Property

Decline in national home values slowing

The downturn in the property market is expected to continue, despite some signs that prices are stabilising. CoreLogic NZ's fourth quarter Property Market... Read More

Homeowners get creative with monthly repayments

A young family who bought a home two years ago say it's "extremely tough" to be facing a doubling in interest payments on their mortgage. Mortgage interest... Read More

Rising cost to build a home begins to slow

There's a "long way" to go before construction prices are back to pre-Covid-19 levels, but the year on year average price increase appears to be getting smaller. In... Read More

Gardeners asked to keep a look out for stink bugs

Kiwi gardeners and online shoppers are the target of a public awareness campaign to encourage people to report possible sightings of brown marmorated stink bug... Read More

Over 100 insurance claims following Waikato quake

More than 100 claims have been lodged for earthquake damage following the magnitude 5.1 quake in northern Waikato earlier this month. More than 20,000 people... Read More

Coromandel: Millions of dollars of damage

The Thames-Coromandel District Council says Cyclone Hale has done millions of dollars worth of damage. Initial assessments show the east coast, particularly between... Read More

Whitianga boating club under threat from storm

A Whitianga boating club is nearly on the edge of falling off its bank into the sea following a high tide on Tuesday morning. The Mercury Bay Boating Club has... Read More

Power back on in Omokoroa

4pm update: Power has now been restored to nearly 1000 properties in Omokoroa following a powercut on Sunday morning. The power cut occurred at 11.01am. Earlier... Read More

Land damage: protecting your property

The record number of insurance claims for land damage during 2022 are a reminder to homeowners to check their insurance cover and understand how to reduce the... Read More

Power restored to thousands of properties

Update, 4pm: Power has been restored to thousands of properties near Te Puke and Maketu following a vehicle striking a power pole on Sunday morning. The outage... Read More

Pāpāmoa East surf lifesaving tower vandalised

Pāpāmoa lifeguards were dismayed to discover on Monday morning that their Pāpāmoa East tower has been broken into and vandalised. On arriving for lifesaving... Read More

Cracks appear in maize paddock after 5.1M quake

Cracks in the ground through a Te Aroha maize crop have been posted to Facebook by Waikato Regional Council following the 5.1 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday... Read More