Auckland stories
Zscaler's cloud-based cybersecurity solutions and response to COVID-19 are discussed in TechDay's latest IT Jams interview.
Tender documents have been issued for two Auckland transport schemes, bringing planned roadworks a step nearer and easing congestion for growing suburbs.
New cases in South Auckland have triggered renewed calls for masks, tracing and social distancing as Auckland moves back to Alert Level 3.
City-centre footfall is rebounding, with new mobility data hinting at a steadier office market and a faster retail and tourism recovery.
Construction and quarry workers face a higher mesothelioma risk as scientists warn disturbed volcanic rock may release erionite fibres into the air.
Managed isolation and domestic travel have helped New Zealand hotels recover faster than expected, with occupancy rising sharply in key regions.
Transport industry groups say decades of stop-start planning could end if National’s $31 billion road and rail programme goes ahead.
The proposed $31 billion programme would reshape commuting in the upper North Island, while relying on RMA repeal and borrowing powers.
House prices and sales have climbed to four-year highs in New Zealand, despite earlier fears of a post-COVID downturn.
Property values have already slipped nationwide, with tourism-dependent centres like Queenstown hardest hit as the recession starts to bite.
Its 400-plus service points across Australasia are helping customers cut costly downtime as Hydraulink adds new distributors and branches.
The project will add 236 homes for older people and free up five hectares for future Government housing across Avondale and Blockhouse Bay.
Property sales jumped in May as lockdown eased, but volumes remained 46.6% below a year earlier and days to sell hit record highs.
Affordable townhouse projects in Auckland will get a lift as the non-bank lender commits GBP £75 million to new residential developments.
Auckland’s housing market has held up, with prices little changed after lockdown despite sales volumes halving in May.
Domestic travel spending could help cushion the sector as international arrivals slump and businesses await the effect of a new campaign.
Experts say the $50 billion COVID-19 recovery plan will lift jobs and infrastructure, but warn it leaves big tax and housing gaps.
New Zealand house prices climbed to a record high in April even as lockdown froze the market and sales volumes plunged 78.5%.
Better freight services and more reliable trains are set to follow, as the funding also covers new ferries and ageing locomotives.
Buyers in Auckland’s Belmont are being offered sustainably built terraced homes with electric bikes as New Zealand eases property viewing restrictions.
