Auckland stories
Westland is the country's most affordable area, with house prices at just 3.2 times income and rent and deposits well below national norms.
Nearly half the reports involved firms that may have been open illegally, as WorkSafe reviewed 582 alleged Covid-19 breaches.
Property deals are being slowed by fresh restrictions, but Colliers expects demand to recover quickly once alert levels ease.
Affordability pressures are starting to bite, with Hamilton and Rotorua both posting quarterly falls after a rapid run-up in values.
Businesses must shift to contactless operations, remote work and tighter checks as Delta-driven Alert Level 3 curbs customer access.
Businesses must shift to remote work where possible as Level 3 rules ban most customer access and require contactless trading.
Passengers will get a new rail operator next January after Auckland Transport awarded an eight-year, NZD $130 million-a-year deal to Auckland One Rail.
Online property traffic is staying strong during New Zealand's Level 4 lockdown, as buyers browse listings and sellers turn to virtual appraisals.
Businesses will have seven days after lockdown eases to enforce QR check-ins and manual sign-ins at busy venues, experts say.
Digital delivery and new construction tech are speeding up projects, with the supreme award-winning water scheme completed in a year.
New Zealand has already warmed 1.1°C, with the IPCC warning of more coastal flooding, fires and heavier rainfall ahead.
The franchise's headquarters will move to Manawatu after Tim Kearins bought Derryn Mayne's 25% stake in Century 21 New Zealand.
Trainees in Christchurch will get hands-on skills and employer mentoring as the sector tries to fill New Zealand’s infrastructure shortage.
Borrowers face tighter lending rules as the Reserve Bank moves to curb risky loans amid house values rising 1.8% in July.
Construction students can apply for Site Safe funding until 31 August, with five categories open and mentoring included.
New records in prices and sales show demand is still outpacing supply, despite efforts to cool New Zealand's property market.
Stronger-than-expected demand is tightening yields and lifting values, with industrial and large-format retail assets in New Zealand most resilient.
Values are already falling in Gisborne, New Plymouth and Napier as nationwide house-price growth cools and rate rises loom.
Melbourne has topped Nestpick’s global work-from-home survey, with Sydney third and Auckland 37th amid visa and cost gaps.
The report urges ministers to curb speculation, strengthen tenant rights and expand social housing after finding the crisis breaches basic rights.
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