Game of no rise: Are dreams of living on the coast soon to be washed away?
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The best (and weirdest) tech found at CES 2026
The ride-booking giant’s road to robotaxis has been a complicated one: an early Uber self-driving test vehicle killed…
From Hawke’s Bay to Dubai: Inside the real life of a tourism graduate working on luxury superyachts
“You clean the showers, then you polish them, then you go into every single little nook and cranny…
How Hills Real Estate traders made $5.4m by flipping 71 Auckland properties
This was one of the NZ Herald’s top stories of 2025. A Herald analysis goes inside $60 million…
Bike Rotorua launches secure bike valet parking to cut car trips
She worked in the sustainable transport sector and previously lived in Auckland. She believed Rotorua had been missing…
Real Life: Peter Janssen on why he loves small-town NZ and a Sunday afternoon drive
The revised versions of Worth A Detour add to his collection of 20+ books, which combined have sold…
Real New Zealand house values down 31.3% since 2021 peak, economists cite ‘renewed weakness’
ANZ economists said: “Sales volumes are back below their long-run historic[al] average for this time of year”, referring…
NZ needs more entrepreneurs – will its new tertiary strategy reward real risk-takers? – Opinion
It also acknowledges that more people will build careers through self-employment, freelancing or portfolio work. In parallel, a…
Hills Real Estate: Major NZ property trading team faces forced mortgagee sales
Hills Real Estate, led by director Rickhil Prakash, has previously been named as one of New Zealand’s largest…
Society Insider: Luxury lodge designer Virginia Fisher plans downsize from $25m waterfront mansion; real estate star Megan Jaffe sells up
She and husband Stephen, chairman of the Spirit of Adventure Trust, have owned the Sarsfield St property for…
Real Life: Nadia Reid on refusal to sacrifice music career for motherhood
“That’s not untrue. But I witnessed first-hand what my mum sacrificed to mother me, and I also witnessed…
The real numbers on rentals: low growth, weak cashflow, modest returns
What rising costs and weak growth mean for rental investors. If you want real returns that compound over…