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[ad_1] Ticket sales are now open at kidsfest.co.nz for the two-week programme of events that spans the winter school holidays, 1–16 July. Lucy Blackmore, Manager of Events and Arts at the Christchurch City Council, encourages parents to sign up early to make sure they can secure spots for their children in their preferred sessions. “There…
[ad_1] Concerning pest plant sales now being monitored Header: Tradescantia/wandering willie is often sold at market stalls without the vendor’s knowledge of the potential biosecurity outcomes. Everyone has a part to play in understanding what they are buying and selling online to ensure Canterbury is protected from invasive plants. House plants have become increasingly popular in…
[ad_1] Interest in the New Zealand home international summer of cricket shows no sign of abating, with the “sold out” sign already posted for the first T20 of next month’s five match series against Australia men. No more tickets are available for the BLACKCAPS series opener under lights at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval on Monday, February…
[ad_1] New Zealanders are purchasing more adult toys than ever according to sales data from New Zealand’s largest online adult retailer Adulttoymegastore, with sales up 48.5% since the spike in adult toy sales caused by COVID-19 lockdown restrictions eased in May 2020. Havelock North, Cambridge and Tauranga have seen the biggest growth in sales. Adulttoymegastore…
[ad_1] Despite the significant impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, New Zealand has completed the highest level of hotel transactions on record in 2021. Dean Humphries, National Director of Hotels at Colliers, says in the calendar year ending 31 December in excess of $400 million of hotel deals will have settled, representing a staggering 33 per…
[ad_1] New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME) continues to go from strength to strength in delivering for its partners and clients – today announcing senior appointments across its Agency Sales team. Greg McCrea has been appointed Head of Agency Sales, following the consolidation of NZME’s Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Australian-based agency teams, who will report…
[ad_1] Market immunity? How public safety warnings have little impact on drug sales volumes or company share prices In a new article on The Conversation, University of Canterbury’s Associate Professor Jeremy Clark and Professor Jedrej Bialkowski look at how regulators must get the balance right between encouraging new drug creation and safeguarding public health. Shutterstock…
[ad_1] The sale of four substantial New Zealand motel assets – including the land, buildings, and going concern commercial accommodation businesses – since the resumption of domestic tourism, is reflecting a strong long-term confidence in the economic sector according to a senior real estate figurehead. Since New Zealand re-entered Covid-19 level three at the end…
Spring is typically the key season for real estate but untimely headwinds this year will make for a weak property market. Property prices are expected to track sideways at best this spring, with an expected influx of new listings on the market, allowing buyers plenty of time to smell the roses, according to analysts. The…
New Zealand is in a terrible position in terms of the real estate market. People have been over spending in the last few years as explained in the previous post. But this is about to come to head. The financial hard times are starting to catch up with us and this will be starting to hurt…
Aucklanders hit hardest as forced property sales quadruple Mortgagee sales in Auckland are the highest in New Zealand, with more than four times as many forced sales than a year ago. The sheer volume of residential housing in the city, high median house prices and people being laid off are being cited as factors in…
Christchurch This is the latest Press Release from QV. Property values in Christchurch decreased by 9.7% over the last year (calculated over the three months ending March 2009 in comparison to the same period last year), deteriorating further from the 9.1% annual decline reported in February. The average sale price for the city increased slightly…
Marketing, price, presentation Christmas and New Year is over. We are pretty much now beginning the 2009 year off back into work. I was back at work today to a bombardment of paperwork to be completed. The joys of life. As I said in my previous posts I said 2009 will be a year for…
What’s in store for 2009. Seems like everyone is giving their predictions for 2009. It also seems everyone has a different opinion. If you go down the street and ask someone what’s in store for 2009 every single person will give you a different response. Some people are positive, some people are negative. Some have…
Its official. Sales volume is the lowest it has been for 16 years 11 months and the market has never been harder to work. Sellers, Buyers and agents… We are all having to adjust, compromise and accept that the days of the boom are well and truly over. And property prices have in fact in…
The Christchurch Real Estate Market was alive and well today. Harcourts Grenadier held 18 Auctions today. After all were conducted the results were quite good. 8 properties sold under the hammer, 2 were sold prior and 2 were sold after the property was passed in and it sounds as though a few will be under…