Articles by Anne Gibson, NZ Herald
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Business
Richard Umbers resigns as CEO of retirement giant Ryman Healthcare
Monday, 22 April 2024, 11:16amRyman Healthcare has announced its chief executive Richard Umbers has resigned and will be leaving the company at the end...
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Business
SkyCity’s NZ share price plunges, casino licences could be suspended
Monday, 4 September 2023, 10:00amThe government department in charge of regulating SkyCity Entertainment Group’s casino licences has applied to suspend those...
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Business
Fletcher Building full-year: Revenue, net profit hit by cost rises
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 10:00amRevenue and bottom-line profit from New Zealand’s biggest listed construction company dropped in the face of the housing...
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Business
House market rebound fails to ignite
Tuesday, 15 August 2023, 10:30amThe election is not firing any recovery in our depressed house sales market despite hopes the October 14 event, prices dropping...
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Business
Auckland house prices fell nearly $1000 a day from June to July
Friday, 4 August 2023, 11:29amAuckland house sales fell nearly $1000 a day, if the average sale price drop by the city’s largest real estate agency is...
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Business
Three areas where REINZ sees recovery: House price changes
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 9:20amHouse prices rose in three regional areas but elsewhere activity remains depressed, especially Auckland where sub-$1 million...
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Business
New data shows best month for house sales in a year. Is market starting to turn?
Friday, 2 June 2023, 10:40amHouse sale volumes jumped last month as buyers returned to the market, particularly in Auckland, according to that city’s...
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Business
Biggest listed retirement village company's net profit falls 63%
Friday, 19 May 2023, 12:40pmRising expenses and less spectacular property revaluations hit profit from New Zealand’s biggest listed retirement village...
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Business
Barfoot & Thompson’s monthly residential sales up 86%, buyer confidence back
Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 11:59amBarfoot & Thompson sold 86 per cent more residential properties last month than in February in a pattern its boss says is...
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Auckland
Auckland's February house sales 'slowest in at least a quarter of a century'
Thursday, 2 March 2023, 10:13amLast month was the slowest February for Auckland house sales in a quarter of a century for a major agency. As Aucklanders...
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Business
Mortgage shock: $900/fortnight rise for many Aucklanders
Tuesday, 28 February 2023, 8:56amAn analysis of mortgage shock caused by rising interest rates has calculated that many Aucklanders will be paying $900 per...
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Business
SkyCity Entertainment Group turnaround: Profit up 167%
Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 9:25amSkyCity Entertainment Group pushed its previous $33.7m million interim loss into a $22.8m profit when its operations traded...
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Business
House sales hit all-time low; Auckland prices plummet
Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 1:53pmNational house sales hit a record-breaking trough last month, slumping to the lowest since the Real Estate Institute began...
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Business
SkyCity Adelaide: regulator action timetabling update announced
Tuesday, 7 February 2023, 1:00pmOne Australian regulator is waiting for another before it decides what action it will take against SkyCity Adelaide, facing...
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Auckland
Auckland floods: what homeowners must and mustn't do - builder
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 2:06pmA central Auckland renovation and repair construction specialist says homeowners affected by the deadly Friday floods need...
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Business
Cost to business 'enormous', banks offer victims help
Saturday, 28 January 2023, 1:59pmThe Auckland floods have wreaked havoc on a stretched business sector, a leader said, while banks have offered victims help...
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Business
House construction inflation sets new annual record
Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 11:23amThe rate of inflation in the house-building sector halved in the latest quarter but still hit a new annual high of 10.4 per...
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Business
Australian regulator laying charges against SkyCity Adelaide
Wednesday, 7 December 2022, 1:53pmSkyCity Entertainment Group is facing court action from an Australian regulator for alleged failures at SkyCity Adelaide,...
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Business
Retirement giant Arvida Group pushes up interim profit
Tuesday, 29 November 2022, 2:38pmListed retirement company Arvida Group, with $3.6 billion of assets, pushed up net after-tax interim profit 18 per cent from...
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Business
Auckland showgrounds: new operators, tenants sought
Thursday, 24 November 2022, 10:54amAdvertising was launched this week to find an operator or tenant of Auckland’s showgrounds at Greenlane. Bayleys is calling...
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Business
Interest rates drive down Investore valuations
Wednesday, 16 November 2022, 2:31pmListed retail landlord Investore Property has declared a $27.7 million net after-tax loss due to $42.7m in devaluations but...
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Business
Big shakeup in state housing agency's debt source
Friday, 11 November 2022, 10:44amState housing agency Kāinga Ora Homes and Communities’ borrowing capacity has been extended by $2.75 billion for the 2022/23...
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Business
Landlord cited climate change as possible reason for home humidity
Tuesday, 1 November 2022, 11:43amA North Shore tenant has won $6000 compensation from his landlord who rented a damp house but cited climate change as a possible...
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Business
September housing market uplift 'subdued': REINZ
Wednesday, 12 October 2022, 9:31amThe housing market's usual spring uplift has been subdued this year, with prices only rising 2 per cent annually but down...