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Auckland Council says it's planning housing for an extra million people

Council defends Auckland growth stats

Some say the Unitary Plan is overblown and much of the planned intensive housing is unnecessary.

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Housing Minister Nick Smith (file).

Government mulls land banking as issue

New Zealand's government wants to trim "super profits" from land banking which it says is the biggest impediment to housing affordability in Auckland.

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Housing in Auckland: Severely unaffordable? video

Reporter Lachlan Forsyth talks to the experts who have been crunching the numbers about Auckland housing.

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Apartment owner Andrew Nieuwelaar

Apartment body corps go underfunded video

A homeowners lobby group warns apartment owners already face a growing problem that could one day match the leaky homes crisis.

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First-home buyers' dilemma: To rent or buy? video

What is driving house prices and are they going to keep heading skyward?

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National property values rose 7.1 percent in the year to May (file)

Property market remains hot in May

National property values rose 7.1 percent in the year to May, with desperate buyers in Auckland pushing prices up.

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Shelly Bay in Wellington

Property developer eyes Shelly Bay video

A property developer has made an offer to buy 30 hectares of iwi-owned land at Wellington's historic Shelly Bay.

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Housing NZ chair quits over Fletcher ties

The chairman of Housing New Zealand's board is stepping down to avoid a potential conflict of interest.

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 "I think the picture speaks for itself... Possibly funny, but disgustingly sexist," the complaint said (File)

'Sexist' real estate ad breached standards

An advertisement for the sale of two homes showing covered female breasts and captioned "A Great Pair" is exploitative and a gratuitous objectification of the woman, the complaints board has ruled.

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