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[ad_1] Deal Dec 1, 2020, 9:00 p.m.2 minutes to read Data from the largest agency in the city. Photo / supplied The latest figures from New Zealand’s biggest real estate business showed that nearly half of all Auckland homes sold in November changed ownership for amounts in excess of $ …

[ad_1] Thousands of homes in Dunedin could face soaring insurance premiums, or even total elimination of coverage, within 15 years. That’s the stark warning in a major new report assessing how insurers could be forced to cope with New Zealand’s growing exposure to rising sea levels, prompting calls for stronger …

[ad_1] The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the UK retail scene. Photo / Associated press The future of around 25,000 retail jobs in Britain is at stake after the bankruptcy of two long-established companies exposed the fragility of much of the sector during the coronavirus pandemic. Debenhams, …

[ad_1] The future of around 25,000 retail jobs in Britain is at stake after the bankruptcy of two long-established companies exposed the fragility of much of the sector during the coronavirus pandemic. Debenhams, the 242-year-old department store chain, said on Tuesday (local time) that managers had decided to begin shutting …

[ad_1] Paul Batchelor in 2013 when strong waves wash over a house in Eastbourne, Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell Thousands of seaside homes in New Zealand could face high insurance premiums, or even have some coverage removed within 15 years. That’s the stark warning in a major new report assessing …

[ad_1] Auckland Mayor Phil Goff is proposing a one-time rate increase of around $ 36 per household next year to allow the city to “address the challenges posed by Covid-19.” Auckland Mayor Phil Goff. Source: 1 NEWS Dubbed the “Recovery Budget,” the 10-year budget wants to increase average overhead rates …

[ad_1] A “well-known” worker in the television industry has pleaded not guilty to the theft of $ 500,000 from New Zealand fashion designer Dame Trelise Cooper’s salon in Auckland. The 41-year-old is one of three people charged in the robbery at Cooper’s Newmarket headquarters in October this year. The others …

[ad_1] Elizabeth Zhong is believed to have been murdered. Photo / Supplied. An Auckland businesswoman in dire financial straits and now believed to have been murdered had bought a film company under “strange” circumstances. Elizabeth (Ying) Zhong is believed to have paid millions for Digipost in September 2017 with the …

[ad_1] The New Zealand pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai will cost $ 8 million more than originally planned, after the event was postponed until 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, organizers say the investment, which was originally $ 53 million and is now $ 61 million, is needed to …

[ad_1] An excellent parcel of bare land in Plaza de la Catedral fetched what is believed to be a record price at auction. The land is the former ANZ site bordered by Cathedral Square, Strand Ln, and Colombo and Hereford streets. Emerald Development Ltd, a company owned by an investment …