Property

Aongatete farmers fined for effluent discharge

Two Aongatete farmers have been convicted and fined a total of $28,000 for discharging dairy shed effluent to land where it entered a tributary of the Aongatete... Read More

Fault on national grid causing power outage

Hundreds of properties across Papamoa and Te Puke are without power. PowerCo is reporting that a fault on the national grid is responsible for a power outage... Read More

Marae helps stranded tourists after hostel fire

A late-night fire at a Hamilton hostel left 47 tourists stranded on a street overnight on Monday, with Police trying to find beds for them for the night. Police... Read More

Waihī Beach community rallies in wake of tornado

Dani Simpson and her daughter were upstairs quietly chatting on Saturday morning, unaware they were seconds away from a tornado ripping the roof off their house. It... Read More

Soggy start to 2023 NZ residential property market

Extreme weather events across the top of the North Island have done less than nothing to halt a slow decline that has seen home values reduce nationally by an... Read More

Power back for more of Hawke’s Bay despite weather

Unison has restored power to more households in urban and rural communities in Hawke's Bay over the weekend, despite progress being impacted by continuing wet... Read More

Interim cyclone business support to be locally led

The Government is providing $25 million in grants to help businesses in cyclone-affected regions clean up and get back on their feet. This is part of the initial... Read More

Thank you for the help

A groundswell of donations from around the country has raised $134,604.25 for the Disaster Relief Trust in Tairāwhiti, the region that includes Gisborne. This... Read More

Trade Me: Rents start the year at a record high

Rent in New Zealand is at an all-time high, with the national median weekly rent reaching $595 in January, according to the latest Trade Me Property data. Following... Read More

Power restoration: Some complete rebuilds needed

Powerco field crews are continuing to make repairs and rebuilding sections of the electricity network damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle. Areas of the Coromandel and... Read More

Hawke‘s Bay emergency request: money not goods

Emergency management teams from the Bay of Plenty have been deployed into Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti to assist the emergency management teams there with the aftermath... Read More

Areas of Hawke‘s Bay left a disaster zone

The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle is rising and many areas in Hawke's Bay have been left as disaster zones with rescues, rather than recovery, still the... Read More