10:10am Tue 10 Sep, 2024
Rental houses need to drop in price by $100 per week in Tauranga to become affordable, says a Bay of Plenty property management company. Director of beHome... Read More
06:30am Tue 10 Sep, 2024
House prices do not yet reflect the marked increase in consumer confidence following recent interest rate cuts. On the contrary, the latest QV House Price... Read More
07:15am Sat 07 Sep, 2024
Fire staff hope the smell and damage of a burnt-out house will help prevent future blazes. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) is showing members of the... Read More
09:15am Fri 06 Sep, 2024
CoreLogic's Home Value Index (HVI) showed that the property market remained weak in August, with values down by another 0.5 per cent. That was the sixth... Read More
05:00pm Tue 03 Sep, 2024
A self-employed Te Puke builder twice convicted for allowing an implement shed to be lived in without resource consent has been censured by the Building Practitioners... Read More
03:00pm Sun 01 Sep, 2024
After a successful trip to Vanuatu, during which a school classroom was built in just four days, Volunteer Build is gearing up to do it again - this time, it's... Read More
07:00pm Thu 29 Aug, 2024
New rules came into force on Monday making emergency housing harder to get into - and harder to stay in. Ministers signalled in March changes were on the... Read More
05:00pm Tue 27 Aug, 2024
The BNZ is making further cuts to its home loan rates. The bank has cut its fixed rates by between four and 20 basis points, with longer term rates seeing... Read More
04:00pm Mon 26 Aug, 2024
A rural council and local iwi have unveiled a concept design for a flagship community hub in the central North Island town of Raetihi - but say the money to... Read More
07:00am Mon 26 Aug, 2024
Cabinet has agreed to recommend a suite of sensible changes to the Fast-track Approvals Bill, say RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop and Regional Development Minister... Read More
11:00am Sun 25 Aug, 2024
An unexpected power outage in Welcome Bay is leaving hundreds of properties without power. Powerco reports that a field crew is attending damaged equipment... Read More
08:15am Sun 25 Aug, 2024
Fire emergency services are attending the scene of a large building fire in Eastern Bay of Plenty. A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesperson says they received... Read More