The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has voted unanimously to sell its land in Hanmer, sparking a new round of protests.

Tongaporutu baches could be removed under a proposal to dismantle privately owned holiday homes from conservation land throughout the country.

The Reserve Bank could lose hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars by trying to lower the Kiwi dollar, according to critics of what has been labelled a radical and astonishing new policy.

While Trans Tasman Properties is hoping to sell a large chunk of inner-city Auckland properties, it has made its first step into Asia.

About 3800 unit-holders in the former Colonial First State Property Trust will vote this month on a radical deal which will further bed down the takeover of their trust by Australia's Macquarie Goodman.

The High Court at Auckland has turned down an appeal against a District Court ruling on a real estate agency's responsibility to disclose personal relationships when dealing in properties.

Speaking at the release of the Reserve Bank's March 2004 Monetary Policy Statement, Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard said "New Zealand has continued to enjoy a period of sustained economic growth over recent years. Partly related to this, inflation pressures have been increasing in a number of domestic industries, including housing and construction. It is for this reason the Reserve Bank raised the OCR in January. Meanwhile, the overall CPI inflation rate has so far been offset by weak imported inflation due to the rising NZ dollar exchange rate.

Mike Pero has sold a majority stake in Mike Pero Mortgages to George Gould.

t is not just flooded North Islanders who are suffering the effects of the February storms.

New Zealanders with new houses under construction face huge recladding bills to comply with new building regulations.

Investors have snapped up the chance to buy into the South Island's new gold business, with Oceana Gold's initial public offering closing oversubscribed.

The number of regional house sales was up in February, but the average price has fallen by more than $21,000 since January.

A $53 million apartment complex in Napier is nearly half sold before the official announcement of the flash new waterfront project.

It's official, North Shore is the safest city in New Zealand.

Development planning in Whitianga is under attack.

The Waikato building industry is still buoyant despite a fall in the number of building consents in January, according to industry insiders.