Wellington’s Transmission Gully sculptures
PHOTO: Gareth Morgan. RNZ Two colossal sculptures have recently emerged above Wellington’s Transmission Gully, leaving drivers perplexed and prompting some to capture photos while […]
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Issues continue to plague Wellington’s Transmission Gully
PHOTO: Transmission Gully Contractors involved in the Transmission Gully roading project in Wellington are pursuing legal action against Waka Kotahi. Waka Kotahi has confirmed […]
‘Give us all a break’ – Plea from residents over Transmission Gully noise | WATCH
PHOTO: Loud clunking’ from Transmission Gully bridge angers nearby Takapu Valley residents Residents in the rural Wellington suburb of Takapu Valley say they’re being […]
Transmission Gully transforms busy coastal towns into quiet settlements
PHOTO: The town of Paekākāriki now sits alongside a quiet state highway. Photo: RNZ / Rosie Gordon Towns north of Wellington that were once thoroughfares for […]
SO GOOD: Driving on the $1.25 billion Transmission Gully motorway | WATCH
PHOTO: Transmission Gully | Te Ara Nui o Te Rangihaeata Transmission Gully or Te Ara Nui o Te Rangihaeata in Māori is Wellington’s four-lane […]
Transmission Gully – The big winners and lifelong losers | WATCH
PHOTO: Transmission Gully The massive new roading project only opened this week, but one group has already been reaping the benefits for years. This […]
Countdown begins for motorists to test much delayed Transmission Gully | WATCH
PHOTO: Directional signs at the Kenepuru interchange, Transmission Gully. Photo: Waka Kotahi / 2021 Mark Tantrum Transmission Gully is being officially opened today, though the public […]
Transmission Gully is set to open | WATCH BY DRONE
PHOTO: Transmission Gully According to STUFF three final tests need to be completed before the $1.25 billion, 27-kilometre Transmission Gully road out of Wellington […]
Transmission Gully contractors to open | WATCH
PHOTO: Transmission Gully. FILE The Transport Agency has told Transmission Gully’s contractor, Wellington Gateway Partnership, it must open the Wellington highway within the next […]
MORE DELAYS: Attempts to fix Transmission Gully made it worse | WATCH
PHOTO: Transmission Gully. Photo: Supplied / Waka Kotahi / Mark Coote Road surfacing reports released by the Transport Agency show attempted repairs to Transmission Gully actually […]
Christmas is coming – so is Transmission Gully apparently | WATCH
PHOTO: Transmission Gully Level 3 restrictions and supply chain problems mean a new opening date will need to be set for the $1.2 billion Transmission Gully […]
Will they get there? Transmission Gully deadline: 27 September, 2021 | WATCH
PHOTO: There are 41 outstanding problems around stormwater and sediment on the $1.2 billion project. (file pic) Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas A new report has […]
Not long now Wellington – A flight up Transmission Gully | WATCH
PHOTO: Transmission Gully This is a flight up Transmission Gully, a new northern route in and out of Wellington. Enjoy the views as we […]
Transmission Gully never likely to hit initial cost estimates – review | WATCH
PHOTO: Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas A review into Wellington’s billion dollar highway Transmission Gully has found the project was flawed from the start. The […]
Not far away now Wellington – Paving the Transmission Gully motorway | WATCH
PHOTO: Transmission Gully With less than six months to go till the Transmission Gully motorway opens to traffic, the paving teams are hard at […]
Transmission Gully motorway – Update March 2021 | WATCH
PHOTO: Transmission Gully – Wellington. NZTA The 27 kilometre four-lane motorway connects with SH1 at the existing Mackays Crossing interchange and merges with the […]
Sneak peek at the Transmission Gully Motorway | WATCH
PHOTO: Transmission Gully Motorway. NZTA Less than 12 months from the road opening, see how the Transmission Gully is progressing. Transmission Gully construction project: […]
Transmission Gully: When will it be completed now?
PHOTO: DOMINION-POST Construction of Transmission Gully on a quiet section near Battle Hill Regional Park. The weirdest thing about Transmission Gully is that the […]
Transmission Gully delays, Covid-19 leave market uncertain for house sellers | WATCH
PHOTO: DOMINION-POST Looking north from Kāpiti – some are reportedly buying as far away as Foxton to commute on to Wellington on Transmission Gully. […]
Transmission Gully hits a stumbling block
PHOTO: ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF Ally and Chris Haynes’ North City Tenpin has been in the shadow of Transmission Gully construction for years. The $850 million […]
Transmission Gully motorway 80 per cent complete
PHOTO: SUPPLIED Eighty per cent of the project’s construction is now complete. Motorists won’t be driving it for at least another year but they can […]
Transmission Gully takes shape
PHOTO: LEO COONEYRecreational pilot Leo Cooney hired the Manawatu Aviation Club’s Sky Arrow to fly over the works. One year out from its planned […]
Transmission Gully ‘a year away’
PHOTO: MARK COOTE Transmission Gully, looking east, with progress captured in September, 2019. “Considerable” delays could see the Transmission Gully motorway only just make […]
WATCH: Take a sneak peek at Wellington’s earthquake proof Transmission Gully roading project
PHOTO: Transmission Gully Hope is on the horizon for Wellington motorists as a small part of Transmission Gully is opening this week. The […]
New photos reveal Transmission Gully progress
PHOTO: LEO COONEY/MANAWATŪ AVIATION CLUB A photo taken on Sunday, December 9, 2018 of the Transmission Gully build. Transmission Gully’s march across the hills out of […]
Ready to launch: Transmission Gully’s mega bridge set to move
PHOTO: NZTA – An artist’s impression of the Cannons Creek bridge looking south towards Wellington. Transmission Gully’s biggest bridge is approaching its launch date. The spans […]
Transmission Gully ‘fighter’ spent final years looking away as farm was ‘cut up’
PHOTO: LEO COONEY – Transmission Gully, road works looking north from Pauatahanui past Battle Hill towards Paekākāriki. The man who sold his 400 hectare sheep […]
Worst summer in 30 years has ‘minor impact’ on Transmission Gully
Wellington’s lousy summer is not expected to delay construction of the much-anticipated $850 million Transmission Gully motorway. The 27 kilometre, four-lane motorway between the northern Wellington suburb […]
Aerial images reveal progress on Transmission Gully motorway
Transmission Gully – the road Wellingtonians have been waiting almost a century for – is beginning to look like a bit like an actual road. About […]
Waitārere Beach Boom Incoming: Coastal Hotspot Set to Explode Thanks to Wellington’s Mega Road Projects | WATCH
PHOTO: From Bypass to Boom Town: Why Waitārere Is on Everyone’s Radar. HOMESTEAD CONSTRUCTION 🗓️ By Property Noise NZ | July 2025 If you […]
Widespread fall in NZ house prices | CoreLogic
PHOTO: NZ house prices are falling. FILE CoreLogic’s House Price Index (HPI), which is the most robust measure of property value change in the […]
Women leaders at the forefront of C21NZ’s success
PHOTO: Century 21 NZ A key strength of Century 21 New Zealand is the significant role its many female franchise owners, salespeople, property and […]
Property Investing – Should I Invest After Jacinda’s Tax Changes? | WATCH
PHOTO: Jacinda Adern. FILE With so many changes in the residential property investment space, is it still worthwhile for investors? WE DON’T ROAST OUR […]
John Campbell takes a tour of emergency housing motel, which costs taxpayers thousands a week for one unit | WATCH
PHOTO: John Campbell spoke with Teresa in Auckland. Source: Breakfast Emergency housing is costing the taxpayer thousands of dollars for a very basic room, […]
‘Ploy’ to get more offers in Auckland house sale backfires
PHOTO: LJ Hooker According to STUFF a “ploy” to attract buyers for an Auckland property has backfired, with a High Court judge ordering the seller […]
REINZ Warns Changes To School Zones Could Put Further Pressure On Auckland House Prices
PHOTO: Wendy Alexander, Acting Chief Executive at REINZ The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) is warning that the new enrolment schemes that […]
New mortgage product caters for first-home buyers with low deposits
PHOTO: Squirrel is introducing a new mortgage product offering first-home buyers with higher incomes borrowing of up to 95 percent. Getty. A new mortgage […]
Kiwi houses selling like hotcakes | Trade Me Property
PHOTO: Trade Me Property Houses are selling like hotcakes with the average kiwi home taking just 27 days to sell, the latest Trade Me […]
Fewer people showing up to auctions, open homes
PHOTO: New Zealand’s housing market hottest it’s been in almost two decades. Getty Fewer people are showing up to auctions and open homes and […]
It’s Beautiful and Virtually Covid-Free. Just Don’t Try to Buy a House in New Zealand
PHOTO: Femke Burger at her rented property in Wellington. Photographer: Ainsley Thomson/Bloomberg Prices are surging for even the most dilapidated homes in New Zealand, […]
REINZ & Tony Alexander Real Estate Survey | April 2021
PHOTO: Tony Alexander Welcome to the REINZ & Tony Alexander Real Estate Survey. This survey gathers together the views of licensed real estate agents […]
CoreLogic NZ Monthly Property & Economic Update – March 2021 | WATCH
PHOTO: Housing Market Update Get right up to speed with what has been happening in the NZ property market as Head of Research, Nick […]
Northland ‘tenant from Hell’ | WATCH
PHOTO: 1 NEWS first reported on the problems he was causing at the end of last year, but he has a history of duping […]
TV presenter Renee Wright sells North Shore home
PHOTO: Renee Wright – Twitter According to NZHERALD Television presenter Renee Wright has made hay while the Auckland housing market shines, selling her North […]
Couple reveal ‘light bulb’ moment that helped them net $1m a year in rents and retire in their 20s
PHOTO: Scott and Mina O’Neill own 32 properties. Picture: Julian Andrews Source: News Corp Australia A Sydney couple who collect $1 million a year […]
Kiwis think Govt not doing enough to address housing crisis as politicians quizzed on how many homes they own
PHOTO: The latest 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton poll comes after the Reserve Bank urged investors to stop snapping up houses. Source: 1 NEWS The […]
How Targeted Ads Have Redefined Real Estate Marketing On Social Media
PHOTO: Targeted ads were designed to follow you around Rodolfo Delgado is the Co-Founder & CEO of Replay Listings, the first platform to find apartments for […]
Best time to be a property developer in a generation
PHOTO: James Kellow, Director of New Zealand Mortgages & Securities (NZMS) “2021 represents the best time to be a property developer in generation and I […]
Sales of lifestyle blocks ‘easing’ after post-COVID surge
PHOTO: Sales are still well up compared to the same time last year. After surging in the wake of COVID-19 livestyle property sales are […]
First-home buyers resort to extreme measures to get into property market
PHOTO: First-home buyers are using extreme measures to buy property, including letterbox drops and door-knocking making cash offers. Photo credit: Getty. First-home buyers are […]
Are interest rates on the turn?
PHOTO: File image. Photo: 123RF Interest rates are at historic lows with many economists picking they will begin to rise in the short to medium term, […]
Greens urge capital gains tax in plan to address housing crisis
PHOTO: Greens Finance spokesperson Julie Anne Genter says its time the Labour government removed tax incentives for investors to buy property. Photo: RNZ /Dom Thomas The […]
CoreLogic report shows property resale performance strongest in 15 years
PHOTO: The Pain and Gain Report CoreLogic New Zealand’s latest Pain and Gain Report for Q4 2020 found profit-making residential property resales between October […]
Record profits reaped by property owners and investors revealed
PHOTO: NZ Housing Crisis. Image – Newshub/Getty People who sold Auckland and Wellington houses late last year pocketed a median profit of close to […]
Housing crisis: Economist says curbs on interest-only lending for investors could be partial solution to rocketing house prices
PHOTO: Cameron Bagrie on The AM Show. The AM Show/Getty Property investors are increasingly taking out interest-only mortgages, making it easier for them to […]
IRD to target real estate agents ‘under reporting income and overstating expenses’
PHOTO: IRD and New Zealand currency composite image. Source: 1 NEWS Inland Revenue (IRD) says its turning its hidden economy focus investigation on to […]
Grant Robertson is passing the buck a bit on house prices – but what else is he to do?
PHOTO: Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson. Photo credit: Newshub. OPINION: Despite Jacinda Ardern saying “the Reserve Bank is independent, don’t put pressure on it”, […]
Bayleys Rotorua Office Premises Go Up For Sale
PHOTO: 1092 Fenton Street, Rotorua Central The high-profile CBD premises housing the Rotorua office of New Zealand’s largest full-service real estate company have been […]
BNZ To Re-introduce Pre-COVID-19 Loan-to-value Ratios
PHOTO: Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) Press Release: BNZ Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) announced today it was returning to its pre-COVID-19 home lending loan-to-value […]
Robertson writes to Reserve Bank over soaring house prices, wants to give first home buyers ‘a shot’
PHOTO: Grant Robertson Finance Minister Grant Robertson is making a move to try and get the housing market under control – as prices skyrocket […]
Fixing The 2020 New Zealand House Price Bubble
PHOTO: New Zealand House Price Bubble. FILE Opinion: Keith Rankin To the surprise of most pundits, substantial real estate price inflation has resumed, after a […]
Consumer NZ Lodges Complaint Against Airbnb And Bachcare
PHOTO: Consumer NZ Press Release: Consumer NZ Consumer NZ today lodged a complaint with the Commerce Commission, requesting it take court action against accommodation booking […]
Kāpiti Coast’s Growing Attraction Reflected In Latest Property Revaluations
PHOTO: Kāpiti Coast. File Press Release: Kapiti Coast District Council House values have risen across the Kāpiti Coast district in the last three years by […]
Turangi ‘hydro houses’ experience huge price lift
PHOTO: This Turangi ‘hydro house’ recently sold for nearly $200,000 more than the vendor paid for it in 2017. One former ‘hydro house’ in […]
Australian property market: Homeowners to benefit from low interest rates for next three years
PHOTO: Aussie home owners are set to benefit from record-low mortgage rates for the next three years. Picture: Stock. Source: Supplied It will be […]
Property Press NZ a victim of the times
PHOTO: Property Press Property Press NZ was always going to come under pressure during and post COVID-19. With the magazine industry under real theat […]
Brierley sells stake in waterfront property
PHOTO:BEN RUSHTON/SYDNEY-MORNING-HERALD Multi-millionaire Sir Ron Brierley leaves a Sydney court in February. Business tycoon Sir Ron Brierley has sold a 30 per cent share […]
ASB to close nine branches
PHOTO:RICKY WILSON/STUFF ASB says many customers switched to online banking during the Covid-19 lockdown. ASB is closing nine branches permanently, while another 25 branches […]
Report reveals grim sign for Australian house prices
PHOTO: Tens of thousands of young Australians joined the welfare line in March. Picture: Sam Ruttyn Source:News Corp Australia An alarming study has revealed […]
‘Buyer’s market’: Property listings up 19.7 percent in June – report
PHOTO: A surge in new property listings in June indicates it could now be a buyer’s market. Photo credit: RNZ. Online property listings surged […]
Is wealth of $1m, income of $100,000 actually rich?
PHOTO: 123RF Do you feel as though you have enough? ANALYSIS: There’s nothing like talk of a new tax to focus people’s attention on how […]
A huge fall in residential mortgage approvals: May 2020 | Reserve Bank
PHOTO: RBNZ The latest Reserve Bank figures show mortgage approvals fell by over 34% in May, 2020 – compared to this time last year. […]
Some Australians have been trying to use their early super withdrawals to get onto the property
PHOTO: Australia The Morrison government’s flawed early access to super scheme has been exploited by some Australians vying to buy a home. While intended to allow Australians […]
Rental market finds its rhythm again | Trade Me
PHOTO: Trade Me Property New Zealand’s rental market has begun to find it’s rhythm again after activity returned to pre-COVID-19 levels in May, according […]
$404m loaned to construction and accommodation SMEs
PHOTO: SUPPLIED Galu Letiu, owner of construction company Fair & Square Building Services, said the small business cashflow loan has helped during Covid-19. Small […]
Government buys motel for transitional accommodation
PHOTO: VIRGINIA FALLON/STUFF The motel is on the corner of State Highway 1, soon to be bypassed by Transmission Gully. In a first for […]
Council urged to buy surplus land
PHOTO: ANDY MCKAY A local group wants the Kāpiti Coast District Council to acquire the land under the Public Works Act to safeguard it from […]
Porirua city decides against allocating $11 million for strategic property
PHOTO: LEO COONEY/MANAWATU AVIATION CLUB – The council is preparing itself for the impact of Transmission Gully. Pictured here looking from Pauatahanui south towards Tawa. […]
$850m highway from the sky
PHOTO: LEO COONEY/MANAWATŪ AVIATION CLUB Transmission Gully road works, looking from Pauatahanui south towards Tawa, taken by Leo Cooney from Manawatu Aviation Club on Sunday […]
Cannons Creek named top property ‘hot spot’ for investors, first-home buyers
A Porirua suburb is being touted as New Zealand’s number one property hot spot – but not everyone is rolling out the red carpet for new buyers. Cannons […]
Troubled Wellington Mayor’s – new property journey
PHOTO: Wellington mayor Tory Whanau. NOW TO LOVE The upcoming year marks a significant shift in the mayor Tory Whanau’s surroundings as she readies […]