First home buyers can breathe a sigh of relief, says Trademe's property team The news came last week that the Commercial and Consumer Affairs Minister, David... Read More

New planning rules with the aim of enabling housing supply options are coming for Tauranga soon. Tauranga is growing, and like all major cities, the city is in... Read More

Building a home to house 14 people aged 65-plus who might not otherwise have the means to secure quality accommodation in their older years is what motivates a... Read More

Housing Minister Megan Woods says anti-social behaviour issues on Rotorua's Tania Cr 'cannot and will not be an excuse” not to expand public housing on the... Read More

A power outage in Tauranga South is affecting 887 properties as well as traffic lights along Cameron Road. PowerCo is reporting the outage which occurred at... Read More

There are power outages at Te Puna and Mount Maunganui. PowerCo is reporting that power was cut to 311 Te Puna properties at 10.38am. A site investigation is... Read More

Rotorua community organisations are set to benefit from a record-breaking fund of $140,000, from the Toi Ohomai Charity House project. The house, which was built... Read More

A sudden deluge of heavy rain on Saturday night caused flooding across some roads between Omanu at Arataki. A fire truck and crew were called to the area following... Read More

In a move to address the housing supply issues in Rotorua, Rotorua Lakes Council is to join the Tier 1 major urban centres covered by the medium density residential... Read More

Police are investigating the cause of an explosion that has damaged a car and nearby properties in Matua on Saturday night. A SunLive reader living in Matua reports... Read More

Hundreds of people are reporting feeling an earthquake in the Bay of Plenty on Wednesday afternoon. GeoNet says the earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 struck... Read More

All signs are pointing to a gradual correction to the residential property market as the rate of growth continues to slide - according to the QV House Price Index. The... Read More