Simon Hartley

A plunge in the number of residential properties sold against a year ago has prompted the REINZ to call for review of the Reserve Bank’s loan to value ratio regulations, to reopen the market to first-home buyers.

Southern commercial fisherman have called for an immediate halt to proposals to have cameras and data-gathering equipment on their vessels, labelling MPI’s proposals as "unworkable, excessive and possibly unlawful".

The Reserve Bank is expected to sound a more cautionary, dovish tone in its monetary policy statement later this week, which could include further deferring its forecast on the interest-driving official cash rate.

The owners of Dunedin's three McDonald's outlets have committed $350,000 over three years to ''topping up'' a staff savings programme for home deposits or study.