In... Read More
07:00pm Wed 27 Dec, 2023
Renters have the right to know if they are moving into a home that is at risk of flooding or earthquakes, an advocacy group says. A law change that comes... Read More
08:00pm Mon 25 Dec, 2023
Fire and Emergency's specialist drone crew will be working on Matakana Island overnight. They will be using thermal imaging to identify hotspots around the... Read More
02:00pm Mon 25 Dec, 2023
Firefighting is continuing on Matakana Island, where a vegetation fire has been burning in scrub and forestry slash since Saturday night. The fire was contained... Read More
07:55pm Sun 24 Dec, 2023
Firefighters will be on the ground overnight to monitor the fire on Matakana Island, says Fire and Emergency New Zealand District Commander Jeff Maunder. "They'll... Read More