1+ week, 4+ day ago   (482+ words) For more than 12 years, the ladies at the Rotorua Curtainbank have mended, stitched and prepared curtains for locals in need. They take referrals from local organisations about helping people living in cold, damp homes, some with only sheets over the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (432+ words) A Taiwanese man who sued his wife and lover over an affair has been jailed after a court found he unlawfully recorded footage using a robot vacuum cleaner. According to the South China Morning Post, which cited a court ruling…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1563+ words) Real estate agent Janet Dickson has lost her bid to get an exemption from doing a Māori tikanga course, which was part of compulsory professional development. A real estate agent who refused to complete a Māori tikanga course, arguing it…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (568+ words) Bird strike, noise from defence aircraft and flight testing at all hours of the day or night were points cited in an Environment Court ruling on a planned Auckland retirement village. Metlifecare, a nationwide, 38-village business, plans to build homes…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (890+ words) Whanganui property agents say the scales are falling in favour of first-home buyers as activity from investors and bigger-city buyers drops. It comes as the rise in average weekly rent in Whanganui continues to outpace the rise in renters’ average…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (584+ words) The developer behind the controversial 1000-home Pegasus project has vowed to continue its efforts to build housing after unveiling its vision for the site. Wolfbrook bought Canterbury’s Pegasus Golf Course in a mortgagee sale in May and applied for fast-track…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (293+ words) Gisborne will get 118 new houses – half social housing, the other half affordable rentals – as part of a $101 million project announced by the Government today. Minister for Housing Chris Bishop said 823 new builds were planned nationally under the Government’s Housing Flexible…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (384+ words) The controversial plan to redevelop the former Pegasus Golf Course into 1000 homes has hit a snag – being declined for fast-track referral. Property owners Wolfbrook Residential applied for fast-track consideration last month after purchasing the 77.66ha North Canterbury property north of Christchurch…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (518+ words) More social housing tenants in Tauranga have moved out after “weathertightness problems” were found in a number of homes. Social and disability housing provider Accessible Properties owns two housing complexes off Robins Rd in Judea, Tauranga - nine homes in Glambourne…...