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Kiwi Choose Property Over Passion, New Survey Reveals

A new survey's confirmed NZ's love affair with property, revealing some prefer browsing listings to romance

Last updated: 10 October 2025

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'Budgets ruin dreams': Gibbston Valley heritage villa gets a lavish makeover

The house is set among the vines with views of the popular Gibbston Valley.

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Rich-lister’s $10 million Lake House listed after upgrade

Lake House in Queenstown has been listed with an asking price of $10.425 million.

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